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An Evaluation of a Developmentally-Based Parent Training Program for Children With Autism
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT01400269
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of a parent training program in the treatment of social and communication deficits in children with autism. Specifically, this study will evaluate a developmentally based parent delivered intervention in the community developed by Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE).
Official Title
An Evaluation of a Developmentally-Based Parent Training Program for Children With Autism
Stanford Investigator(s)
Antonio Hardan, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
* meets DSM-IV-TR criteria for an autism spectrum disorder (pervasive developmental disorder) on the basis of clinical evaluation and the research diagnostic methods
* age range between 18 months and 6.11 years
* male or female in good medical health
* will be starting PACE parent training program
* intends on continuing PACE program for a minimum of 12 weeks
Exclusion Criteria:
* medically unstable (e.g., more than one seizure a month)
* a medical diagnosis that causes autism like symptomology (e.g., Fragile X, Down syndrome, Angelman's syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, Rett's disorder)
Intervention(s):
behavioral: Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE ) developmentally based parent delivered intervention
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Christina Ardel, MA
650-736-1235