Based on the need to characterize and improve early intervention services for minority and under-resourced children with ASD, this study translates a manualized and proven training model to examine its impact on the use of evidence-based practices (EBP) by early intervention providers, and to examine its relationship to child and family outcomes. By highlighting the impact of EBP-focused training on participating providers, children, and families, findings of the proposed study have the potential to effect significant change in the organization and delivery of early intervention services for minority and under-resourced children with ASD.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
80
Providers will be trained to use evidence-based practices for early intervention service delivery in the Autism Spectrum Disorder population.
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Change in Provider Delivery Service Practices
Provider measure
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months into treatment
Change in Baseline Mullen Scales of Early Learning
Child measure
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months into treatment
Change in Baseline Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule
Child measure
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months into treatment
Change in Caregiver Interaction with Child
Caregiver measure
Time frame: Baseline and 6 months into treatment
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