Open Grants
Personalized, Responsive Intervention Sequences for Minimally Verbal Children with Autism
Subaward PI: Stephanie Shire (PI: Connie Kasari, University of California Los Angeles)
Grant number: R01HD095973
Funding period: 2019-2026
Funded by: NIH: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Many 3-4 year old children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who are ‘preverbal’ (less than 20 functional words) do not go on to develop socially related words and phrases by age 5-6 years. The overarching goal of this multi-site project is to maximize language outcomes for preverbal preschoolers by developing a two-stage, 20-week “adaptive intervention” (an intervention that incorporates a replicable sequence of treatment decision rules to guide clinicians on how and when to alter an intervention). This study addresses key questions in designing a personalized intervention, including how best to intervene with children responding slowly to initial intervention, which moderators are important to designing a more individually tailored intervention, and exploration of mechanism in understanding ultimate benefit of the adaptive strategies.
LIFT: Leveraging Autism Intervention for Families through Telehealth
PI: Stephanie Shire
Grant number: R324B200017
Funding period: 2020-2026
Award: $493,765
Funded by: US Department of Education
Special Education – Research and Innovation to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities
Subaward PI: Stephanie Shire (PI: Freda Liu, University of Washington)
Grant number: R324A240031
Funding period: 2024-2029
Award: $672,311 (subaward)
Funded by: US Department of Education