AIRB-4: Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction

Summary

The AIRB research team will compare the use and effectiveness of each intervention (Mind the Gap, Remaking Recess and Self Determined Learning Model of Instruction) with and without the addition of our implementation strategy, UNITED. In all groups, the research team will train community practitioners using remote delivery of professional development modules specific to the intervention and active coaching as dictated by the intervention procedures.

The research team will pair UNITED with three interventions that cover the ages of early childhood, childhood, and adolescence. These include Mind the Gap (MTG), a family navigation intervention for children newly diagnosed under age 8, Remaking Recess (RR), a school-based social/peer engagement intervention for children ages 5-12, and Self-Determination Learning Model of Instruction (SDMLI), a self-advocacy intervention for adolescents (13-22 years; 22 is the upper age limit of high school for individuals with disabilities).

For the SDLMI, school personnel will be trained to work with adolescents with ASD using the SDLMI model. This model will help students with ASD set their own goals and help attain them. The total time commitment for the school personnel is 1 school year (2 semesters) for about 47 hours. The total time commitment for the parent of the student with ASD is about 1 hour (sign consent/fill out demographic survey). The total time commitment for the student with ASD is 1 school year (2 semesters) for about 25.25 hours.

Conditions

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI)

SDLMI is a teaching model that enables providers to teach students to: * make choices and decisions about setting a goal * develop action plans for academic or other goals * self-monitor and self-evaluate progress toward goal attainment * adjust the goal or plan

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, Davis

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Kansas

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Washington

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Pennsylvania

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Rochester

  collaborator OTHER

• Drexel University

  collaborator OTHER

• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

  lead FED

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

13 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-08-04

Primary Completion

2025-08-31

Completion

2025-12-01

Countries

• United States

Study Locations