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Project AFECT (Autism Family Empowerment Coaching and Training Program)

NCT05910502 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2026-01-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the journey of families after their child's diagnosis of autism and to help parents understand autism and get the right treatments for their child. This study is for parents of children just diagnosed with autism who are:

* Age greater than 1 and up to 5 years old;
* Hispanic/Latino OR Black/African-American OR have Medi-Cal as primary health insurance; AND
* Live in one of the following counties in California (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, or Sonoma).

The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Whether parent coaching through Project AFECT leads to decreased parental stress and increased parental confidence;
* Whether family navigation through Project AFECT leads to increased number of referrals to early intervention and educational services and reduced wait times to autism treatments;
* Whether children whose parents receive Project AFECT intervention show increased language skills compared to children whose parents did not receive intervention.

Participants will be asked to:

* Complete surveys at enrollment and 3 and 6 months later.
* Work with Project AFECT Coach.

Researchers will compare control and intervention groups to see if Project AFECT leads to improved parent and child outcomes.

Conditions

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Autism
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Autistic Disorder
  • Autistic Spectrum Disorder
  • Autistic Spectrum Disorders
  • Autistic Disorders Spectrum

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Autism Family Empowerment Coaching and Training Program

Participants in the intervention group will be connected with Project AFECT Coaches who will provide: Coaching to (1) assure parents understand diagnosis, (2) assist parents in finding accurate, current information about autism, (3) guide parents to free online autism training resources, (4) empower parents to evaluate child's intervention plan holistically, and (5) provide emotional support to reduce stress; Navigation to (1) help family access autism treatments, and (2) connect to early intervention and educational services.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Heidi Feldman, MD, PhD · Stanford University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Months
Max Age
60 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-09-19
Primary Completion
2025-12-12
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • United States

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Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT05910502 on ClinicalTrials.gov