The Effect of Dyadic Metacognitive Strategy Training in Autistic Youth or Young Adults and a Primary Caregiver
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
This project seeks to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a remote metacognitive strategy training intervention in transition-age autistic adolescents and young adults and a primary caregiver. We will also conduct limited efficacy testing.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 13
Maximum Age: 21
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:
• Autistic adolescents aged 13-21 AND one primary parent, guardian, or caregiver aged 18 or older
• At least one year remaining in high school
• Ability to engage in reciprocal conversation
• Ability to provide informed consent/assent as part of an adapted procedure designed to prevent coercion and protect the rights of autistic adolescents with or without intellectual disability
Locations
United States
Missouri
University of Missouri - Columbia
RECRUITING
Columbia
Contact Information
Primary
Melanie M. Tkach, PhD
melanie.tkach@health.missouri.edu
573-882-0992
Time Frame
Start Date: 2026-04-08
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-05-03
Participants
Target number of participants: 24
Treatments
Experimental: Remote Metacognitive Strategy Training
The intervention group will complete the remote metacognitive strategy training intervention immediately.
No_intervention: Waitlist Control
The waitlist control group will wait 12 weeks without intervention. Then, they will crossover into the intervention arm and receive the remote metacognitive strategy training intervention.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of Missouri-Columbia