Social Stories to alleviate challenging behaviour and social difficulties exhibited by children with autism spectrum disorder in mainstream schools: design of a manualised training toolkit and feasibility study for a cluster randomised controlled trial with nested qualitative and cost-effectiveness components

Wright B, Marshall D, Adamson J, Ainsworth H, Ali S, Allgar V, Moore DC, Cook E, Dempster P, Hackney L, McMillan D, Trepél D, Williams C
Record ID 32011001660
English
Authors' objectives: A Social Story™ (Carol Gray) is a child-friendly intervention that is used to give children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) social information in situations where they have social difficulties. Limited evidence mainly using single-case designs suggests that they can reduce anxiety and challenging behaviour. The objectives were to conduct a systematic review, use this to develop a manualised intervention and run a feasibility trial to inform a fully powered randomised controlled trial (RCT) on their clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness in schools.
Authors' recommendations: The study showed that a fully powered RCT is feasible with an extended geographical footprint. A large amount of data and information has helped to inform the design of this RCT, which will be the subject of a future research grant application. Future work could focus on developing an appropriate blinded outcome measure for this population.
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects/hta/0916907
Year Published: 2016
URL for published report: http://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta/hta20060/#/abstract
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Autistic Disorder
  • Schools
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
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Contact Email: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
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