The READi Lab has received a new grant from NIMH to expand their work with early intervention providers and families with toddlers suspected of having autism. The grant is titled, “Improving the Part C Early Intervention Service Delivery System for Children with ASD: A Randomized Clinical Trial.” (We hope to come up with a more catchy title before the next post.) Through this grant, we will conduct a large multi-site clinical trial that spans 4 states with structurally and demographically diverse Early Intervention systems: Washington, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Michigan. We will be studying: (1) the effectiveness of an evidence-based parent-mediated intervention, Reciprocal Imitation Training (RIT); (2) the mechanisms through which RIT improves children’s social communication; and (3) strategies for expanding its use through large-scale implementation efforts across service delivery systems.