Opt-In Early Pilot Study for Autism Spectrum Disorder
This study is testing the Opt-In Early training program, an online tool designed to help parents of young children with autism. It aims to provide support while families wait for diagnoses or interventions, which can often take a long time. The study has two versions: one for Latinx families (available in Spanish) and one for rural families. Researchers want to see if using this program helps improve children's social interaction skills. You might be able to join if you have a child aged 15 to 42 months with a confirmed or suspected autism diagnosis. For the Latinx group, parents should primarily speak Spanish or be balanced bilinguals. For the rural group, families should ideally live in rural communities. The study plans to enroll 120 parent-child pairs.
- Study design
- This is an interventional pilot study planning to enroll 120 parent-child pairs. It is not specified if it is randomized or blinded.
- What's involved
- Families will access the Opt-In Early training program website and fill out a usage diary to record their experience. Social interaction skills will be measured before and after six months of using the program.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for six months after starting the intervention to measure social interaction skills.
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Opt-In Early Pilot Study
At a glance
Conditions
NCT06908187
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 2 sites. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Hartford, Connecticutstudy coordinator listed
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregonstudy coordinator listed
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Katharine Zuckerman, MD MPH · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Oregon Health and Science University
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What this trial measures
- Social Interaction Rating Scale (SIRS)It is administered pre- and post-six months of intervention to both groups.
It is a measure of observed parent use of intervention strategies, to assess Parent Fidelity. This is observational measure is videotaped and coded by a trained rater blind to group. Parents are asked to do 4 activities with their child, keeping the child as engaged as possible: (1) Work on a puzzle (2) Teach your child to imitate you doing a simple behavior that you haven't already taught them to imitate; (3) Play with your child using bubbles. (4) Feed your child a snack. Each activity is recorded for 3 minutes. Parents' responsivity to the child based on behavioral and affective principles emphasized throughout OPT-In- Early are coded: positive affect, contingent reinforcement, appropriate directiveness, promotion of eye contact, and appropriate level of prompting. Each item is scored on a 5-point Likert scale Scores on the 5 items are also summed to yield a total score. OPT-In-Early pilot data demonstrated good-to-excellent ICC's for between-rater reliability for these SIRS items.