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Effects of a Short-term Parent Mediated Social Training on Developmental Trajectories in Infants

NCT03404505 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2025-09-23

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Summary

This study is being done to examine the feasibility and impact of the Infant Achievements caregiver coaching treatment on caregiver child-engagement strategies used during play with their infant. The investigators will examine effects on infants' social and communication behavior. This randomized controlled trial will compare caregivers and infants in the Infant Achievements (IA) coaching group to caregivers and infants in the Caregiver Education (CE) no-coaching group. A total of 64 eligible participants (16 children plus their caregiver per group) will participate in the study.

Conditions

  • Younger Sibling of Child With Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Signs of Developmental Delay
  • Signs of Communication Delay
  • Signs of Social Delay

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Infant Achievements

Play-based intervention for caregivers and infants. The efficacy of the Infant Achievements intervention for improving communication and social behavior in infants who are at risk for communication, social, or developmental delay.

BEHAVIORAL

Caregiver Education (CE)

Parents in the CE group will be taught about child development and well-being in their home, weekly, with a weekly follow-up phone call by trained research staff.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rebecca Landa, PhD, CCC-SLP · Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Months
Max Age
12 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-11-03
Primary Completion
2020-12-15
Completion
2021-01-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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