The goal of this study is to compare the level of engagement in the Hispanic and Latino parents of autistic children and culturally adapt the protocol of Ayres Sensory Integration to improve participation and health outcomes.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does the Design Thinking process result in higher stakeholder engagement and satisfaction in the research process in comparison to Focus Groups? Secondary question: Do cultural adaption using DT data yield higher scores of acceptability and implementation feasibility in comparison to FG methods?
Participants will:
* Be randomized into two groups of engagement (focus groups and design thinking) * Be blinded (clinicians, selected caregivers, autistic persons, and cultural experts) and will rate the acceptability, feasibility, and cultural appropriateness of the protocol based on DT data higher than the protocol based on FG data.
confirmed diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder
Hispanic/Latino
received therapeutic services as a child; and
willing and able (with i.e., language and cognitive skills) to participate in the design thinking or focus group session designed to learn about the facilitator and barriers to receipt of therapeutic services.
Do not meet age for autistic individual or diagnostic criteria
Thomas Jefferson University
Lead sponsor
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Collaborator