Research Assistant
London, England, United Kingdom
I worked on a large randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of a social communicationtherapy for children with autism, aged 2 to 11. My role involved:• Recruiting families and screening children with autism to participate in the study• Liaising with schools to conduct child observations in a classroom setting• Assessing children’s vocabulary, cognitive skills and social communication • Motivating children to complete assessments using rewards and visual schedules• Interviewing parents using semi-structured measures to understand children’s development • Writing reports and summarising assessment results