Tantrum Tamers 2.0: The Role of Emotion

University of North Carolina (UNC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders; Child Behavior; Problem Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Helping the Noncompliant Child (HNC)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03597789

1R21MH113887-01A1 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

18-1040

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to better understand how to best help parents of young children with problem behavior. Problem behaviors vary between and within children, but can include inattention/hyperactivity, tantrums, and/or noncompliance.

Full description

If eligible and choose to participate, this study includes:

A baseline assessment which will include asking a series of questions about parent, child and family, as well as parent-child observations.

If eligible for treatment, sessions occur once per week for approximately 8 to 12 weeks. Sessions include new information and lots of practice and discussion about how to make the skills work best for specific families.

After finishing treatment a post-assessment (similar to BL) conducted.

All of the assessments (i.e., video-and audio-recorded), as well as the sessions with a therapist will be recorded (i.e., video recorded).

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 8 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinically significant child problem behavior

Exclusion criteria

• Current severe symptoms in parent or child that would prohibit participation (e.g., parent current psychotic or substance use disorder)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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45 participants in 1 patient group

Helping the NonCompliant Child Treatment

Other group

Description:

Families will participate in an average of 8 to 12 weeks of Behavioral Parent Training (BPT), by way of the standard-of-care training program "Helping the Noncompliant Child" (HNC) via weekly sessions and mid-week calls.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Helping the Noncompliant Child (HNC)