Regulating Together for Intellectual Disability and Autism: A Group Behavioral Therapy for for Emotion Dysregulation
Adapting a Group Intervention for Emotion Dysregulation in Autism and Intellectual Disability
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
10 participants
Oct 1, 2026
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goal of this study is to help children with autism and a co-occurring intellectual disability and their families learn practical strategies for managing issues like irritability, aggression, and other challenging behaviors. The main objective of this study is: To adapt current Regulating Together materials to create an outpatient group program for emotion dysregulation in autism and co-occurring intellectual disability (ASD + ID) that will improve psychosocial outcomes for youth with ASD + ID.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria13
- Males, females, or non-binary youth between 8 and 12 years of age
- Confirmed diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Confirmed diagnosis of Intellectual Disability
- Fluent in spoken English.
- Use of flexible phrase speech or greater
- Meeting clinically significant emotion dysregulation criteria
- Willing to participate in twice weekly 90-minute sessions
- Family is willing to keep prescribed psychiatric medication and outside behavioral interventions stable
- Parent, guardian, or legally authorized representative (LAR) must provide written permission on behalf of the participant
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Lives and cares for their child with ASD+ID for > 50% of the year
- Fluent in spoken English.
- Willing to participate in twice weekly 90-minute sessions, including one virtual session weekly
Exclusion Criteria5
- Initiation of new psychosocial intervention within 30 days prior to first day of treatment
- Presence of physical aggression in the child directed towards a peer outside the home (i.e., non-siblings) that resulted in injury within 30 days prior to screening. Other significant disruptive, aggressive, self-injurious, or sexually inappropriate behavior felt to be dangerous or overly disruptive to the group sessions will be reviewed by the study team on an individual basis.
- Presence of comorbid major neuropsychiatric illness warranting other treatment approaches
- Presence of any major sensory impairment that would limit participating in the material including blindness or uncorrected hearing loss
- Presence of any major sensory impairment that would limit participating in the material including blindness or uncorrected hearing loss
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Interventions
Regulating Together is the original curriculum developed for autistic youth that uses evidence-based therapeutic strategies including relaxation techniques, parent management training, and mindfulness to help regulate emotions. This study will adapt the original Regulating Together curriculum to focus on behavioral interventions to treat emotion dysregulation in Autism with a co-occurring intellectual disability.
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NCT07624448