Use of a Family Navigator in Families With Children Newly Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Status
Completed
Conditions
Autistic Disorder
Treatments
Other: Family Navigator
Study type
Interventional
Funder types
Other
Identifiers
Details and patient eligibility
About
The purpose of this study is to see whether or not Family Navigators, who 1 ) help families after their child is diagnosed with autism and help them get autism specific services for their child 2) help families identify barriers to obtaining these services and 3) help families problem solve to overcome these barrier, are helpful to parents of a child newly diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Enrollment
192 patients
Sex
All
Ages
15 to 64 years old
Volunteers
No Healthy Volunteers
Inclusion criteria
- Child with a new confirmed diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Child is under 8 years of age
- Parent is the mother, father and/or legal guardian of the child and identifies themselves as the primary caregiver
- Primary caregiver speaks English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Somali, Vietnamese, Portuguese or Chinese
Exclusion criteria
- Parent or legal guardian has psychosis
- Parent or legal guardian endorses suicidal ideation
- Parent or legal guardian actively using illicit drugs
- Parent or legal guardian expected to leave area within 6 months
Trial design
Primary purpose
Supportive Care
Allocation
Randomized
Interventional model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
Single Blind
192 participants in 2 patient groups
Family Navigator
Active Comparator group
Description:
Family navigation
Treatment:
Other: Family Navigator
Standard Care
No Intervention group
Description:
standard care
Trial contacts and locations
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