Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) Mental and Behavioural Disorders Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
Conditions
Interventions
Families will be recruited as part of an ongoing research program. Parents will be randomly assigned to the intervention group (TG), the tele-assisted intervention, or to the control group (CG), apply
Sponsors
Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Parents of children aged between 30 months and 10 years 2. Children of the recruited families having a clinical diagnosis of an ASD based on the DSM-5 criteria from a licensed clinical child neuropsychiatric. All children must have a previous diagnosis that will be further confirmed through the assessment and the consensus of the experienced professionals on the research team (a child neuropsychiatrist and a clinical psychologist). 3. DSM-5 severity scores from moderate (level 2) to severe (level 3) in both the social communication and the restricted interests and repetitive behaviors domains
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. DSM-5 severity score level 1 in the social communication or the restricted interests and repetitive behaviors domains 2. Receiving psychiatric medication 3. Receiving any other intervention directly related to behavioral skills during the trial
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Perception and influence of children’s behavior on the psychological state of their parents, Social Inflexibility (SI) and Demand-Specific (DS) measured using the Home Situation Questionnaire (HSQ-ASD) at baseline and 12 weeks 2. Parental Distress (PD); Parent–Child Dysfunctional Interaction (P–CDI), perception of the child as not responding to parental expectations; and Difficult Child (DC), which is centered on some of the characteristics of the child that make it easy or difficult to manage, are measured by the Parental Stress Index (PSI/SF) at baseline and 12 weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Observing whether challenging behaviour is occurring due to the method or technology, or to their child, or if a person is trying to communicate issues through their behaviour, assessed by direct observations of the parents by a chartered psychotherapist, well-experienced in working with children on the autism spectrum and parents between baseline and 12 weeks | — |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed