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Evaluation of the Effect of a Social Skills Program for Children and Adolescents With ASD

NCT05713162 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 94

Last updated 2023-02-06

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Summary

Research evaluating effectiveness of social skills intervention programs for children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder is still limited.

The main objective of this study was to develop an adaptation of the Social Adjustment Enhancement Intervention program form the University of California for a group of children and adolescents with autism. Our secondary goal was to evaluate the effect of our program through specific indicators. We hypothesized a decrease in comorbid symptomatology, as measured by questionnaires. We also expected an increase in social behaviors, measured through observational methodology.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Adaptation of the Social Adjustment Enhancement Intervention of the UC Davis MIND Institute (Solomon, 2004).

The social skills intervention program was based on a consented adaptation of the Social Adjustment Enhancement Intervention of the UC Davis MIND Institute (Solomon, 2004). In order to be feasible in a hospital-based service, we adapted the program to 10 sessions. Session structure included initial greeting, free play time, didactic, joke telling, and closing activities. Topics of didactic sessions were related to social competence, such as empathy, talking about feelings, and solving social problems. We also adapted the content of the sessions, including activities proposed by Solomon (2004) but also from other experts in social cognition, such as García-Winner (2000). Each group was comprised by 7-10 participants. Children groups were conducted by a clinical psychologist, a mental health nurse and the support of two master degree students. Adolescent groups were conducted by a psychologist, a psychiatrist and the support of two master degree students.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundació Sant Joan de Déu

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maria A Mairena, PhD · Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Children's Hospital, Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-30
Primary Completion
2019-04-30
Completion
2019-04-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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