Milieu Teaching-AV for Autism
(MilieuTeach-AV Trial)
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
This project will look at Milieu Teaching (i.e., a language intervention) that encourages looking to audiovisual speech cues (Milieu Teaching-AV) for infants with autistic older siblings (Baby Sibs), who are highly likely be diagnosed with autism or developmental language disorder (DLD), compared to Milieu Teaching alone (Milieu Teaching-NoAV). This study will specifically look at whether Milieu Teaching-AV (compared to Milieu Teaching-NoAV) results in (a) increased looking towards caregivers' faces, (b) increased communicative behaviors and language skill, and (c) increased engagement with the caregiver during play. We will also look at caregiver factors, such as their use of strategies and their attitudes toward the intervention they received.
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
Timeline for a Trial Participant
Screening
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial
Treatment
Participants receive Milieu Teaching-AV or Milieu Teaching-NoAV intervention, with sessions anticipated as 1 hour, 2 times per week, for up to 3 months
Follow-up
Participants are monitored for language and engagement outcomes after the intervention
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Interventions
- Milieu Teaching-AV
- Milieu Teaching-NoAV
How Is the Trial Designed?
2
Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Key manipulation: In this condition ONLY, caregivers will be trained to slowly move the referent of the infant's lead near the face at approximately the level of the mouth while responding to their infant's communication acts, wait for their infant to shift his/her gaze towards the new referent position if necessary, and provide all models, prompting, and expanding while maintaining placement of the referent near the mouth. Dosage: Anticipated as 1 hour sessions, 2 times per week, for up to 3 months
Dosage: Anticipated as 1 hour sessions, 2 times per week, for up to 3 months
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home
Lead Sponsor
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Collaborator
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