Adaptation and Pilot Testing of a Behavioral Parent Training Program for Parents of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

NCT ID: NCT03483428

Last Updated: 2019-04-17

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 6 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-04-11
• Study Completion Date: 2018-12-13

Brief Summary

Despite being more likely than typical hearing children to experience disruptive behavior problems, children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) rarely receive behavioral interventions to prevent the long-term costly outcomes of behavior problems. This pilot project will systematically adapt an evidence-based behavioral parent training (BPT) intervention to increase its acceptability and relevance for parents of young DHH children. Two parents of DHH children will be trained in the adapted BPT for DHH children. They will each deliver the intervention to five families with DHH preschool-aged children.

Conditions

Hearing Loss; Behavior Disorders; Parenting

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Parent Coaches

Parent coaches will complete interventionist training and supervision in the "Family Check-Up," an evidence-based behavioral parent training (BPT) program, including in the adaptations for families with DHH children. Each parent coach will deliver the intervention to 5 parent-child dyads.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Interventionist training and supervision

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Online and in-person training and weekly supervision with licensed clinical social worker while delivering the "Family Check-Up" to 5 families.

Parent-Child Dyads

Parents and children will receive the adapted "Family Check-Up" behavioral parent training (BPT) intervention delivered by parent coaches.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral parent training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Up to 6 sessions of the "Family Check-Up" program, involving discussions, assessments, feedback, and skills training with a parent coach.

Interventions

Interventionist training and supervision

Online and in-person training and weekly supervision with licensed clinical social worker while delivering the "Family Check-Up" to 5 families.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral parent training

Up to 6 sessions of the "Family Check-Up" program, involving discussions, assessments, feedback, and skills training with a parent coach.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Parent/caregiver is age 18 years or older
• Parent/caregiver is the custodial guardian of a deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) child
• DHH child is 2-5 years old
• DHH child has used hearing aid(s) and/or cochlear implant(s) for > 6 months
• Parent/caregiver is able to read English and either speak/understand English or use American Sign Language

• Age 18 years or older
• Parent of a DHH child
• Able to speak, understand, and read English

Exclusion Criteria

• Active child protective services case
• DHH child of interest has been diagnosed with a severe developmental delay, severe autism, debilitating neurological condition, etc.
• Parent/caregiver has already accessed behavioral health services for the DHH child

Parent Coaches/Interventionists:

• None

• Minimum Eligible Age: 2 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Kentucky

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Christina Studts

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Christina Studts, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Kentucky, Dept of Health, Behavior & Society

Matthew Bush, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Kentucky, Dept of Otolaryngology

Locations

University of Kentuckyi

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

17-0460-F6A

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id