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Joint Attention Intervention and Young Children With Autism

NCT00378157 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 61

Last updated 2011-02-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of an intervention aimed to increase joint attention in 2-4 year old children with autism. The study will be conducted in mainstream preschools in Norway. The intervention will be implemented by preschool teachers and paraprofessionals supervised by trained counselors.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Joint attention intervention

Eight weeks with two daily sessions (20 minutes) with joint attention intervention in the pre-school.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Ullevaal University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Eili Sponheim, PhD · Ullevaal University Hospital

  • Lars Smith, PhD · University of Oslo (UiO)

  • Berit Grøholt, PhD · University of Oslo (UiO)

  • Anett Kaale, PhD student · Ullevaal University Hospital and Centre for Child and Adolecent Mental Health (R-BUP)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
24 Months
Max Age
60 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-09-30
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2010-01-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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Diseases

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