Pivotal Response Treatment and Autism Ranking:

Ongoing Research

This page provides details of ongoing research into pivotal response training and autistic people.

If you know of any other trials we should include please email info@researchautism.net with the details.

• IWK Health Centre is running a study to evaluate the efficacy of the Social ABCs intervention program on improving spoken language skills and positive parent-child emotion sharing in toddlers with signs of or a diagnosis of ASD.. Clinical Trials Gov Ref: NCT02428452.  For more details, please see Social ABCs for Toddlers With Signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Trial of a Parent-Mediated Intervention(Open in New Window)
• Stanford University is running a study to examine the effectiveness of pivotal response treatment group (PRTG) in targeting language skills in young children with autism. Clinical Trials Gov Ref: NCT01881750.  For more details, please see Pivotal Response Group Treatment for Parents of Young Children With Autism(Open in New Window)
• Stanford University is running a study to examine the efficacy of parent delivered interventions (PRT and PACE) in the treatment of social and communication deficits in children with autism. Clinical Trials Gov Ref: NCT01882153.  For more details, please see Evaluating Parent Delivered Interventions for Children With Autism(Open in New Window)
• The University of California, San Diego is running a study to systematically compare two widely used types of intervention programs for children with autism within a parent training model, Pivotal Response Training and PECS. Clinical Trials Gov Ref: NCT01258465.  For more details, please see Research in Autism: Parent Intervention(Open in New Window)
• The University of Pennsylvania is running a study to evaluate a computer assisted intervention for students with autism.. Clinical Trials Gov Ref: NCT02695693.  For more details, please see RCT of TeachTown in Autism Support Classrooms: Innovation and Exnovation(Open in New Window)
• Yale University is running a study to evaluate the application of pivotal response treatment to children ages four through six years of age with ASD. Clinical Trials Gov Ref: NCT01908686.  For more details, please see Pivotal Response Treatment for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders (PRT)(Open in New Window)

Updated

17 Jun 2022

Last Review

01 Oct 2016

Next Review

01 Feb 2023