NCT07830160Not yet recruiting
Improving Autism Program Quality in Special Education Units: The Use of an APERS-based Model to Support Student Learning and Participation
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 21 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study assesses the effect of using the Autism Program Environment Rating Scale (APERS) as a tool for providing feedback, in-service training, and coaching to school staff in order to improve program quality in special education units (SEUs) for children with autism or related sociocommunicative challenges (SCCs). APERS is used in its culturally validated Swedish version (APERS-Primary-SE). Using a quasi-randomized parallel-group design, SEUs will be allocated to either an experimental (APERS+) or control (TAU) condition. In the APERS+ condition, school staff receive continuous and systematic feedback provided by trained coaches based on the initial APERS assessment. In the TAU condition, schools will also receive feedback based on the initial APERS assessment, but no continuous coaching. It is hypothesized that the APERS based intervention will improve overall program quality for children with autism or related SCCs as compared to TAU. Additionally, we also expect the intervention to improve student functioning, students' individual goal attainment, students' perception of their schools, and teacher self-efficacy as compared to TAU.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 200 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 15 Sept 2026
- Start date
- 20 Sept 2026
- Primary completion date
- 15 Jun 2028
- Lead sponsor
- Stockholm University
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT07830160
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 200
- From 20 Sept 2026 to the primary completion date, 15 Jun 2028
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other
- \- No exclusion criteria not already mentioned.
Who the study is looking for
- Located within the Stockholm Region
- To have one or more SEUs for preschool class, primary school, or middle school students
- To be enrolled in a SEU in preschool class, primary school, or middle school
- To have a documented formal community diagnosis of autism according to ICD-10, DSM-IV or DSM-5 or having related challenges with social communication and interaction as assessed by school staff and guardians.
Age in the registry: 5 years to 13 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholm University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stockholm | Sweden | Unknown status |
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