Parent Video Feedback Intervention Study

This study is a randomized controlled trial of video-based feedback interventions for the
parents of young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In the beginning of the study,
each participant will be randomized to the video-based feedback condition (treatment
condition) or standard care procedure (control condition). All participants will be asked to
implement the strategies taught during the sessions in the home environment (e.g., following
the child's lead, sitting face-to-face). Participants randomized into the video-based
feedback condition (treatment condition) will be asked to video-tape their interactions with
their children (maximum 30 mins/week at home during free play, book reading, bath or meal
time routines). The therapist then will review the tapes and then use the recorded sessions
to give feedback on the parents' use of strategies in addition to providing in-vivo feedback
based on the live interactions during the sessions. For parents whose children are randomized
into the standard care condition, the families will receive coaching based on in-vivo
sessions as described above. For all participants, a battery of assessment (diagnostic,
developmental testing), will be administered at the beginning of the study participation, in
the mid-point at 3 months, at the end of their 6-month participation of treatment sessions,
and then at the follow-up period, 6 months after the end of their participation of the
treatment sessions.

Inclusion Criteria:

- All children who will be enrolled into the early intervention (EI) classroom at the
Center for Autism and the Developing Brain (CADB) will be invited to participate in
the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

- We do not have any exclusionary criteria as long as the children meet the inclusion
criteria (families with children with ASD between 1-4 years who will be enrolling in
the CADB early intervention classroom).