Community Based Intervention for Children With ADHD and ASD

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a new treatment, Unstuck and On Target (UOT), works better, worse, or the same as the best treatment that is available now, Contingency Behavioral Management (CBM), for low income children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Conditions

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
• Executive Function

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Unstuck and on Target (UOT)

Unstuck and on Target (UOT) is a novel and innovative cognitive-behavioral treatment that directly addresses executive functioning and self-regulation deficits in ASD and ADHD. UOT is the first contextually-based EF treatment that targets flexibility, goal-setting and planning through a cognitive-behavioral program centered on self-regulatory scripts that are consistently modeled and reinforced. Parents, teachers, and interventionists will be taught to model and support flexibility across settings. Children will also participate in a peer group intervention setting.

BEHAVIORAL

Parents and Teachers Supporting Students (PATSS)

The Contingency Behavior Management (CBM) intervention was developed by the researchers and called Parents and Teachers Supporting Students (PATSS) as a current best practice intervention that was comparable in design to Unstuck and on Target. The goal is to improve child behavioral outcomes by training parents, teachers and interventionists in core principles of behavior management like social learning and behavioral change. Children were also included in small group sessions where they identify their own behavior goals and meaningful reinforcers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Georgetown University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Colorado, Denver

  collaborator OTHER

• Lauren Kenworthy

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D. · Children's National Health Services

• Laura Anthony, Ph.D. · University of Colorado, Denver

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

8 Years

Max Age

11 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2014-09-13

Primary Completion

2017-08-05

Completion

2017-08-05

Countries

• United States

Study Locations