Digital Health Parent-Training for Children with Social Communication Delays
This study is testing an online parent training program called OPT-In-Early (Online Parent Training in Early Behavioral Intervention). This program teaches parents how to help their young children improve social engagement, communication, and daily living skills. The study aims to see if this online program can help children aged 14 to 48 months who have social communication delays or an autism diagnosis. Researchers will measure changes in children's motor imitation, adaptive behaviors, and communication skills over 4 months. This study is for parents who are at least 18 years old, fluent in English, and have internet access. The current status of the study is unclear.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 100 participants. It is not specified if it is randomized or blinded.
- What's involved
- Parents agree to complete two study visits and review the OPT-In-Early program if assigned to that group. The study measures will be taken at the start and after 4 months.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for 4 months after starting the intervention.
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A Digital Health Parent-Training Intervention for Children With Social Communication Delays
At a glance
Conditions
NCT07551752
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
Florida International University
Miami, Floridastudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
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What this trial measures
- Motor Imitation ScaleBaseline and 4 months
We will administer a revised Motor Imitation Scale (MIS), a standardized, structured observational measure that assesses a child's ability to imitate familiar and novel motor actions. Children will see 5 actions modeled and then will be prompted to imitate the action using a matching toy. Children are given up to three opportunities to imitate each action. MIS scores range from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater imitation.
- Vineland Scales of Adaptive Behavior-3Baseline and 4 months
The Vineland Scales of Adaptive Behavior-3 (Vineland-3) is a standardized parent interview measuring adaptive functioning. It will be administered to all participants at pre- and post-treatment to evaluate change occurring in adaptive behavior across groups. Previous research has documented that this measure has robust psychometric properties, is sensitive to change in response to early intervention, and captures dimensions that are highly valued by stakeholders. Higher scores in the Vineland indicate more advanced adaptive skills.
- MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MCDI)Baseline and 4 months
The MacArthur Bates Communication Development Inventory (MCDI) is a parent-report measure that assesses nonverbal communication (gestures) and verbal communication (words). The Words and Gestures form will be used. The MCDI is widely used, standardized, and validated. It is particularly well-suited for large-scale research due to ease of administration, strong psychometric properties, and sensitivity to individual differences in early language development. Higher scores indicate greater communication.