Evaluation of the IY TCM Program in Norwegian School and Day-care Settings

NCT ID: NCT02962843

Last Updated: 2016-11-11

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 5807 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2009-08-31
• Study Completion Date: 2014-08-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether training teacher and staff in the Incredible Years (IY) Teacher Classroom Management (TCM) program reduce behavior problems and promote social competence in student aged 6-8 years (school) and in children aged 3-6 year (day-care). To examine group differences from baseline to 8-9 months after, a quasi-experimental control group design with pre- and post-measurements was used.

Detailed Description

Evaluation of the Incredible Years (IY) Teacher Classroom Management (TCM) program implemented as a school-wide preventive intervention in regular school and day-care settings, have the potential to change negative behaviors in children aged 3 - 8 year. Forty-four schools were recruited; comprising 1518 students aged 6-8 year, and 91 day-care units comprising 1049 children aged 3-6 year. Multilevel analyzes were used to examine group differences pre-post changes for behavior problems measured with the Sutter-Eyberg Student Behavior Inventory-Revised (SESBI-R) and the Teacher Report Form (TRF), as well as group differences pre-post change for social behavior measured the Social Skills Rating System (SSRS). For secondary findings, group differences pre-post changes for teacher- student and teacher-children relationship were measured with the Student-Teacher Relationship Scale (STRS) (teachers N= 444), and teacher-parents interactions were measured with the Teacher-Parent Involvement Questionnaire (INVOLVE-T/P) (parents N = 2109), as well as group differences pre-post change for teachers self- and collective efficacy measured the Norwegian Teacher Self-Efficacy Scale (NTSES) and the Collective Efficacy Scale (CES) (teachers N = 3240).

Conditions

Behavior Problem

Keywords

Behavior Problem; Social Competence; Student; Children

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

IY TCM

Incredible Year (IY) Teacher Classroom Management (TCM) training, 6 full-day workshops (42 hours)

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

IY TCM

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management program is a manualized program for teachers and staff in school and day-care settings to strengthen teacher classroom management strategies, to reduce negative behavior and promote prosocial behavior, as well as school readiness in children. Two qualified IY TCM group-leaders (facilitators) train teachers and staff in groups through six full-day workshops (a total of 42 hours).Workshop 1: Building Positive Relationships with Students, Workshop 1b: Preventing Behavior Problems -The Proactive Teacher, Workshop 2: The Importance of Teacher Attention, Coaching and Praise, Workshop 3: Motivating Children Through Incentives, Workshop 4 \& 5: Decreasing Inappropriate Behavior and Workshop 6: Emotional Regulation, Social Skills \& Problem Solving.

Comparison

No Incredible Year (IY) Teacher Classroom Management (TCM) training.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

IY TCM

The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management program is a manualized program for teachers and staff in school and day-care settings to strengthen teacher classroom management strategies, to reduce negative behavior and promote prosocial behavior, as well as school readiness in children. Two qualified IY TCM group-leaders (facilitators) train teachers and staff in groups through six full-day workshops (a total of 42 hours).Workshop 1: Building Positive Relationships with Students, Workshop 1b: Preventing Behavior Problems -The Proactive Teacher, Workshop 2: The Importance of Teacher Attention, Coaching and Praise, Workshop 3: Motivating Children Through Incentives, Workshop 4 \& 5: Decreasing Inappropriate Behavior and Workshop 6: Emotional Regulation, Social Skills \& Problem Solving.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Schools who met predefined criteria for program implementation of IY TCM (intervention) and school who not have implemented any IY program (comparison).
• Students/children aged 3-8 year (until 7 randomly selected from each class) with parents who speak Norwegian.
• Teachers and staff who worked with students/children aged 3-8 years.

Exclusion Criteria

• Schools who did not met predefined criteria for program implementation of IY TCM.
• Students/children aged 3-8 year with parents who did not speak Norwegian.
• Teachers and staff who did not worked with students/children aged 3-8 years, and who have known the students/children for fewer than 3 weeks.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 3 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 8 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Tromso

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Related Links

http://dua.uit.no/

Related Info

Other Identifiers

UTromso 2009/655 (REK)

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id