NCT04972825Active, not recruiting
AIR-B4: Mind the Gap
Autism Intervention Network for Behavioral Health- Mind the Gap
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Aug 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The AIRB research team will compare the use and effectiveness of each intervention (Mind the Gap, Remaking Recess and Self Determination Learning Model of Instruction) with and without the addition of an implementation strategy, UNITED. In all groups, the research team will train community practitioners using remote delivery of professional development modules specific to the intervention, and active coaching for up to 12 sessions as dictated by the intervention procedures during a time span of 6 months. The research team will pair UNITED with three interventions that cover the ages of early childhood, childhood, and adolescence. These include Mind the Gap (MTG), a family navigation intervention for children newly diagnosed under age 8, Remaking Recess (RR), a school-based social/peer engagement intervention for children ages 5-12, and Self-Determination Learning Model of Instruction (SDMLI), a self-advocacy intervention for adolescents (13-22 years; 22 is the upper age limit of high school for individuals with disabilities). For MTG, peer navigators (staff working in an organization that already works with parents) and parents (with children with ASD) will meet via phone or video conference for up to 12 sessions within a 6 month span (an hour each time). They will go over sessions that were created by the research group that help parents understand the system of acquiring services. The total time commitment for peer navigators is about 18 hours and for parents with children with ASD is about 8.5 hours. Identified families connected to the community organization will be matched with one peer navigator who will then guide and support the caregiver through completion of the MTG modules with active coaching of the family. Family needs and preferences will guide topic selection. Active coaching will occur via zoom, or over the phone, based on family preference and some recorded sessions will be shared with the research group for analyses. Mind the Gap will be available in English, Spanish, and Korean.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 308 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 1 Jul 2021
- Start date
- 29 Jul 2021
- Primary completion date
- 23 Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT04972825
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 308
- From 29 Jul 2021 to the primary completion date, 23 Dec 2025
- 4 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- families with children under the age of 2 or over 8 years of age, does not have ASD or NDD; parents are not fluent in English, Spanish, or Korean; child already receiving services accessed with an ASD diagnosis; family income is over 250% federal guidelines for poverty rate
Other
- Agency Staff: people not working in an organization that has a peer navigator capacity; cannot commit to the requirements of the study.
- Peer Navigators: people not working in an organization that has a peer navigator capacity; cannot commit to the times and requirements of the study
Who the study is looking for
- families of children age 2 to 8 with ASD or NDD. no receipt of ASD specific services outside of school (family may still qualify if child is connected with a regional center/EI, but not yet receiving services), defined as (a) services obtained through insurance based on having an ASD diagnosis; or (b) receiving services through 0-3 that can only be accessed with an ASD dx (e.g., intensive in home EIBI); (3) family income is under 250% of the federal guidelines for poverty rate; (4) English, Korean or Spanish speaking.
- agency staff (coordinators, directors, managers, supervisors) working on community organizations with peer navigator capacity e.g. parent support centers; FQHC; community clinics; faith-based agencies) serving children with ASD and other NDD (neurodevelopment disorders).
- peer navigators which include people working at participating community organizations with peer navigator capacity (e.g. parent support centers; FQHC; community clinics; faith-based agencies) serving children with ASD and other NDD (neurodevelopment disorders)
Age in the registry: 2 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (4)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UC Davis MIND Institute Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Davis | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Kansas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lawrence | United States | Unknown status |
| UPenn Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
| University of Rochester Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rochester | United States | Unknown status |
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