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Study NCT00065910   Information provided by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
First Received: August 1, 2003   Last Updated: June 28, 2007   History of Changes

August 1, 2003
June 28, 2007
September 2001
 
 
 
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Improving Attention Skills of Children With Autism
A Joint Attention Intervention With Caregivers and Their Children With Autism

Toddlers with autism have poor joint attention skills. Joint attention skills include pointing to objects, following another person’s gaze, and responding to invitations to join in a social interaction. Improved joint attention skills may lead to better verbal ability as the child ages. This study teaches caregivers how to help their toddlers with autism develop joint attention skills.

Young children with autism show impairment in joint attention. The impairment affects their ability to sustain a shared interest in social interaction and to use specific joint attention skills, such as pointing and showing. The importance of joint attention is underscored by data suggesting these skills are important to later language skills. Targeting joint attention deficits in developmentally young children using familiar caregivers may result in better child language outcomes. This study will teach caregivers how to initiate and maintain episodes of joint engagement with their children.

Participants will be randomized to either the intervention group or to a wait list control group. Each caregiver and child in the intervention group will participate in 24 1-hour sessions, 3 times a week for 8 weeks. In these sessions, caregivers will be taught 10 different modules for teaching joint attention skills to their children. Outcome measures will include language and joint attention skills in the child and caregiver adherence to the intervention protocols. Children and caregivers will be assessed at baseline, during the course of the 8-week intervention, and 10 weeks after the end of the intervention. Participants assigned to the wait list group will begin the intervention at Week 12.

Phase I, Phase II
Interventional
Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Placebo Control, Crossover Assignment, Efficacy Study
Autism
Behavioral: Caregiver joint attention intervention
 
 

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Completed
30
January 2006
 

Inclusion Criteria

  • Diagnosis of autism based on Autism Diagnostic Interview–Revised (ADI-R) and Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) criteria

Exclusion Criteria

  • Seizures
  • Medical or psychiatric diagnoses other than autism that potentially contribute to developmental delay (e.g., genetic syndromes)
Both
12 Months to 36 Months
No
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United States
 
NCT00065910
 
R21MH64927
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Principal Investigator: Connie Kasari, PhD University of California, Los Angelos
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
June 2003

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