Autism
Conditions
Interventions
Immediate CST (CST):immediately start WHO-CST intervention
Waitlist CST (WL-CST):wait to enroll to CST after six month
Sponsors
Children's behavior Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
2 Years to 9 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. children aged 2-9 years old, meeting dsm-5 autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnostic criteria, have obvious social communication skills defects and repeated stereotyped behavior performance; 2. If the diagnosis time is more than half a year, the child needs to complete the SCQ (social interaction questionnaire) and score > = 12 to confirm the current status of ASD; 3. Parents / caregivers are willing to improve the skills of raising ASD children and participate in the whole process of the research. They agree to video and submit the adult child interaction process for grading according to the requirements of the project.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Children have had seizures or cerebral palsy with severe motor dysfunction in the past six months; 2. Severe genetic disorders such as Rett's syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Prader Willi syndrome, 22q13 deficiency syndrome, and other genetic diseases with degenerative symptoms or requiring hospitalization; 3. Co suffering from serious mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, severe depression, etc.; 4. The child or the main caregiver of the project has serious and difficult to correct hearing or vision impairment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| joint engagement from JERI coding;Measure of target behaviours;Clinical Global Impressions-Engagement Improve (CGI-EI);child availability to interact from JERI coding;caregiver/parent support ofinteraction from JERI coding;flow ofinteraction from JERI coding; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Caregiver Knowledge and Skills Test;Measure of target behaviours, follow-up;Autism Treatment and Evaluation Checklist (ATEC);Child and Adolescent Scale of Participation (CASP: Bedell, 2011);Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL);Adaptive Behavior Assessment System-II (ABAS-II);General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12);Caregiver diary (adapted from Kasari, 2003);Caregiver Involvement (Adapted from Kasari, 2010);The Autism Stigma & Knowledge Questionnaire (ASK-Q);Brief Family Distress Scale(BFDS);Family Empowerment Scale(FES);Pediatric Quality of Life (PedsQL) Family impact module;Brief version of The Expressed Emotion Adjective Checklist (brief EEAC);Parent Self-efficacy Scale (PSES);Brief version of COPE Inventory;Programme implementation fidelity at Home Visits: Adapted ENACT;CST Intervener-Child Interaction Fidelity Rating;Observer-rated involvement of caregiver during training session;Attendance tracking;Exit interviews for early departures;Observer Feedback Form;Post session Feedback Form – Facilitators;Post session Feedback Form - Caregivers;follow-up of joint engagement from JERI coding;follow-up of video-based scoring for caregiver-child interaction;follow-up of Clinical Global Impressions-Engagement Improve (CGI-EI);Clinical Global Impressions-Engagement Severity (CGI-ES);follow-up for child availability to interact from JERI coding;follow-up of caregiver/parent support ofinteraction from JERI coding;follow-up of flow ofinteraction from JERI coding;stereotyped, restricted, and repetitive behavior from JERI coding;expressive language level from JERI coding;Programme implementation fidelity at Group Session: Adapted ENACT;Parenting sense of competence scale (PSOC);Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactXiaobing Zou
Children's behavior Center, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat sen University
Outcome results
None listed