TESLA
TESLA is no longer recruiting
Who can participate?
- Toddlers (ages 18-59 months) who have a diagnosis (or suspected diagnosis) of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- English is the primary language spoken at home
OR - Toddlers (ages 18-59 months) with no known developmental disorders
- English is the primary language spoken at home
What does the study involve?
- All eligible families are invited to come to Boston University for play-based assessments, an EEG recording, and parent-report questionnaires. (Read more about EEG here!)
- For families with a child with ASD, the study involves a subsequent 10-week intervention, including either:
- 20 individual JASPER sessions (1 hour each, twice a week)
OR - 10 skills-based parent workshops (2 hours each, once a week)
- 20 individual JASPER sessions (1 hour each, twice a week)
- Intervention programs are randomly assigned. At the end of the 10 weeks, you and your child will return to the CARE center for follow-up assessments.
- Read more about the interventions here!
What will we receive?
- Participating families will be compensated for their time, receive a fun toy at each visit, along with an individualized report about the child.
Recruitment for TESLA has completed sooner than expected because of COVID-19, but please feel free to contact us below to learn more about the findings!
If you have any questions about the TESLA project, please email the TESLA team at TESLALAB@bu.edu or call 617-358-5910.
This project is supported by the National Institutes of Health.