PLAY UP: An Intervention Program Through Active Play and Environmental Affordances

University of Évora

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Children With Typical Neurodevelopment

Treatments: Behavioral: PLAY UP

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07355179

#24101

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this cluster-randomized trial is to investigate how a co-created, affordance-based approach - developed in collaboration with children - and combined with educator training, can support preschool children's engagement in active play and their holistic development.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 6 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• regular attendance in preschool; have no limitations to participate in intervention.

Exclusion criteria

• participating in a similar intervention program for at least 3 months; having limitations (e.g. physical limitations; intellectual neurodisorder) to take the assessment tasks;

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 2 patient groups

participant group

Experimental group

Description:

Children in the experimental group will receive a 15-session intervention. Intervention will be implemented in the outdoors of the kindergarten, by a psychomotor therapist and children's educator. Sessions will involve active play and will prioritize, strengthen and expand opportunities for children to engage with their surroundings.

Treatment:

Behavioral: PLAY UP

Comparison group

No Intervention group

Description:

This group will maintain their regular school routine.