Crisis Interventions for Pediatric Providers - Autism Version

Safety Planning for Autistic Youth: A Randomized Controlled Trial With Providers in Pediatric Clinics

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the initial feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of Crisis Interventions for Pediatric Providers - Autism version (CIPP-A) for providers serving autistic youth in outpatient settings. The main question aims to answer:

• Assess whether CIPP-A is feasible and acceptable to providers in development behavioral pediatric clinics?
• Assess whether CIPP-A shows initial effectiveness in increasing providers confidence in managing suicide risk in autistic youth?

If there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare CIPP-A to general safety planning intervention (SPI) on feasibility, acceptability, and initial effectiveness.

Participants will be randomized to receive training in SPI or CIPP-A and complete online surveys and interviews over 6-months to measure feasibility, acceptability, and initial effectiveness.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pediatric healthcare providers serving autistic youth in a DBP clinic in the U.S.
• Willing and able to participate in the study and its activities, including remote training in either SPI or CIPP-A (depending on randomization)
• Willing and able to provide informed consent
• Comfortable speaking or communicating in English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pediatric healthcare providers not serving autistic youth
• Pediatric healthcare providers not practicing in a DBP clinic in the U.S.
• Unwilling and unable to participate in the study and its activities
• Unwilling and unable to provide informed consent
• Not comfortable speaking or communicating in English