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Promoting Health Through Play Program: Improving Parent and Child Outcomes

ConditionsChild DevelopmentParenting
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age3-5
SponsorYeshiva University

About this trial

This project aims to assess the feasibility of an intervention program consisting of parent online group sessions in addition to guided individual play session between parent, child, and occupational therapy student (OTS) or an occupational therapist (OT).

The investigators speculate that the Promoting Health Through Play Opportunities program will be effective in improving:

1. Parent ability to support their child's playfulness as measured during 15-minute video-recorded joint play activity at home using the Parent/Caregiver Support of Childre Playfulness \[PC-SCP\]. 2. Child's playfulness behavior as measured during 15-minute video-recorded joint play activity at home using the Test of Playfulness \[ToP\]. 3. Child's psychological adjustment as measured by the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire \[SDQ\]. 4. Parent's perception and satisfaction from their involvement in the program as measured through open-ended questions.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Enrolled in Head Start pre-school program within New York greater area

Parent-child dyads

Child must be 3 to 5 years old, with/without delay or disability.

If a parent has more than one child in this age range, the oldest of them will be recruited for the study

Disqualifiers

Parents with a sensory deficit (e.g., hearing or vision impairment) that will affect their ability to participate in an online group program

Parents with psychiatric or behavioral disorders that affect their ability to participate in a group-based intervention

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Playing Playfully to Overcome Adversity

    Behavioral

    The intervention will consist of two parts: (a) five 45-minute-long parent group online sessions; and (b) one 30-minute long online guided play session with OTS/OT.The training will consist of asynchronous module and PowerPoint presentations followed by role play and discussions.

Treatment groups

10 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Promoting Health Through Play English versionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Promoting Health Through Play Spanish versionOther 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Goodman R. (1997). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A research note. 38(5), 581-586. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01545.x

The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire assesses child's psychological adjustment. It contains 25 items measured on a scale ranging from 0 (no difficulty) to 2 (severe difficulty).

Time frame
through study completion, an average of 6 weeks
2

Parent/Caregiver Support of Children Playfulness (PC-SCP). Waldman-Levi, A., & Bundy, A. (2023). Parent/Caregiver Support of Children Playfulness (PC-SCP). AOTA Press.

The PC-SCP assesses how parents or primary caregivers support children's ability to play. It is based on a 15-minute video-recorded observation of a parent-child joint play and contains 16 items. Scores range from 0 (low level of parent support of child's play or playfulness) to 3 (high level of parent support of child's play or playfulness).

Time frame
through study completion, an average of 6 weeks
3

Test of Playfulness. Skard, G., & Bundy, A. C. (2008). Test of Playfulness. In L. D. Parham & L. S. Fazio (Eds.), Play in occupational therapy for children (2nd ed., pp. 71-93). St. Louis, MO: Mosby, Inc

The ToP assesses children's ability to play in a playful manner. It is observed during video-recorded 15-minute play and contains 30 items. Scores range from 0 (low level of child's playfulness behavior) to 3 (high level of child's playfulness behavior).

Time frame
through study completion, an average of 6 weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

Parent post program interview

Semi-structured recorded interview

Time frame
6 weeks

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Yeshiva University

Lead sponsor

Head Start

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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