Research Participation Opportunities (03-06 Years)

The Neurodevelopment Research Lab at CWRU is conducting a study to better understand play, social ability, and parent-child interactions in relation to hormones expressed during social engagement and telehealth parent-training intervention.

They are looking for children ages 3-6 years old who have an autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

This is a baseline study visit where your child will undergo measures of play and social ability and their saliva will be collected to measure hormone levels. Then, parent and child will undergo an 8-week remote intervention program targeting play,
emotion regulation, parent and peer engagement and social ability. Participants will return for a post-intervention visit similar to the baseline visit.

Baseline and post-intervention visits can occur at: (1) your home/surrounding area or (2) our research lab on CWRU’s campus
If you are interested in participating, please contact our research team at neurodevelopmentresearchlab@gmail.com or (216) 368—0112 to schedule a research visit or to receive more information!

Does your child suffer from sleep problems?

Parents will be randomly assigned to a comprehensive parent training targeting sleep (SPT) or a parent education program families find useful with one session on sleep (SPE).

As part of the study you will be asked to complete questionnaires, document your child’s sleep habits and attend telehealthsessions with an expert in autism. The possible benefits of participation in this study are the improvement of your child’s sleep and bedtime behaviors. The study will be delivered via telehealth so families do not have to travel.

To be eligible to participate:
• Your child must be between 2 and less than 7 years of age
• Your child must have a diagnosis of an Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Your child must have a significant sleep disturbance

Contact the principal investigator if you are interested.