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Executive Function Training Program for Children With ASD
Sponsor: Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a structured executive function training program can improve executive function, adaptive behavior, and self-regulation in elementary school students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the program improve participants' executive function skills and their ability to use these skills in daily life? Does the program improve participants' adaptive behavior and self-regulation? Researchers will compare participants who receive the executive function training program with participants in a waitlist control group to determine whether the program is effective. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the waitlist control group and will complete assessments before and after the intervention. The intervention consists of a structured, group-based program provided once a week for 12 weeks. Children participate in sessions designed to teach and practice executive function strategies, while their parents participate in parent education and review of home practice to support the use of these skills in daily life. The program focuses on skills such as planning and prioritizing, organization, time management and task initiation, emotional and impulse control, and flexible thinking. Participants practice applying these strategies to situations encountered at home, at school, and in everyday life.
Official title: A Randomized Controlled Trial for the Development and Validation of an Executive Function Training Program for Elementary School Students
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
9 Years - 12 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
40
Start Date
2026-03-12
Completion Date
2027-01
Last Updated
2026-09-03
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Executive Function Training Program
A 12-week, structured, group-based executive function training program delivered once weekly to elementary school students aged 9-12 years with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their parents. Each weekly session includes an 80-minute child session and a 65-minute parent session. The child sessions use explicit instruction, modeling, guided practice, role-play, feedback, and home practice to teach and practice executive function strategies related to planning and prioritizing, organization, time management and task initiation, emotional and impulse control, and flexible thinking. In parallel, parents receive education on the same executive function topics taught to their children and review their child's home practice. Parent involvement is designed to help children apply and generalize the executive function strategies learned in the program to daily life at home, at school, and in other everyday situations.
Locations (1)
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea