Group Intervention on Theory of Mind in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

40

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 16, 2023

Primary Completion Date

December 4, 2023

Study Completion Date

January 22, 2024

Conditions
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Interventions
OTHER

QT voice

The subjects will undergo a pre-intervention assessment phase that will consist of administering the Theory Of Mind (TOM) test found in the NEuroPSYcology second edition (NEPSY) battery, part A; the same test will be re-submitted at the end of the intervention. Having ascertained the presence of the inclusion criteria and following randomization of the sample, the Experimental Group constituted of 20 children, will be administered the research task, which involves 12 sessions, one per week lasting 45 minutes. the experimental group will view 12 social scenes made via tablet. In the scenario, the depictions will be presented in color. They, guided by QT Robot's narrator voice, will have to choose from two or three alternatives the one that represents the appropriate mental state by selecting it on the tablet. Consequently, audio visual feedback will be provided, via the robot, to return information to the subject about the accuracy of the response.

OTHER

Image stimuli

The subjects will undergo a pre-intervention assessment phase that will consist of administering the Theory Of Mind (TOM) test found in the NEuroPSYcology second edition (NEPSY) battery, part A; the same test will be re-submitted at the end of the intervention. Having ascertained the presence of the inclusion criteria and following randomization of the sample, the control group constituted of 20 children, will be administered the research task, which involves 12 sessions, one per week lasting 45 minutes. the experimental group will view 12 social scenes on paper. They, guided by the narrator's voice of the operator will have to choose from two or three alternatives the one that represents the appropriate mental state by indicating it on the paper. Consequently, feedback will be provided by the operator to return information to the subject on the accuracy of the response.

Trial Locations (1)

98164

RECRUITING

Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB) - National Research Council (CNR), Messina

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Messina, Italy

OTHER

lead

Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica

OTHER