Educational Support Interventions for Children in Care
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Educational Support Interventions for Children in Care
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
A Randomized controlled study of two different educational support interventions developed for children in foster care (age 6-13).
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Sep 2013
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
September 1, 2013
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 28, 2014
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 15, 2014
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 1, 2017
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 1, 2017
CompletedAugust 15, 2014
August 1, 2014
4.3 years
July 28, 2014
August 13, 2014
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Academic performance
Reading test and mathematical test
17 months after intervention start
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Cognitive functions
17 months after intervention start
Other Outcomes (1)
well-being
17 months after intervention start
Study Arms (3)
Control
NO INTERVENTIONControl
Parents as Tutors
EXPERIMENTALEducational support intervention
school intervention
EXPERIMENTALEducational support intervention
Interventions
A school-based intervention that builds on the promising Swedish programme SkolFam, but is adapted to a Danish school context. The two main components of the programme are a) comprehensive assessment of the child, involving testing of the child's cognitive and academic abilities and difficulties as well as an evaluation of the child's behaviour, school-related social relations and well-being, and b) a systematic and individually targeted intervention plan, made in collaboration between a psychologist, the teachers, and a special educational teacher at the school (e.g., the reading counsellor).
A home-based intervention, comprising a structured tutoring programme that allows foster parents to systematically support the foster child's school performance. Foster parents will attend an introductory tutor training seminar at which they will be introduced to relevant theory on learning and counselled on tutoring practice. The intervention itself is designed to provide approximately three hours per week of individual home-based tutoring for a period of 40 weeks.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- age 6-13
- fostercare placement
- placement in a participating municipality
You may not qualify if:
- persuasive developmental disorders
- special education students
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
SFI - The Danish National Centre for Social Research
Copenhagen, 1052, Denmark
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Misja Eiberg, Ph.d. fellow
SFI - The Danish National Centre for Social Research
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 28, 2014
First Posted
August 15, 2014
Study Start
September 1, 2013
Primary Completion
December 1, 2017
Study Completion
December 1, 2017
Last Updated
August 15, 2014
Record last verified: 2014-08