Promoting Playfulness
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Parent Education - Promoting Playfulness.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Developmental Delay (Disorder). Basic parameters: from 18 years · 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
- United States
- 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
Promoting Playfulness: Tier 1 Strength-based Parent Education Program to Promote Child and Family Resilience
Overview
Health inequalities, social isolation, and family adversity impact a child's development. Play is the context for child development in all areas. A parent's ability to support children at play while being playful contributes to their psychological adjustment. The proposed tier 1, strengths-based educational program for parents of children aged 2 to 5 years with and without disabilities combines elements of a play-based approach and tips on effective parenting to support children's development by equipping parents with knowledge and empowering them to become change agents in their children's lives.
Detailed description
Parents will be recruited through a convenience sampling method to either an intervention group delivered online or a control waitlist group. Parents will be asked to complete a set of questionnaires online to assess the proposed programs effectiveness. Data analysis will explore between and within group differences in parental sense of competency, parental stress, child's behavior, and ability to support child's play. Qualitative data will be collected through online open-ended questions and sessions' transcript which will be analyzed to identify benefits. The project will produce tangible outcomes that will contribute to fostering the resilience of families with young children.
Interventions
- Behavioral Parent Education - Promoting Playfulness
Parents will participate in 2, 45 minute parent education sessions promoting playfulness through information about child development, parent stressors, and parent advocacy.
Primary outcome measures
- Parental Sense of Competence (PSOC-R) [Time frame: At the completion of two weeks]
- Parent/Caregiver's View of Supporting Children's Play and Playfulness [Time frame: At the completion of two weeks]
- Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 1997) [Time frame: At the completion of two weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Parent post program open-ended questions [Time frame: At the completion of two weeks]
- Parent pre program open-ended questions [Time frame: At enrollment]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Parent of a child aged 2 to 5 with no major disability (sensory, intellectual disability, neuromuscular disability).
- Can commit to participating in two online sessions;
- Has a device with a stable internet connection; and
- Communicates with high school-level English.
Exclusion criteria
- Parents with children who have severe behavioral or sensory issues.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Little Eagles Learning Center — Fort Myers
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06625255 · Protocol ID # 2024-85