Results of a therapy programme implemented by parents in home setting

• Register: SLCTR
• Last refreshed on: 27 April 2013
• Main ID: SLCTR/2009/011
• Date of registration: 18/09/2009
• Primary sponsor: Lady Ridgeway Hospital
• Public title: Results of a therapy programme implemented by parents in home setting
• Scientific title: Effectiveness of a parent implemented early intervention programme for autism: an option for a low resource setting
• Date of first enrolment: 1/10/2009
• Target sample size: 100
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://www.slctr.lk/trial_details.asp?reg_id={F93ECDF2-1B1E-470D-A718-3CDFB1A9CF65}
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Design: The study is an open intervention trial.; Sample: Children aged 18 to 48 months recruited to the programme from among those referred to a tertiary care child mental health service for assessment and diagnosis of autism. Comprehensive interview of the parents and observation of child’s behaviour will be carried out in a clinical setting and to make a diagnosis using DSM IV TR criteria; Parents are trained a range of strategies to use to facilitate social connectedness in the child and are followedup monthly.; The outcome of intervention is objectively assessed at 3 months and 6 months after the initiation of the programme using 5 separate parameters to measure the outcome ((i) eye contact, (ii) pointing, (iii) response to name, (iv) interaction, (v) imitation )

Countries of recruitment

Sri Lanka

Contacts

• Name: Hemamali Perera
• Affiliation: Professor in Psychological Medicine

• Name: Hemamali Perera
• Affiliation: Professor in Psychological Medicine

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All children aged 18 to 48 months diagnosed with autism
Exclusion criteria: Other pervasive development disorders and children with global developmental delay

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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Autistic spectrum disorder

Intervention(s)

For training, parents will be seen individually. Following an initial education on autism, parents are taught a range of strategies to use to facilitate social communication skills in the child.

Primary Outcome(s)

Improvement in five selected parameters-eye contact , response to name, Interaction with Parents, Imitative behaviour and pointing

Secondary Outcome(s)

Improvement in speech and language

Secondary ID(s)

Nil known

Source(s) of Monetary Support

None