Intervening With Children/Adolescents With FAS/ARND

Children diagnosed through the FAS DPN clinic (who receive non-study services through the clinic/referrals) will receive baseline assessment. The baseline assessment for the child will include: medical issues (including medication), intellectual assessment, academic achievement, language, social functioning, executive functioning, neurological assessment, perceived self-confidence, and behavioral observation of parent-child interactions (videotaped and coded). For caregivers, baseline assessment will include: demographics, medical histories, educational history, current services, satisfaction with services, knowledge of FAS, stress, parenting competence, and family functioning.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Treatment; Control
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Positive Behavior Support

Detailed Description

Functional analysis of challenging behaviors will be conducted. Intervention will be an individualized, multimodal, behavioral consultation. The consultation will include: FAS education, emotional/practical support, and teaching child management strategies specific to children with FAS/ARND, advocacy assistance, and school consultation. Specific procedure will be based on previous findings and experience. In particular, specialized "Behavior Support Plans" will be developed for each child with input from parents, teachers, and clinicians.

Team consultations at the child's home during weekly visits. Instruction will include information on FAS, behavioral strategies, and information for advocating with service systems.

Evaluation Plan: Both interventions: Treatment and control groups will be compared using pre- and post-tests measures. Post-tests will be at the conclusion of the intervention and at a 9-month follow-up (end of school year).

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Washington
    • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195
      • University of Washington

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 5 years to 12 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• children 5 to 12 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Educational/Counseling/Training
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
behavior

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Collaborators: University of Washington
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Susan Astley, PhD, University of Washington

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: October 1, 2001
• Study Completion: June 1, 2005

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 12, 2005
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 12, 2005
• First Posted (Estimate): September 14, 2005

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): September 14, 2005
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 12, 2005
• Last Verified: September 1, 2005

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: CDC-NCBDDD-3752; U84/CCU020163-02