Clinic-Based School Readiness Coaching

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: School Readiness

Treatments: Behavioral: School Readiness Coaching Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06390215

STUDY00021040

PPQ#1023820 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine how a clinic-based school readiness coaching session conducted by a community health worker for parents of 3-5-year-olds affects children's School Readiness (SR) skills and parents early SR knowledge and behaviors. The main questions it aims to answer are: What impact does the clinic-based coaching session have on preschool-aged children's school readiness skills and their parents' confidence in supporting and practicing early math and literacy behaviors at home? Participants will receive a 1-hr coaching session at their pediatric clinic and return after three months for a follow-up session. Researchers will compare pre-and-post child and parent SR outcomes between these two sessions.

Full description

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine how a clinic-based school readiness coaching session conducted by a community health worker for parents of 3-5-year-olds affects children's school readiness (SR) skills and parents early SR knowledge and behaviors. The main questions it aims to answer are: What impact does the clinic-based coaching session have on preschool-aged children's school readiness skills as measured by the Brigance Early Childhood Screen III? and What impact does the clinic-based coaching session have on parents' confidence in supporting and practicing early math and literacy behaviors at home using the DREME Parent Beliefs Survey? The secondary question this study aims to evaluate is: Does the 1-hr school readiness coaching session affect rates of well-child checks at the pediatric clinic? Participants will receive a 1-hr coaching session at their pediatric clinic and return after three months for a follow-up session. Researchers will compare pre-and-post Brigance scores for the child and pre-and post parent SR confidence DREME scores.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Receives primary care at one of 2 clinic sites
• Parent or caregiver of 3-6-year-old
• Child is eligible for Medicaid services
• Parent and child can communicate in English or Spanish

Exclusion criteria

• Child is too ill to participate
• Parents who are unable to complete study activities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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300 participants in 1 patient group

School Readiness Coaching Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Two 1-hr individualized parent-child School Readiness Coaching Sessions conducted with Community Health Worker to assess child and parent school readiness skills and behaviors and provide parents with modeling, tools, and resources to support parent early math and literacy skills for home practice and connect them to preschool and community resources.

Treatment:

Behavioral: School Readiness Coaching Intervention