Evaluation of a Home-based Parenting Support Program: Parenting Young Children
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Parenting Young Children, Treatment as Usual.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Intellectual Disability, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Sweden
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Evaluation of a Home-based Parenting Support Program - Parenting Young Children - for Parents With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities When There is a Risk for Neglect
Overview
Background: Parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) have a tendency to provide insufficient caregiving and often need parenting support to prevent neglect and child removal. However, parents with IDDs are not provided with appropriate support, and there is a lack of evidence-based programmes tailored to these parents' needs. Parenting Young Children (PYC) is a home-based parenting programme developed for parents with IDDs. PYC has shown promising clinical results in interview-based studies, but there is no evidence of its effectiveness. The purpose of the proposed study is to evaluate the PYC programme for improving parenting in parents with IDDs where there is risk of child neglect. The study will include a quantitative evaluation, a process evaluation, and a qualitative evaluation of the children's and parents' perspectives on participating in PYC. Methods: The quantitative evaluation will have a multi-centre, non-randomised, comparative study design. Eligible for participation are parents with IDDs who have children aged 0-9 years living at home and who are assessed as needing tailored parenting support. Thirty parents receiving PYC and thirty parents receiving treatment as usual (TAU) will be recruited from Swedish municipal social services. Outcome variables will be examined before and after the intervention, with a follow-up 6 months after completing the intervention. The primary outcome will be goal-attainment in parenting skills, and secondary outcomes will be parental self-efficacy and children's wellbeing. Interview methods will be used to explore the perspectives of parents and children in the PYC group. Discussion: This study is motivated by the need for evidence-based support for parents with IDDs, and it focuses on upholding the centrality of child-caregiver relationships and family preservation, as well as children's rights and the rights of people with disabilities. Social services have expressed ethical concerns with employing a randomized design for this vulnerable group, and this study will therefore evaluate PYC in a non-randomized comparative study.
Interventions
- Behavioral Parenting Young Children
PYC is a home-based intervention programme involving weekly, one-hour sessions over a period of at least six months. The programme has two core modules (1) Parent-Child Interaction and (2) Child Care Skills and Safety. The Parent-Child Interaction module focuses on the parent-child relationship and interaction skills such as parents' responsiveness to the child's signals, giving the child attention and encouragement, and supporting prosocial behaviour. The Child Care Skills and Safety module tar - Behavioral Treatment as Usual
TAU consists of a variety of interventions from the social services. The support will be logged and classified in accordance with the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare's guidelines for classifications of its activities. TAU will be divided into the following five categories: 1) conversation counselling or emotional support, 2) practical support, 3) skills training, 4) compensatory strategies, and 5) other support. Support will also be classified based on whether it is home-based or gi
Primary outcome measures
- Change in Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, performance sub-scale. [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention), 3-6 months (post-intervention), 9-12 months (follow-up)]
- Change in Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, satisfaction sub-scale. [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention), 3-6 months (post-intervention), 9-12 months (follow-up)]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Change in Parental Sense of Competence Scale. [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention), 3-6 months (post-intervention), 9-12 months (follow-up)]
- Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. [Time frame: Baseline (pre-intervention), 3-6 months (post-intervention), 9-12 months (follow-up)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Parents with IDDs, including ID and other cognitive disabilities (e.g., ADHD and ASD).
- Parents must have children aged 0-9 years living at home and be assessed by the social services to be eligible for tailored parenting support.
Exclusion criteria
- Ongoing substance abuse, and/or mental illness of such nature and degree that it may affect parent management training.
- Ongoing child abuse.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Sweden · 5 centers
- Social Welfare Office — Enköping
- Social Welfare Office — Jönköping
- Social Welfare Office — Motala
- Social Welfare Office — Tierp
- Social Welfare Office — Uppsala
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05935722 · ORU 4.2-00340/2023