An Integrative Approach to Improve Child Outcomes Through Research-based Parent and Teacher Interventions

NCT ID: NCT03431545

Last Updated: 2022-05-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 260 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-08-01
• Study Completion Date: 2019-09-19

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn whether a combination of two research-proven programs, a responsive caregiving parenting program and a teacher training program, will have an effect on infants' and toddlers' language, cognitive, social-emotional, and self-regulation skills. The interventions are designed to specifically target parent use of a responsive, stimulating caregiving style in the home in combination with teacher instructional practices and the use of a responsive interactive style in the classroom.

Conditions

Growth & Development

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

PALS and BEECH

Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) and Beginning Education: Early Childcare at Home (BEECH) include web-based parent and teacher training courses with remote coaching and in-person meetings that support the adults' developing a set of core behaviors that comprise a responsive interactive style including responses contingent to children's needs and interests with rich language input.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

PALS and

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) include web-based parent training courses with remote coaching and in-person meetings that support the adults' developing a set of core behaviors that comprise a responsive interactive style including responses contingent to children's needs and interests with rich language input.

Parents will begin their 11 week (infant) or 14 week (toddler) parenting program in October and complete it by April. There will be monthly Parent Meetings related to the content they are learning online. Post-assessments will occur in late April and May. Each weekly online parent session will take approximately 30 minutes to complete with a 40 - 60 minute weekly remote coach call.

BEECH

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Beginning Education: Early Childcare at Home (BEECH) includes web-based teacher training courses with remote coaching and in-person meetings that support the adults' developing a set of core behaviors that comprise a responsive interactive style including responses contingent to children's needs and interests with rich language input.

Teachers will complete the 20 online sessions weekly, except for planned center closings due to holidays or agency-related events. The three in-person trainings will occur before Session 1 and after Sessions 8 and 14. Each weekly online teacher session will take approximately one-hour for a teacher to complete with a 30 minute weekly remote coach call. Each in-person teacher training will be 6-hours in duration.

Control condition

Parents and teachers conduct business as usual in regards to care-giving in the school and at home.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Control condition

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Parents and teachers conduct business as usual in regards to care-giving in the school and at home.

Interventions

PALS and

Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) include web-based parent training courses with remote coaching and in-person meetings that support the adults' developing a set of core behaviors that comprise a responsive interactive style including responses contingent to children's needs and interests with rich language input.

Parents will begin their 11 week (infant) or 14 week (toddler) parenting program in October and complete it by April. There will be monthly Parent Meetings related to the content they are learning online. Post-assessments will occur in late April and May. Each weekly online parent session will take approximately 30 minutes to complete with a 40 - 60 minute weekly remote coach call.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

BEECH

Beginning Education: Early Childcare at Home (BEECH) includes web-based teacher training courses with remote coaching and in-person meetings that support the adults' developing a set of core behaviors that comprise a responsive interactive style including responses contingent to children's needs and interests with rich language input.

Teachers will complete the 20 online sessions weekly, except for planned center closings due to holidays or agency-related events. The three in-person trainings will occur before Session 1 and after Sessions 8 and 14. Each weekly online teacher session will take approximately one-hour for a teacher to complete with a 30 minute weekly remote coach call. Each in-person teacher training will be 6-hours in duration.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Control condition

Parents and teachers conduct business as usual in regards to care-giving in the school and at home.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Given that the target population includes EHS agencies, low-income children speaking English and/or Spanish will be eligible for participation.
• In some cases, children with mild delays (e.g., receiving speech therapy services) can participate.

Exclusion Criteria

• Children with significant developmental disabilities (e.g., intellectual disabilities, significant sensory impairments, and children diagnosed with moderately severe forms of Autism Spectrum Disorders) will not be consented for assessments as the interventions are not specialized to meet the needs of these children.
• Children primarily speaking a language other than Spanish or English will be excluded due to the fact that appropriate assessment procedures are lacking.
• In terms of exclusionary criteria for teachers, those that are participating in other research studies, or who have recently completed other similar studies, will not be recruited.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 5 Months
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Months
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Susan Landry

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Janelle J Montroy, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Locations

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas, United States

Countries

United States

Provided Documents

Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

HSC-MS-15-0841

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id