Behavioral Parent Training to Address Early Childhood Disruptive Behavior Using the DOCS Parenting Programs
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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: DOCS Parenting: Early Years, DOCS Parenting: School Years.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Disruptive Behavior, Developmental Disability, Developmental Delay (Disorder), Behavior Problem of Childhood. 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
DOCS Parenting: Early Years and School Years
Overview
DOCS Parenting offers group-delivered behavioral parent training interventions for caregivers of children ages 0-12 years.
Detailed description
Challenging behaviors such as whining, temper tantrums, and non-compliance are very common during the toddler and preschool years, and if left unaddressed, will persist through early and middle childhood. Children with special needs are at even greater risk for behavioral problems. Caregivers may not understand why their children misbehave and may become frustrated in their attempts to discipline.
DOCS Parenting offer caregivers a problem-solving approach to understand and resolve everyday behavior problems. These programs emphasize prevention strategies and positive behavior supports. Caregivers who have completed DOCS Parenting report gains in their parenting skills, reductions in parenting stress and child behavior problems, and satisfaction with the programs.
DOCS Parenting sessions are available in both English and Spanish. DOCS Parenting has been recognized as an outstanding community resource, and has received awards from Early Steps, the Early Childhood Council, and the Hispanic Heritage Committee.
Interventions
- Behavioral DOCS Parenting: Early Years
Early Years is a group delivered behavioral parenting intervention for caregivers and professionals of children 0-5 years - Behavioral DOCS Parenting: School Years
School Years is a group delivered behavioral parent training intervention for caregivers and professionals of children in Kindergarten thru 5th Grade
Primary outcome measures
- Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks.]
- DOCS Parenting Stress Measure [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 6 weeks.]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Therapy Attitude Inventory [Time frame: From enrollment to end of treatment at 6 weeks.]
- Developmentally Appropriate Discipline Inventory [Time frame: From enrollment to end of treatment at 6 weeks.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- caregiver or professional caring for child ages 0-12 years, or
- caregiver or professional caring for a child enrolled in kindergarten-5th grade.
- Must speak English or Spanish.
Exclusion criteria
- Language other than English or Spanish.
- Caregiver/professional under the age of 18.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- University of South Florida — Tampa
Publications
- Rich, B. A., & M., E. S. (2001). Accuracy of assessment: The discriminative and predictive power of the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory. Ambulatory Child Health, 7, 249-257.
- Silva LM, Schalock M. Autism Parenting Stress Index: initial psychometric evidence. J Autism Dev Disord. 2012 Apr;42(4):566-74. doi: 10.1007/s10803-011-1274-1. PMID 21556967
- Boggs, S. R., Eyberg, S., & Reynolds, L. A. (1990). Concurrent validity of the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 19(1), 75-78. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp1901_9
- Funderburk, B. W., Eyberg, S. M., Rich, B. A., & Behar, L. (2003). Further psychometric evaluation of the Eyberg and Behar rating scales for parents and teachers of preschoolers. Early Education and Development, 14(1), 67-82.
- Calzada EJ, Eyberg SM, Rich B, Querido JG. Parenting disruptive preschoolers: experiences of mothers and fathers. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2004 Apr;32(2):203-13. doi: 10.1023/b:jacp.0000019771.43161.1c. PMID 15164861
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07505381 · Pro00032638