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A Sensory-Profile Framework for Differentiated Swim Instruction in Autistic Children

NCT07699692 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 95

Last updated 2026-07-13

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Summary

Autistic children drown at one-hundred sixty times the rate of their neurotypical peers: a public health crisis that the adapted learning field has only addressed by demonstrating that standard swimming instruction sometimes works for autistic children. This study presents a three-profile framework (sensory-seeking/hyposensitive, sensory-avoidant/hypersensitive, variable/mixed) founded in sensory processing literature, based on \~950 lessons to 65 autistic children (ages 3-15) to determine why this disjunction exists, and how swim instructors can fix it.

Conditions

  • ASD

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

sensory-based instruction

This study provided sensory-based instruction to children with ASD to increase aquatics-based learning efficiency

BEHAVIORAL

standard instruction

standard swim instruction with no neurological accommodations

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Genesis Indep Research

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Months
Max Age
16 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-10-15
Primary Completion
2026-04-15
Completion
2026-05-25

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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