Neurodevelopmental disorders (autism spectrum disorders, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, learning disability, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Random assignment will occur after baseline assessment is complete. Once participants are deemed eligible for the study (following in-person screening) they are randomized to treatment immediately or
Sponsors
York University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 8-13 years 2. Diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental disorder (autism spectrum disorder, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, learning disability, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) 3. FSIQ > 80 (WASI-II; Weschler, 2011) 4. At least one co-occurring anxiety or mood disorder
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Participants cannot be involved in another emotion regulation program within a 12-month period of participating in SAS-OR 2. Presence of a psychotic disorder, or aggressive/self-injurious behaviours that pose a safety risk
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Child mental health problems: 1.1. Emotional disorders, measured using the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule: Child and Parent Interview-4th Edition (ADIS-C/P-IV) 1.3. Child behaviour and emotions, measured using the Behavior Assessment System for Children, Third Edition (BASC-3) 1.2. Child illness severity, global improvement/change and therapeutic response, measured using the Clinical Global Impression–Severity and –Improvement (CGI-Severity, CGI-Improvement) All measures will be collected at the following time points for the treatment immediate group: baseline (Time 1), 12 weeks post baseline (Time 2) and follow-up (12-weeks post Time 2). For the waitlist control group, data will be collected at baseline (Time 1), 12 weeks later (Time 2), post intervention (Time 3) and 12-weeks post intervention (Time 4). With the exception of WRAT-4, which will only be completed at Time 1. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Current secondary outcome measures as of 23/07/2019: Child Report Measures: 1. Child emotion regulation, measured using the Children’s Emotion Management Scales (CEMS) 2. Child acceptance and mindfulness, measured using the Child & Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM) 3. Child social problem-solving, measured using James and the Math Test and Dylan is Being Teased 4. Child emotion regulation, measured using the Computerized Mirror Tracing Performance Task (2013) 5. Direct testing of children's cognitive flexibility using CogState (Set-Shifting Task) and the NIH Toolkit (Dimensional Change Card Sorting (DCCS) Task and the Flanker Test) 6. Child physiological arousal, measured using electrodermal response 7. Child therapeutic alliance, measured using Child Session Rating Scale (CSRS) 8. Child functioning, measured using Child Outcome Rating Scale (CORS) Parent Report Measures: 1. Parents’ expressed emotion, measured using the Five Minute Speech Sample (FMSS) 2. Child emotion regulation, measured using the Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC) 3. Child emotion regulation and social skills, measured using the Emotion Regulation and Social Skills Questionnaire - Parent (ERSSQ-P) 4. Quality of the parent-child relationship, measured using the Positive Affect Index (PAI) 5. Child adjustment and psychopathology, measured using the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) 6. Child health-related quality of life, measured using KIDSCREEN 7. Parent distress, measured using the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) 8. Parent physiological arousal, measured using electrodermal response 9. Child emotion dysregulation, measured using the Emotion Dysregulation Inventory (EDI) 10. Child service assessment, measured using the Service Assessment of Children and Adolescents (SACA) 11. Parent functioning, measured using the Outcome Rating Scale (ORS) 12. Parent therapeutic alliance, measured using the Session Rating Scale (SRS) Parent Child Dyad: 1. Parent and child | — |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed