Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Robot-Mediated Social Skills Intervention for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
Brief Summary: This study is being done to examine the impact of an interactive, social robotics program in helping children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) understand emotions and how to better recognize emotions while interacting with others. Eligible families will be randomized to either the robot intervention (n=20) or a no intervention (TAU; n=20) condition for 8-14 weeks. Assessments will occur at pre- and post-intervention as well as weekly for both conditions.