1.

DC Autism Buddies
Program Resources
including NIH mentors
and Charter school
Location

2. Program Director

3. Certified yoga
instructor, music therapist,
dance instructor with
experience instructing
children

4. Occupational Therapist

5. Instruction materials for
yoga postures and
targeted social skills
development

6. Materials for relaxation
therapies and social group
activities

7. Licensed practitioner
with expertise in mindful
parenting and
parent-child interaction
therapy (PCIT)







PROGRAM INPUTS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES

Children with ASD:

1. Within first four months, participate
in eight relaxation response sessions including:
3 sessions on yoga relaxation postures including
breathing techniques using bubbles
3 sessions for music relaxation therapy
2 sessions on dance rhythm movements where
children are encouraged to imitate each other &
dance in groups
2. Within the following four months, complete
8 social competence skills group interaction
sessions
4 sessions with children placed in groups of 2 to 5
to act out social play sequences through peer &
video modeling instruction led by occupational
therapist and mentors
4 sessions where mentors provide instruction on
target social interaction skills through peer
modeling, social stories & picture books; then
children practice and apply specific skills in groups
of 2 to 5 for a variety of activities
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Parents:

1. Within eight months complete 15 weekly
sessions on mindful parenting
Session one will introduce mindful parenting
practices and concepts to parents
12 sessions on mindful parenting practices
14
th
session will be a wrap-up and conclusion of
mindful parenting skills




IMMEDIATE PROGRAM
OUTCOMES
Increase awareness
of and skills of yoga,
music, and dance
therapies


Increase confidence
in ability to perform
and execute yoga
postures and dance
rhythm movements




INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES
Children with ASD:
Within three months post COMPASS
participation, at least 65% of children
with ASD will decrease hyperactivity
by 9%.

Within six months post COMPASS
participation, at least 55% of children
with ASD will increase social
interaction with their peers by 20%.

Decrease aggression by 11% in
children who participate in COMPASS
and whose parents complete mindful
parenting training within eight months
of COMPASS start date.



Increase awareness of
social functioning and
social competence
skills

Decrease the risk of depression by 50% in
children with ASD, ages four to13 years,
who live in Washington D.C. after 3 years
of COMPASS start date

LONG RANGE OUTCOME
PROGRAM
OUTPUTS

Children with ASD:

30 children with ASD
participate and
complete entire 8
months COMPASS
program training

Every 1
st
and 3
rd

Saturday of each
month for first 4 total
months includes a total
of 8 two-hour
relaxation sessions

Every 1
st
and 3
rd

Saturday of each
month for next 4
months includes a total
of 8 two-hour sessions
for 4 social play and 4
social competence &
interaction sessions

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Parents:

60 parents with
children who have
ASD and participate in
COMPASS complete
all 14 mindful
parenting sessions

Total of 14 two-hour
mindful parenting
sessions on the 1
st
and
3
rd
Saturday for the
first 8 months of the
program




Increase positive
perceptions about
social functioning
and interaction with
peers

Increase confidence in
ability to perform
instructed social
competence skills and
execute social
interactions with peers


Increase positive
perceptions about of
relaxation response
from yoga, music,
and dance therapies


Increase self-
regulation of parents
using mindful
parenting techniques
and practices
Increase self-efficacy
of parents to engage
in and practice
mindful parenting

Parents:

Increase mindful
parenting practices by
38% among parents
whose children are
enrolled in COMPASS
within eight months of
the start date.
COMPASS Intervention Logic Model
Children with ASD:
Parents:
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