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Parents and Infants Engaged (PIE)

SIEFL Core ⟩ insp!re Lab ⟩

The PIE study is a “proof of concept” evaluation of PIE, an intervention for infants at-risk for neurodevelopmental disorders. This study is a two-site collaboration at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC) and the University of Southern California (USC Chan Division). It examines whether the PIE intervention transforms parent-infant transactions over time, increases joint engagement between infants and parents, and is associated with improved social-communication and autonomic self-regulation in infants at-risk for neurodevelopmental disorders. Further, the PIE Extension Study will acquire normative data for children ages 11-16 months and compare developmental trajectories in social communication skills, sensory responses, dyadic engagement with caregivers, physiological regulation, and language, comparing high and low risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Finally, this study will determine the relative power of early developmental measures for predicting diagnostic outcomes at age 36 months and examine psychophysiological co-regulation in parent-infant interaction as it relates to social-communicative outcomes.

Enrollment is currently available only at the UNC site; data coding and analysis is occurring at both sites.

Funding

Type	Source	Number	Amount	Period
Federal	NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	R21HD091547	$400,200 (full award); $79,172 (USC subcontract)	Aug 2017 – Jul 2020

USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003

ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) has applied for accreditation and has been granted Preaccreditation Status by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org. The program must complete an on-site evaluation and be granted Accreditation Status before its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®).

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for certification by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT® can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.