Clinical trial NCT05499910: Neuro Strengths-Based Approach to Autism
Official title: Training in Neuro Strengths-Based Approach to Autism
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Lead sponsor: Baio Enterprises
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Baio Institute
First posted: 2022-08-12
Enrollment: 16
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The Neuro-Strength-Based Approach to Autism (NSBAA) attempts to translate what research has discovered about the autistic brain into terms that autistics, and those involved with autistics, can understand. It is not intended to be a new approach to intervention but hopefully a unifying approach to understanding autism that all therapists, educators, clinicians, and parents can use when working with autistic individuals. It was developed by an autistic occupational therapist, based on her lifetime obsession of learning everything she could about how typical brains work, and, following her diagnosis, how the autistic brain works. Being on the autism spectrum herself and having worked with, and interacted with, autistic individuals of all ages and abilities in school, clinical, and personal settings, the author attempts to explain the autistic brain from both the scientific as well as autistic perspectives.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 5-20 SLPs / OTR/Ls, regardless of nationality
* working in a clinical, home or school setting with less than 25 years of experience
* at least 2 years of experience working with autistic clients

Exclusion Criteria:

* Minors
* adults unable to consent
* undocumented individuals
* prisoners,
* uncertified therapists
* therapists from Baio Enterprises.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Measurable change in the participant's satisfaction with their ability to write neuro-strength-based goals
timeFrame: After 16 hours of training
measure: Measurable change in participants' knowledge of the clinical reasoning for the goals they write
timeFrame: After 16 hours of training
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Measurable change in the completeness of the goals:
timeFrame: After 16 hours of training
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Littleton
country: United States
facility: Staci L Neustadt
state: Colorado
Study officials:
affiliation: Arizona State University
name: Blair Braden, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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