Interactive Program for Effective Playground Supervision (Playground_2)

Oregon Center for Applied Science

Status: Completed

Conditions: Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: On the Playground behavior management program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT01094236

SBIR40-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of the Playground supervision clinical trial is to see if playground management skills are improved, after implementing the school-wide behavior management program.

Full description

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that over 200,000 children every year are admitted to emergency rooms due to playground related injuries sustained at school. The National Association for Playground Safety recommends not only improving surface materials and equipment, but also improving adult supervision of children while at play. Yet, there are limited empirical studies in the literature that have examined the impact of a comprehensive training program to improve playground safety by improving supervisor knowledge and attitudes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a comprehensive, stand-alone interactive multimedia computer-based training program for elementary school faculty to implement a school-wide behavior management program for playground environments. To do this, a randomized control trial comparing the experiences of playground supervisors, students, and staff from schools of a large urban school district was carried out. School was both the unit of randomization and the unit of analysis. The comparisons were measured by pre, post and follow-up assessments conducted by the investigators. Results suggest significant positive differences due to treatment in knowledge, beliefs and attitudes for playground supervisors, students, and staff.

Enrollment: 2,316 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• school staff in elementary schools (grades K-5)
• must be in the included school district for Las Vegas, NV.

Exclusion criteria

• schools outside of the Las Vegas school district
• middle schools
• junior high schools
• high schools

Trial design

2,316 participants in 6 patient groups

Supervisor Treatment Group

Experimental group

Description:

Supervisors watched the CD intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: On the Playground behavior management program

Administrators - Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

School administrators got access to the intervention binder with CD's, workbook and worksheets

Treatment:

Behavioral: On the Playground behavior management program

Students

Experimental group

Description:

3rd grade students at participating study schools

Treatment:

Behavioral: On the Playground behavior management program

Supervisor Control Group

Experimental group

Description:

Supervisors watched a video on playground equipment safety

Treatment:

Behavioral: On the Playground behavior management program

Administrators - Control

Experimental group

Description:

Administrators did not have access to any treatment materials.

Treatment:

Behavioral: On the Playground behavior management program

School Staff

Experimental group

Description:

School staff surveyed at staff meetings

Treatment:

Behavioral: On the Playground behavior management program