Intellectual Disabilities, Language Disorder, Speech Delay
Conditions
Keywords
Intellectual Disabilities, Speech Delay, Language Disorder
Brief summary
The investigators will assess the efficacy of Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) in the treatment of communication deficits in children with intellectual disabilities. By collecting information about parent and child functioning before and after PRT, The investigators will be able to determine whether the intervention is effective in improving child communication and reducing parent stress.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPivotal Response Treatment (PRT)
Sponsors
Stanford University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
2 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities: * Participants will have an age range between 2 and 17.11 years of age inclusive * Male or female * Diagnosis of an intellectual disability based on the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10), and an expert clinical evaluation * have historical evidence of significant abnormal developmental milestones as determined by neurological history * care provider that will reliably bring subject to study visits, and is trustworthy to provide accurate accounts of services provided to the subject Inclusion Criteria for Individuals with Speech Delay/Language Disorder: * Participants will have an age range between 2 and 17.11 years of age inclusive * Male or female * Diagnosis of a speech delay based on the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10), and an expert clinical evaluation * Preschool Language scale (PLS) score of at least 1 standard deviations below age level (for children in the age range of 2-6.11) * care provider that will reliably bring subject to study visits, and is trustworthy to provide accurate accounts of services provided to the subject
Exclusion criteria
* medically unstable (such as having unstable seizures) * primary diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is exclusionary as determined by the investigators
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change from Baseline on the MacArthur-Bates Communication Development Inventory at 6, 12, and 24 weeks | 6, 12 and 24 weeks |
| Change from Baseline in communication during parent-child and clinician-child interactions at 6, 12, and 24 weeks | 6, 12 and 24 weeks |
| Change from Baseline on the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) at 6, 12, and 24 weeks | 6, 12 and 24 weeks |
| Change from Baseline on the Clinical Global Impression Scale at 6, 12, and 24 weeks | 6, 12, and 24 weeks |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change from Baseline on the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) at 6, 12, and 24 weeks | 6, 12, and 24 weeks |
| Change from Baseline on the Family Empowerment Scale (FES) at 6, 12, and 24 weeks | 6, 12, and 24 weeks |
| Change from Baseline on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Second Edition (VABS-II) at 6, 12, and 24 weeks | 6, 12 and 24 weeks |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed