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Test of an Innovative, Scalable Support Program for Parents with a Young Child Recently Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Award Number: R01HD099295
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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Test of an Innovative, Scalable Support Program for Parents with a Young Child Recently Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder - Abstract Improving the family environment, service access, and behavioral adjustment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has high relevance both for the children and their families as well as for health care and service payors. Family environment is a critical influence on ASD children’s adjustment: Poor parent adjustment increases behavior problems in ASD children, reduces parents’ capacity to access and adhere to critical services, and dampens or eliminates the benefits of early intervention. However, due to the stressors of navigating ASD-related and medical services, as well as managing child behavior challenges, parents of children with ASD report low levels of individual and couple adjustment. Parents report high levels of depression and anxiety, and low levels of parental efficacy and couple relationship quality compared to parents of typically developing children. To address the dual needs of parents for support in navigating ASD services and maintaining positive family functioning, we propose to test Autism Parent Navigators (APN), an innovative in-home, peer support model for parents with a young child recently diagnosed with ASD. APN was designed to be feasible and scalable by relying on parent peer mentors to conduct sessions. Extensive pilot work over the past 3 years has generated evidence of feasibility, acceptability, and impact. This pilot work has allowed us to fine-tune the parent mentor training, participant recruitment, delivery, and fidelity monitoring procedures. Aim 1. To assess the efficacy of APN in a randomized trial with 180 families. Aim 2. To test the mediating pathways through which APN impacts outcomes: We will test whether impact on proximal targets (ASD-related appraisals; coparenting; parent self-efficacy about accessing services; and peer mentor support) influence parent mental health, parenting, and treatment engagement, and if these in turn influence child outcomes. Aim 3. To assess whether baseline parent characteristics (financial stress, mental health, relationship conflict), child characteristics, or program processes (fidelity, parent engagement) moderate outcomes.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $667,496 )
2024	2024	THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	201 OLD MAIN	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	5	2/22/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$606,816
2024	2024	THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY	201 OLD MAIN	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	001	5	5/3/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$60,680
														Subtotal = $667,496

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $669,994 )
2023	2023	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	201 OLD MAIN	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	4	2/24/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$669,994
														Subtotal = $669,994

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $679,611 )
2022	2022	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	201 OLD MAIN	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	3	2/14/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$611,649
2022	2022	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	201 OLD MAIN	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	001	3	4/26/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$67,962
														Subtotal = $679,611

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $669,904 )
2021	2021	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	201 OLD MAIN	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	2	2/24/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$669,904
2021	2020	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	201 OLD MAIN	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	001	1	2/25/2021	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $669,904

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $668,239 )
2020	2020	PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE	201 OLD MAIN	UNIVERSITY PARK	PA	16802	CENTRE	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	6/17/2020	NEW	$668,239
														Subtotal = $668,239

Grand Total All Awards = $3,355,244

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Test of an Innovative, Scalable Support Program for Parents with a Young Child Recently Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Award Number: R01HD099295

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

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