Thirty two children age 2-6 years are recruited into the study and the randomization will be stratified for chronological age and symptom severity into 2 main groups, intervention and control. The intervention group will receive an additional target treatment of DIR/Floortime parent training intervention, while the control group will continue on their routine care for 3 months. Hypothesis: Children in the intervention group show much improvement in climbing the developmental "ladder" and declining in the autistic behaviors.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
32
Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship-Bases (DIR) focus more on relationship, social skills, and meaningful, spontaneous use of language and communication and integrated understand of human development
Routine care
The Functional Emotional Assessment Scale (FEAS) Ratings (the child part)
Time frame: at the beginning of the first session and at the 3 months follow up
The Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) Clinical rating of the children (6 point scale related to Greenspan's six Functional Development Level -FDL) Satisfaction of the effectiveness of the intervention of their child (Six-point Likert scale)
Time frame: at the beginning of the first session and the 3 months follow up
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