Online Pivotal Response Training for Parents of Young Children With Autism
Tests an online course teaching parents a play-based autism therapy.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Online Pivotal Response Treatment Training in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Key facts
- Where
- Stanford, United StatesSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 2 and 5 years old?
Source: NCT06523387, who can take part
Where in United States
- Stanford UniversityStanford, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Stanford University
- Trial code
- NCT06523387
- Record updated
- 19 May 2026
- Original description
This is a research study that will assess the effects of a Pivotal Response Treatment Online Training Course (PRT-O) for training parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The study will specifically investigate whether participants can learn to deliver PRT effectively following participation in the Online training.Read full original descriptionShow less
Randomized Controlled Trial of an Online Pivotal Response Treatment Training in Autism Spectrum Disorder
This is a research study that will assess the effects of a Pivotal Response Treatment Online Training Course (PRT-O) for training parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The study will specifically investigate whether participants can learn to deliver PRT effectively following participation in the Online training.
Inclusion: 2:0 to 5:11 years at the time of consent,; diagnosed with ASD (based on history, review of available medical records including diagnostic testing, e.g., Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule) or suspicion of Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis, and confirmed with Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R),; with significant adaptive communication deficits (i.e., either a Vineland-3 Communication subscale 2 Standard Deviations below average for 2 and 3 year olds and 3 Standard Deviations below for 4 and 5 year olds or a Vineland-3 Expressive V-scale Score 2 Standard Deviations below average for 2 and 3 year olds, or 3 Standard Deviations below for 4 and 5 year old, and at least moderate severity on the Clinical Global Impressions Severity (CGI-S) language subscale),; an English-speaking parent able to consistently participate in study procedures and conduct treatment in English,; stable psychotropic medication(s) or biomedical intervention(s) for at least 1 month prior to baseline measurements with no anticipated changes during study participation,; stable treatment (ABA, Floortime, or other interventions), speech therapy, and school placement for at least 1 month prior to baseline measurements with no expected changes during study participation,; no more than 60 minutes of 1:1 speech therapy per week.
Exclusion: previous adequate trial of pivotal response treatment resulting in parent meeting Pivotal Response Treatment fidelity of implementation at baseline; Receiving more than 15 hours of in home 1:1 ABA per week; parent or child diagnosed with severe psychiatric disorder or unstable medical problem; Children who have a primary language other than English; living within 100 miles of Stanford University.