Autism spectrum disorder Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Following baseline ascertainment, participants, identified by sequentially assigned identification numbers, were randomly assigned by an independent statistician to either CST (n = 43) or eTAU (n = 43
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The 12-sessions CST intervention program includes 3 home visits and 9 group sessions training caregivers via adult-learning techniques (Salomone et
the third home visit delivers coaching and support for independent practice and occurs after the last group session. The group sessions cover the following topics: getting and keeping c
Sponsors
University of Turin
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Children aged between 24 and 59 months old and their parent(s)/guardian(s) or other caregivers 2. Recruited from Child Neuropsychiatry Services of the Italian National Health System 3. Clinical diagnosis of autism confirmed by research evaluation
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: For the parent: 1. Level of Italian speaking insufficient to fully participate in the intervention 2. Any record of a serious psychiatric disorder in the local clinical notes in the parent (such as to prevent the use of the intervention)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Child autism symptom severity measured using the Brief Observation of Social Communication Change (BOSCC) total score at baseline and 3 months post-intervention 2. Child joint engagement measured using the Child Joint Engagement item of the Joint Engagement Rating Inventory (JERI) at baseline and 3 months post-intervention 3. Child availability to interact measured using the Child Availability to Interact (three items: reversed scored unengaged, attention to the caregiver, initiation of communication) of the JERI at baseline and 3 months post-intervention 4. Flow of the interaction measured using the Fluency and connectedness item of the JERI at baseline and 3 months post-intervention 5. Parent skills supportive of interaction measured using the Parent Support of Interaction (three items: scaffolding, following in, effective communication) of the JERI at baseline and 3 months post-intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Child expressive vocabulary measured using the Total Expressive Words raw counts on the Italian version of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MCDI) at baseline and 3 months post-intervention 2. Child receptive vocabulary measured using the Total Receptive Words raw counts on the Italian version of the MCDI at baseline and 3 months post-intervention 3. Child gestures measured using the Total Gestures raw counts on the Italian version of the MCDI at baseline and 3 months post-intervention 4. Child adaptive behaviour measured using the Adaptive Behavior Composite of the Vineland II (VABS) age-normed Standard Scores at baseline and 3 months post-intervention 5. Parenting satisfaction and self-efficacy measured using the Total Score of the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOC) at baseline and 3 months post-intervention 6. Parenting self-efficacy specific to the child with neurodevelopmental disorder measured using the Caregiver Self-efficacy Questionnaire (CSQ) total score at baseline and 3 months post-intervention 7. Parental stress specific to autism measured using the Autism Parent Stress Index (APSI) total score at baseline and 3 months post-intervention | — |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed