A feasibility controlled trial of an eight-session group intervention for siblings of children who have an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Children will be recruited from a multi-academy trust of nine schools. Due to the on-going impact of COVID-19 restrictions, children will be allocated to the intervention condition (eight session support group) if they are physically attending school and to the control condition (receipt of a booklet) if they remain at home. Pre and post outcome measures will be completed by children and their parents in both research arms.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
12
The intervention is a novel, 8 session sibling support group which has been created for the purpose of the study.
The second arm of the study is a control condition in which participants will be given a tailored booklet to complete at home as it was deemed unethical to provide them with nothing.
The Howard Partnership Multi-Academy Trust
Leatherhead, United Kingdom
Change in Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ, Goodman et al., 2009) scores
Questionnaire used to measure effectiveness pre and post intervention or control condition. Lower scores indicate better outcome.
Time frame: Pre (Week 1) and post (Week 6) intervention
Change in Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL V4.0; Varni, Seid & Kurtin, 2001) scores
Questionnaire used to measure effectiveness pre and post intervention or control condition. Higher scores indicate better outcome.
Time frame: Pre (Week 1) and post (Week 6) intervention
Change in Knowledge of Autism Questionnaire (KAS; Ross & Cuskelly, 2006) scores
Questionnaire used to measure knowledge of autism pre and post intervention or control condition. Higher scores indicate better outcome.
Time frame: Pre (Week 1) and post (Week 6) intervention
Change in Goal Based Outcomes (GBOs, Law & Jacob, 2015) scores Goal Based Outcomes (GBOs, Law & Jacob, 2015)
Questionnaire used to measure effectiveness pre and post intervention or control condition. Higher scores indicate better outcome.
Time frame: Pre (Week 1) and post (Week 6) intervention
Experience of Service Questionnaire (ESQ, Attride-Stirling, 2002)
Questionnaire used to measure experience post intervention or control condition. Higher scores indicate better outcome.
Time frame: Post intervention (6 weeks after Time 1)
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