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SDLMI + UNITED Strategy for Autism (SDLMI Trial)

N/A

Waitlist Available

Research Sponsored by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Must not have

Parent/Caregiver not willing to participate

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline, 12 months, and 18 months

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial will compare the effectiveness of each intervention with and without the addition of our implementation strategy, UNITED. UNITED is a remote delivery of professional development modules specific to the intervention and active coaching as dictated by the intervention procedures.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for school staff and adolescents aged 13-19 with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD), from under-resourced families. Eligible participants include those attending Title I schools, have a family income below 250% of the federal poverty guidelines, and have an official ASD/NDD diagnosis.

What is being tested?

The AIRB-4 study tests the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI) for adolescents with ASD. It involves training school personnel to help students set and achieve their own goals over one school year, requiring about 47 hours from staff and around 25 hours from students.

What are the potential side effects?

Since this intervention is educational rather than medical, it does not involve typical drug side effects. However, there may be indirect effects related to changes in behavior or stress levels due to new learning strategies.

Eligibility Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

You may be eligible for the trial if you check “No” for criteria below:

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My parent or caregiver is not willing to participate.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline, 12 months, and 18 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline, 12 months, and 18 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 12 months, and 18 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Stages of Implementation Completion (SIC)

Secondary study objectives

Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS)

School Implementation Climate Scale

Self-Determination Inventory (SDI-SR)

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Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: UNITEDExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

UNITED is premised on the idea that successful implementation in organizations like schools and early intervention systems requires a team-based approach, in which the team is thoughtfully assembled, develops a plan for implementation, assigns roles and responsibilities, and carefully tracks and supports implementation and sustainment in all its stages within a few meetings and ongoing coaching from the research staff.

Group II: Implementation as Usual (IAU)Active Control1 Intervention

The organizations will implement SDLMI as usual. The research team will be available to provide support on the SDLMI intervention as needed.

0 / 1Eligibility criteria met