Autism Research Database - Principal Investigator Project Details

Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	Tailoring a brief sleep intervention for autism: A randomised controlled trial
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Rinehart, Nicole
Description Description	Up to 86% of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience behavioural sleep problems which have been shown to be associated with increased core ASD symptoms, increased rates of internalizing and externalizing disorders, and increased parental stress. The “Sleeping Sound” study is a novel behavioural sleep intervention that has shown much promise as a treatment to reduce sleep problems and improve mental health outcomes in children with ASD.
Funder Funder	National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Country Funding Country	Australia
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	296306
Current Award Period Current Award Period	2016-2019
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 4: Which Treatments and Interventions Will Help?
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	No URL available.
Institution Institution	Deakin University
Institute Location Institute Location	Australia
Project Number Project Number	1101989
Government or Private Government or Private	Government
History/Related Projects History/Related Projects	N/A