iBASIS:

iBASIS was an innovative study assessing the impact and feasibility of a video based therapy for siblings of children already diagnosed with autism. It focused on improving social communication and interaction skills. 

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Methods and Participants:

​The study took place between April 2011 and December 2012.

Researchers randomly assigned 54 families to either trial the intervention (adapted Video Interaction to Promote Positive Parenting) or no intervention.

All families had an infant aged 7-10 months with a familial high risk of autism.  

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Findings: 

"Our findings indicate that using video feedback-based therapy to help parents understand and respond to their infant’s individual communication style during the first year of life may be able to modify the emergence of autism-related behaviours and symptoms,” explains Jonathan Green, lead author and Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Manchester, UK.

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Article Link:​

Click here to read the full article: "Parent-mediated intervention versus no intervention for infants at high risk of autism: a parallel, single-blind, randomised trial". ​

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Media links:

You can check out more on iBASIS in the following media links: 

• Science Media Centre: "Expert reaction to video-based therapy for autism"​​​​

• ​Time.Com: "Parents may be able to lower their children's risk of autism"

• Yahoo!News: "Autism therapy raises hope"

• Daily Mail: "Could this treatment prevent autism? Technology that helps parents communicate with babies 'may stop symptoms from developing' in those at risk"​​​​