Little Flower Yoga for Kids: Evaluation of a Yoga and Mindfulness Program for Children With Increased Levels of Emotion Dysregulation and Inattention

NCT02829528 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Little Flower Yoga for Kids
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 15
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

An initial evaluation of Little Flower Yoga for Kids will be conducted in a small sample of 18-30 Kindergarten and First Grade students (3-5 per class) enrolled in Girls Preparatory Charter School of the Bronx. The overall aim of this study is to ascertain the short and longer-term effects of Little Flower Yoga for Kids, a promising yoga and mindfulness program for children, which incorporates five elements (connect, breathe, move, focus, relax) to improve the child's ability to sustain attention and regulate emotions.

Conditions

ADHD

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Emotion Regulation Content Scale of the Behavioral Assessment System for Children - 2 (BASC-2)

  Measures change in emotion regulation problems at post-treatment

  Nine months from start of the intervention

• Tasks of Executive Control (TEC)

  Measures change in attentional processing skills at post-treatment

  Nine months from start of the intervention

Study Arms (1)

Little Flower Yoga For Kids

EXPERIMENTAL

Little Flower Yoga for Kids is a New York based organization dedicated to making the tools of yoga and mindfulness available to all children and teens. Their Teacher Training Program focuses on the physical, mental emotional, and social wellbeing of students. Teachers are trained to use the five elements format (connect, breathe, move, focus, relax). Implementation of the Little Flower Yoga for Kids curriculum will be manualized prior to the start of the study with Ms. Love, and will be presented as a series of activities (e.g., poses) throughout the school year. The emphasis in these yoga and mindfulness activities is exploration not competition, which allows the child to learn and develop at her own pace with the support of Ms. Love. The children participate in the Little Flower Yoga for Kids intervention at school for 40 minutes per class, 3 to 5 times per week, for the entire academic school year (9 months).

Behavioral: Little Flower Yoga For Kids

Interventions

Little Flower Yoga For Kids BEHAVIORAL

Little Flower Yoga for Kids is a promising yoga and mindfulness program for children developed by Jennifer Cohen Harper, MA, E-RCYT, which incorporates five elements (connect, breathe, move, focus, relax) to improve the child's ability to sustain attention and regulate emotions.

Little Flower Yoga For Kids

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 5 Years - 7 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may not qualify if:

• Suspected emotion regulation and/or attention difficulties by the child's teacher. This procedure includes completion (by the teacher) of the Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC) and the inattention subscale of the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham - IV (SNAP-IV) (see measures section below). The Kindergarten and First Grade teachers will be asked to identify the top 5 students in their class exhibiting high levels of emotion dysregulation and/or inattention in comparison to their peers, and to then fill out the two assessment measures for each of the 5 selected children. They must meet a predetermined threshold of either measure, which have been determined based on previous research, to be included in the data collection;
• Child must be fluent English speaker, so they are able to complete the assessments.
• Of the individuals chosen for participation in data collection, they will be excluded from the study if:
• There is evidence of significant developmental delay or psychosis that impacts the child's ability to function and to fully engage in the yoga-mindfulness intervention;
• If the youth or parent presents with emergency psychiatric needs that require services beyond that which can be managed within a preventive intervention format (e.g. hospitalization, specialized placement outside the home), active intervention by research staff to secure what is needed will be made.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• New York University: lead

Study Sites (1)

New York University

New York, New York, 10003, United States

Location

Related Links

• Description: Families and Children Experiencing Success (FACES) Lab

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 8, 2016
• First Posted: July 12, 2016
• Study Start: September 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2017
• Study Completion: June 1, 2017
• Last Updated: November 4, 2022

Record last verified: 2018-09

Locations

US (1)