Evaluating Georgia Part C Implementation Outcomes for Autism Interventions
This study is looking for ways to help Early Intervention (EI) providers in Georgia deliver high-quality services to young children with communication delays or autism. It's testing two different training models for an intervention called Project ImPACT. Project ImPACT teaches parents how to use special techniques during daily routines to help their child's social engagement, language, imitation, and play skills. The study wants to see which training model helps providers learn Project ImPACT best. You might be able to join if you are a caregiver with a child under 3 years old in Georgia's EI system, or an EI provider in Georgia. The study aims to understand how well Project ImPACT is put into practice and its early effects on parents and children.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study with a planned enrollment of 20 participants. It compares two different training models for Project ImPACT.
- What's involved
- Caregivers may complete surveys before and after Project ImPACT (20-30 minutes each set) and an exit interview, or a confidential survey only after Project ImPACT (20-30 minutes). All research activities will be at the Marcus Autism Center.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Provider co-production quality is measured up to 6 months.
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Evaluating Georgia Part C Implementation Outcomes
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
1 sites across 1 statesStudy leadership
- Katherine E. Pickard, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Emory University
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What this trial measures
- Project ImPACT Coaching FidelityBiweekly up to 20 weeks
Providers' Project ImPACT therapy sessions will be video recorded and will be scored retrospectively for use of core Project ImPACT strategies. The research team will measure the project fidelity by watching recorded videos of the sessions, which will allow the team to capture how effectively the adult implements a strategy. This will be scored using the Project ImPACT fidelity checklist. Provider fidelity for each intervention strategy will be rated by a trained coder using a 5-point Likert scale, with scores of 4 or greater indicating appropriate fidelity. An average score of 4 or higher on all of the strategies indicates that fidelity has been met for Project ImPACT.
- Provider Co-Production QualityBaseline; Weekly up to 12 weeks, and 6-months
Following each therapy session, providers will complete a brief 20-item survey in which they will be asked what their session looked like and the rationale for any adaptations described. Providers will first indicate how long in minutes their Project ImPACT session was. They will also indicate which Project ImPACT coaching activities they completed in their session (yes/no). Providers will then be asked to indicate which of 10 additional non-Project ImPACT topics they covered in their session and subsequently how long in minutes they spent covering the additional topics. The following information will then be calculated for each session: 1) Percent of possible coaching elements delivered; 2) Percent of time spent covering additional topics; 3) Percent of time delivering other topics.