Clinical trial NCT06206070: The Westmead Feelings Program Intervention for Chinese Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Hong Kong
Official title: Adaptation and Evaluation of the Hong Kong Version of the Westmead Feelings Program: Emotion-based Learning for Chinese Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mainstream Schools
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Keywords: primary school
social emotional competence
Lead sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
name: SAHK
First posted: 2024-01-16
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 8
Maximum age (years): 14
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Participants are assigned to treatment group and waitlist group in parallel for the duration of the study
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The goal of this intervention is to evaluate the effectiveness of delivering the Westmead Feelings Program 2 to children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in primary schools in Hong Kong.

Detailed description: The main questions it aims to answer are:

* whether the Westmead Feelings Program 2 Hong Kong version (WFP2-HK) program is effective in improving children's social-emotional skills and mental well-being.
* whether the WFP2-HK program is effective in promoting parents' mental well-being

Child participants will receive 15 sessions of training in the WFP2-HK program. Their parents and teachers will receive three training workshops by coaches or advisors. A booster session will be conducted after 5 months upon completion of the training.

Researchers will compare the outcome results between the treatment group and the waitlist group to see if the intervention is effective.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
* Without a diagnosis of Intellectual Delay
* Have not received any group training in emotional regulation previously

Exclusion Criteria:

* Without ASD diagnosis
* Age falls outside the age limits
* With Intellectual Delays

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Emotions Development Questionnaire - Parent Version (Hong Kong version)
timeFrame: Before the intervention
measure: The Emotions Development Questionnaire - Parent Version (Hong Kong version)
timeFrame: 18 weeks, immediately after the intervention
measure: Emotion Development Questionnaire - Teacher Version (Hong Kong version)
timeFrame: Before the intervention
measure: Emotion Development Questionnaire - Teacher Version (Hong Kong version)
timeFrame: 18 weeks, immediately after the intervention
measure: Social Responsiveness Scale - 2 (SRS-2)
timeFrame: Before the intervention
measure: Social Responsiveness Scale - 2 (SRS-2)
timeFrame: 18 weeks, immediately after the intervention
measure: The Learning, Social and Emotional Adaptation Questionnaire Short-Form (Primary) (LSEAQ-S(P))
timeFrame: Before the intervention
measure: The Learning, Social and Emotional Adaptation Questionnaire Short-Form (Primary) (LSEAQ-S(P))
timeFrame: 18 weeks, immediately after the intervention
measure: Parenting Stress Index 4-Short Form
timeFrame: Before the intervention
measure: Parenting Stress Index 4-Short Form
timeFrame: 18 weeks, immediately after the intervention
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hong Kong
country: Hong Kong
facility: University of Hong Kong
Study officials:
References:
citation: Wong, M., Lopes, A., Heriot, S., Brice, L., Carroll, L., Ratcliffe, B., & Dossetor, D. (2018). Westmead Feeling Program 2: Emotion-based Learning for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder without Accompanying Intellectual Impairment. Camberwell, VIC: ACER Press. Ratcliffe, B., Wong, M., Dossetor, D., & Hayes, S. (2014). Teaching social-emotional skills to school-aged children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A treatment versus control trial in 41 mainstream schools. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 8(12), 1722-1733. doi:10.1016/j.rasd.2014.09.010