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Social Skills in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

NCT02147236 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2014-05-26

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Summary

To evaluate whether a structured social skills program, called Social Skills Development,is superior to a wait list control group on measures of interpersonal interaction. The Social Skills Development (SSD) is a 16-week, group intervention that uses activities and peer tutors to promote interpersonal skills in children 8 to 11 years of age with Autism Spectrum Disorders.Following a diagnostic and social skills assessment,children are randomly assigned to SSD or wait list for 16 weeks. Children who were randomized to the wait list are offered SSD at Week 16. Children randomized to SSD are followed for 9 months to assess the durability of gains during the first 16 weeks.

Conditions

  • Pervasive Developmental Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Social Skills Training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Organization of Autism Research

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Renfield Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lawrence D Scahill, MSN,PhD · Yale University Child Study Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
11 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-07-31
Primary Completion
2005-01-31
Completion
2005-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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