ASD
Conditions
Keywords
autism, asd, swim, instruction, learning, neurotypical, aquatics, sensory, sensory profile
Brief summary
Autistic children drown at one-hundred sixty times the rate of their neurotypical peers: a public health crisis that the adapted learning field has only addressed by demonstrating that standard swimming instruction sometimes works for autistic children. This study presents a three-profile framework (sensory-seeking/hyposensitive, sensory-avoidant/hypersensitive, variable/mixed) founded in sensory processing literature, based on \ 950 lessons to 65 autistic children (ages 3-15) to determine why this disjunction exists, and how swim instructors can fix it.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALsensory-based instruction
This study provided sensory-based instruction to children with ASD to increase aquatics-based learning efficiency
BEHAVIORALstandard instruction
standard swim instruction with no neurological accommodations
Sponsors
Genesis Indep Research
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE (Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
3 Months to 16 Months
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* ASD
Exclusion criteria
* Neurotypical
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| (1) lessons to 5-meter unassisted float/kick; | 10 lessons for each participant; 10-14 weeks |
| (2) percentage of sessions ending 10+ minutes early due to apparent dysregulation; | 10 lessons for each participant; 10-14 weeks |
| (3) week-4 composite trust score (1-10 score: 10=highest); | 10 lessons for each participant; 10-14 weeks |
| (4) technique corrections accepted per session without protest. | 10 lessons for each participant; 10-14 weeks |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed