Effect of Sensory Integration in Speech Therapy for Children With Autism

July 14, 2025 updated by: Riphah International University
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is considered one of the commonest developmental disabilities, characterized mainly by impairments in social performance and communicative skills, repetitive stereotypical behaviors, and restriction in interests and activities, with a combination of sensory, cognitive, behavioral, and communication features which persist throughout life. Caminha & Lampreia specified that there is a significantly high prevalence of sensory processing dysfunctions in ASD. Sensory processing means how the central and peripheral nervous systems deal with the incoming sensory input from different sensory organs; visual, auditory, smell, taste, tactile, proprioception, and vestibular information. Sensory processing dysfunction is the neurological dysfunction affecting the adequate reception, modulation, integration, discrimination, or organization of sensory stimuli, and the behavioral responses to the sensory input. Sensory integration therapy (SIT) is a frequent type of therapy that aims to improve a child's ability to perceive and integrate sensory input in order to explore more ordered and appropriate actions. SIT improves motor skills, social relationships, attention, behavior control, language and pre-linguistic communicative abilities, reading comprehension, participation in play activities, and personal identification. Therefore, the need for further explicit assessment of sensory integration intervention among ASD children has been increased to identify its gains in social and verbal interactions. This study aimed to estimate the impact of sensory integration therapy on language development in autism spectrum disorder children.46 ASD children will enroll in this study, their ages ranged from 3-10 years, males and females, divided into two groups (group I received speech therapy sessions together with sensory integration therapy sessions, group II received speech therapy sessions only) went through two stages of evaluation before and after receiving their sessions with one year apart. All children were subjected to Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS), sensory profile assessment by Short Sensory profile (SSP) and Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills- Revised (The ABLLS-R).Data will be taken from Clinics and Schools having children with autism

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Pakistan
    • Punjab
      • Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, 54500
        • Hayyati Clinic

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Pre diagnosed autistic children
  • Both male and female
  • Age range:3 years to 10 years
  • Moderately severe

Exclusion Criteria:

- Autism with any comorbid will be excluded ( hearing impaired, Any syndrome)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Sensory integration therapy
Experimental group was given sensory integration therapy .total number of 5 sessions give t o each participant that comprised of 30 minutes.
Other: sensory integration therapy
sensory integration therapy include 2 categories that comprised of 9 strategies.
Other Names:
  • Traditional speech therapy
Active Comparator: Traditional Speech therapy
Control group was given traditional speech therapy .total number of 5 sessions give t o each participant that comprised of 30 minutes.
Other: Traditional Speech therapy
Control group was given traditional speech therapy .total number of 5 sessions give t o each participant that comprised of 30 minutes.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills- Revised (ABLLS-R)
Time Frame: baseline and 6 weeks
The ABLLS-R scoring system evaluates a child's skills across 25 developmental areas. Each task within a skill area is broken into steps, scored on a 0-2 scale: 0 for no skill, 1 for emerging or assisted performance, and 2 for independent mastery. The scores for all steps in a task are totaled to give a task score, which contributes to the overall skill area score. A visual tracking grid is used to record and color-code performance, helping identify strengths, areas for improvement, and track progress over time. This scoring guides individualized goal setting and intervention planning.
baseline and 6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Riphah International University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Hina Omer, Ms(SLP), Riphah International University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 17, 2025

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 7, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 7, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

April 15, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 15, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 14, 2025

Last Verified

July 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • REC/RCR & AHS/24/0659

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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