Active — Not RecruitingNot Applicable

Trial of Autism Parent Navigator Program

United States360 participantsStarted 2021-03-25

Plain-language summary

To address the dual needs of parents for support in navigating Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) services and maintaining positive family functioning, the investigators propose to test Autism Parent Navigators (APN), an innovative in-home, peer support model for parents with a young child recently diagnosed with ASD.

Who can participate

Age range2 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Parents of children who have been newly diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). * The child will be age 2-6 years and been diagnosed with ASD in the past four months. * The child is the first child in the family to be diagnosed with ASD. * Parents are not already involved in a parent mentoring relationship. * Parents are currently involved in a couple relationship, including same-sex partners, dating couples, adoptive parents and step-parent families. Exclusion Criteria: None

What they're measuring

Weekly Count of Service Navigation Behaviors

Timeframe: 12 month

Parenting Scale (Arnold)

Timeframe: 12 month

CES-Depression

Timeframe: 12 month

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04744428

SponsorPenn State University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-03-31

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