Early Intervention for Developmental Delay
Condition: Child Development; Developmental Delay; Early Intervention
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of early intervention program in Department
      of Children and Adolescent Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. The
      investigators assume that the frequency of early-intervention and degree of family
      involvement will be associate with the treatment outcome.
    

Detailed description: 
      This prospective, non-randomized, open-label study is performed to assess the effects of
      adjunctive SI in the family-based treatment program of children with developmental delay
      (DD). The study subjects are children with DD who attended an early intervention (EI) program
      at Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, which is the largest general hospital in the
      Southern Taiwan. Each participating child undergo a joint assessment by a pediatrician, a
      rehabilitation doctor, a child psychiatrist, a speech therapist, a physical therapist, an
      occupational therapist, and a social worker. Once the diagnosis of developmental delay is
      confirmed, the child will be scheduled for prescribed family-based early intervention in the
      same hospital. Children (between 2 to 4 years old) who attend the program will be enrolled in
      this study. Informed consent will be obtained from the children and their primary caregivers
      after they received a complete description of the study. The participants are categorized
      into three different groups based on their intervention method. The choice of intervention
      method will be according to the willingness and expedience of the children's caregivers.
    

Intervention name(s): Day-Care early intervention program; OPD+SI intervention program; OPD intervention program
Intervention type(s): Behavioral; Behavioral; Behavioral
Intervention description(s): The daily treatment session had eight children along with their major caregivers. The treatment was conducted by two experienced occupational therapists (OT), and each session lasted for four hours in the week-day morning with a 10-minute break. The goal of the sessions was to enhance children's development through cognitive training, behavioral modification plan and parenting skill training.; The treatment program had eight children along with their major caregivers. The treatment was also performed by two experienced OT, and each session lasted for one hours, once a week. The sessions consisted of cognitive training, behavioral modification plan and parenting skill training. Adjunctive SI therapy was also performed by said OT for improving children's sensory motor development in an additional hour.; The treatment program had eight children along with their major caregivers. The treatment was also performed by two experienced OT, and each session lasted for one hours, once a week. The sessions consisted of cognitive training, behavioral modification plan and parenting skill training.
Other intervention name(s): Adjunctive Sensory Integration (SI) Therapy
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Treatment