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Regulating Together for Intellectual Disability and Autism: A Group Behavioral Therapy for for Emotion Dysregulation

NCT07624448 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2026-06-05

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Summary

The goal of this study is to help children with autism and a co-occurring intellectual disability and their families learn practical strategies for managing issues like irritability, aggression, and other challenging behaviors. The main objective of this study is:

To adapt current Regulating Together materials to create an outpatient group program for emotion dysregulation in autism and co-occurring intellectual disability (ASD + ID) that will improve psychosocial outcomes for youth with ASD + ID.

Conditions

  • Autism
  • Intellectual Disabilities With Other Behavioral Symptoms
  • Intellectual Disability

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Regulating Together group therapy

Regulating Together is the original curriculum developed for autistic youth that uses evidence-based therapeutic strategies including relaxation techniques, parent management training, and mindfulness to help regulate emotions. This study will adapt the original Regulating Together curriculum to focus on behavioral interventions to treat emotion dysregulation in Autism with a co-occurring intellectual disability.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

    collaborator NIH

  • Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Walker McKinney, PhD · Children's Mercy

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-10-31
Primary Completion
2027-09-30
Completion
2027-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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