Social-emotional Under 4's Screening & Intervention S.U.S.I.

NCT02151955 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: MAJ120702
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 139
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Following an exploratory project, funded by Guys and St Thomas' Charity between September 2010- November 2011, of the first combined mental health screening and intervention project for \<5 Children in Care (CiC) in the UK, the current study will expand this work by a) developing a feasibility study to assess both longer term interventions and outcomes for this group and b) extending the model to two further vulnerable groups of young children. The three groups of children aged 3 months to 3 years (\<4's) in Southwark include:

1. 1.Children who become newly looked after (CiC)
2. 2.Children of parents referred to Parental Mental Health team (PMH)
3. 3.Children on Child Protection (CP) Plans

Conditions

Parent Child Relationships; Parent Child Interactions; Child Development

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale (KIPS)

  The main outcome measure that will be used to determine the acceptability and feasibility of the screening and intervention across all three of our high risk groups is the Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale (KIPS, 2011). KIPS is a reliable, evidence based tool to effectively measure parenting behaviours. Twelve aspects of parenting (e.g. sensitivity of responses, physical interaction, involvement in child's activities, adapts strategies to child) are rated on a 5 point scale, following a 20 minute observation of the parent or carer interacting with the child.

  Participants will be assessed at baseline and at 26 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• The Ages and stages Questionnaire Social Emotional (ASQ:SE 2003)

  Participants will be assessed at baseline and at 26 weeks

• Representational measures of Mindmindedness in preschoolers (Meins, 1998)

  Participants will be assessed at baseline and at 26 weeks

• Child and Adolescent Service use Schedule (CASUS)

  Participants will be assessed at baseline and at 26 weeks

Study Arms (1)

Individual parent infant intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Children and parents will be offered an assessment and then a tailored individual 10 to 15 week based attachment and parent intervention to promote parent child relationship.

Behavioral: Individual

Interventions

Individual BEHAVIORAL

10 to 15 Individual parent child therapeutic intervention focusing on the quality of the parent child relationships using attachment theory and parent infant psychotherapy

Individual parent infant intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Months - 4 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children who have newly come into care (CiC) where their parents have given informed consent and foster carers have given informed consent
• Children whose parents have been referred to the Parental Mental Health team (PMH) where parents have been assessed by the PMH team and are engaged with an identified parental mental health worker.
• Children who are new to a Child Protection Plan where their parents have given informed consent

You may not qualify if:

• Children who have newly come into care (CiC) whose foster carers live so far away geographically as to make it impractical to deliver the intervention.
• children whose families have been offered a place in the Family Drug and Alcohol Service.
• when English language is not sufficient to engage in intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust: lead
• Carol Hardy, Research Lead, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Carelink, Lister Health Centre, 101 Peckham Road

London, London, SE15 5LJ, United Kingdom

Location

Study Officials

• Elizabeth Murphy, MSc

  South London & Maudsley NHS Trust

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 14, 2014
• First Posted: June 2, 2014
• Study Start: June 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2016
• Study Completion: November 1, 2016
• Last Updated: November 11, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)