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Autism MEAL Plan: Parent Training to Manage Eating Aversions & Limited Variety

NCT02712281 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2018-12-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The Autism Managing Eating Aversions and Limited variety (MEAL) Plan is a group-based parent training intervention designed to assist parents in increasing the variety of foods eaten in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The goal of the Autism MEAL Plan is to include specific techniques to manage mealtime behavioral challenges and introduce new foods.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Autism MEAL Plan

The Autism MEAL plan includes education on feeding issues and behavior management, and specific strategies to expand dietary diversity. Each parent receives 1.5 hours of intervention per week for 10 weeks by a masters or doctoral level clinician. The first three sessions focus on understanding feeding problems and behavior management strategies in children with ASD.The next seven sessions include child-specific feeding interventions, based on parent-report and home data collection of child meal time behavior. To promote application of new skills, homework accompanies each lesson. The next seven sessions include child-specific feeding interventions, based on parent-report and home data collection of child meal time behavior. To promote application of new skills, homework accompanies each lesson.

BEHAVIORAL

Parent Education

The Parent Education study arm includes 10 sessions focusing on the following topics: understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), clinical assessments for ASD, development in children with ASD, medical and genetic comorbidities in ASD, family and sibling issues, treatment alternatives, and education and treatment planning. The Parent Education arm does not include topics related to feeding problems or feeding specific interventions. Each parent receives 1.5 hours of intervention per week for 10 weeks by a masters or doctoral level clinician. Children randomized to Parent Education will be offered the Autism MEAL Plan after completing the 10-week randomized trial.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

    collaborator OTHER

  • Emory University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • William Sharp, PhD · Emory University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-07-31
Primary Completion
2018-03-31
Completion
2018-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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