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Pivotal Response Treatment for Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities
Not Recruiting
Trial ID: NCT01988623
Purpose
The investigators will assess the efficacy of Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) in the
treatment of communication deficits in children with intellectual disabilities. By collecting
information about parent and child functioning before and after PRT, The investigators will
be able to determine whether the intervention is effective in improving child communication
and reducing parent stress.
Official Title
Pivotal Response Treatment for Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities
Stanford Investigator(s)
Antonio Hardan, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities:
- Participants will have an age range between 2 and 17.11 years of age inclusive
- Male or female
- Diagnosis of an intellectual disability based on the fourth edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), the 10th revision of the
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
(ICD-10), and an expert clinical evaluation
- have historical evidence of significant abnormal developmental milestones as
determined by neurological history
- care provider that will reliably bring subject to study visits, and is trustworthy to
provide accurate accounts of services provided to the subject
Inclusion Criteria for Individuals with Speech Delay/Language Disorder:
- Participants will have an age range between 2 and 17.11 years of age inclusive
- Male or female
- Diagnosis of a speech delay based on the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), the 10th revision of the
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
(ICD-10), and an expert clinical evaluation
- Preschool Language scale (PLS) score of at least 1 standard deviations below age level
(for children in the age range of 2-6.11)
- care provider that will reliably bring subject to study visits, and is trustworthy to
provide accurate accounts of services provided to the subject
Exclusion Criteria:
- medically unstable (such as having unstable seizures)
- primary diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is exclusionary as determined by
the investigators
Intervention(s):
behavioral: Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT)
Not Recruiting
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Rachel Schuck, BA
650-736-1235