Promoting Playfulness

Florida Gulf Coast University

Status and phase: Enrolling; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Developmental Delay (Disorder)

Treatments: Behavioral: Parent Education - Promoting Playfulness

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06625255

Protocol ID # 2024-85

Details and patient eligibility

About

Health inequalities, social isolation, and family adversity impact a child's development. Play is the context for child development in all areas. A parent's ability to support children at play while being playful contributes to their psychological adjustment. The proposed tier 1, strengths-based educational program for parents of children aged 2 to 5 years with and without disabilities combines elements of a play-based approach and tips on effective parenting to support children's development by equipping parents with knowledge and empowering them to become change agents in their children's lives.

Full description

Parents will be recruited through a convenience sampling method to either an intervention group delivered online or a control waitlist group. Parents will be asked to complete a set of questionnaires online to assess the proposed programs effectiveness. Data analysis will explore between and within group differences in parental sense of competency, parental stress, child's behavior, and ability to support child's play. Qualitative data will be collected through online open-ended questions and sessions' transcript which will be analyzed to identify benefits. The project will produce tangible outcomes that will contribute to fostering the resilience of families with young children.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parent of a child aged 2 to 5 with no major disability (sensory, intellectual disability, neuromuscular disability).
• Can commit to participating in two online sessions;
• Has a device with a stable internet connection; and
• Communicates with high school-level English.

Exclusion criteria

• Parents with children who have severe behavioral or sensory issues.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention - Parent Education

Experimental group

Description:

Parents will participate in 2, 45 minute virtual training sessions with information and question and anwsers. Each session will provide information about child development and parent advocacy and stressors. Play as the means for promoting healthy development will be emphasized.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Parent Education - Promoting Playfulness

Waitlist control

No Intervention group

Description:

Parents will have family life as usual with no education sessions.