None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
We will conduct a clinical case series to investigate the acceptability and feasibility of Resilience Triple P for mainstream primary school students in Australia who have been diagnosed with ASD and are bullied by their peers. We will recruit 20 to 25 families and they will complete Resilience Triple P immediately. Children, parents, and teachers (if applicable) will complete assessments. It is expected families of autistic children will be satisfied with Resilience Triple P as an intervention for decreasing bullying victimisation and they will provide important insights into improving the delivery. Autistic children who participate in Resilience Triple P are expected to experience reductions in bullying victimisation, mental health problems, and school refusal. It is expected each family of an autistic child will use a different combination of strategies from Resilience Triple P depending on what their specific goals are.
Interventions
Families in the intervention group will be offered a place in an upcoming Resilience Triple P program. Resilience Triple P was developed for children who are bullied at school and their families. The program consists of 12 group sessions over eight weeks. There will be six to eight families in a program. Each session runs for up to 1 hour for children and up to 2 hours for parents, including a break. Eight sessions are for children (with parents attending) and these will be held weekly. In these
Families in the intervention group will be offered a place in an upcoming Resilience Triple P program. Resilience Triple P was developed for children who are bullied at school and their families. The program consists of 12 group sessions over eight weeks. There will be six to eight families in a program. Each session runs for up to 1 hour for children and up to 2 hours for parents, including a break. Eight sessions are for children (with parents attending) and these will be held weekly. In these sessions children learn strategies for strengthening their friendships and responding to bullying and conflict. The other four sessions are for parents and these will be held fortnightly. In parent sessions we look at ways to support their children’s friendships, coach effective responses to bullying and conflict, and work well with their children’s schools to encourage an effective response to issues. Interactive activities and short videos will be used to teach skills in sessions. Between session activities involve keeping a brief record of the number of incidents of bullying children experience at school and putting into practice strategies families choose from the sessions. It is preferable (but not necessary) for both parents to attend the sessions. If only one parent can attend, it is recommended that this be the parent who spends the most time with the child. Families will be mailed hardcopy workbooks ("Resilience Triple P parent’s workbook" and "Resilience Triple P children’s workbook") and providers will use powerpoint presentations to deliver the program. The workbooks and presentations were developed by the authors of Resilience Triple P (Sanders & Healy, 2018). During each Resilience Triple P session, facilitators will record attendance, adverse events, and obstacles. Facilitators will also complete a session checklist and reflect on what went well and any problems at the end of each session. Resilience Triple P will be delivered via Telehealth by Miss Alexandra Johnstone and Dr Karyn Healy. Miss Johnstone is a provisional psychologist and has experience providing psychological services to children with neurodevelopmental disorders and mental health problems. Dr Healy is a registered psychologist and has extensive experience supporting children in preventing and addressing bullying, and resolving conflict.
Sponsors
Miss Alexandra Johnstone
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Intervention model
Single group
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
7 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
To be eligible to participate, parents need to report that their child has been diagnosed with ASD by a paediatrician or psychologist, is aged between 7 and 12 years, lives at home, attends a mainstream primary school in Australia, and has been bullied at school. Parents will need to verify that their children have experienced either ongoing bullying for at least the past month or a recurrent problem with being bullied for at least the past year. To be eligible to participate, families will also need to be able to access the internet through a computer that has a camera, microphone, and speakers.
Exclusion criteria
Nil
Outcome results
None listed