Families, Children and Teachers Thriving Together

NCT04276363 | Completed Results

• 2 other identifiers: 19-007075R01HD106547-04
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 458
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The current study examines the impact of ParentCorps in high-poverty district schools in New York City (NYC). The study is conducted within the context of the NYC Department of Education (DOE) Pre-K Thrive initiative. As part of this initiative, the Center for Early Childhood Health and Development (CEHD) at NYU Langone Health is implementing services to strengthen family engagement and support parents and teachers in creating safe, nurturing and predictable environments for young children. All parents of Pre-K students in the 81 district schools will be invited for them and their Pre-K children to participate in the study, which includes 2 school-based assessments in Pre-K over a 10-month period and 1 school-based assessment at the end of Kindergarten, and teacher ratings of children in Pre-K and Kindergarten. Additionally, parents will be invited to consent to the use of their children's NYC DOE administrative records from Pre-K through grade 5 for the purposes of this study. Parents will also be invited to participate by completing surveys with NYU study staff. Parents will be consented to complete two surveys when their child is in Pre-K. Parents may be randomly selected to complete a third survey when their child is in Kindergarten or to participate in a focus group with other parents.

Conditions

Child Mental Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• NIH Toolbox Emotion Battery Test Anger Subscale Score

  Parents report on the Anger subscale from the NIH Toolbox Emotion Battery. This measure was designed for children ages 3 - 7. The Anger subscale includes 9 items which measure attitudes of hostility and cynicism often associated with experiences of frustration impeding goal-directed behavior. Parents are asked to respond to items on a three-point scale ranging from "Never True" to "Often True". The NIH Toolbox uses a T-score metric where a score of 50 is the mean and 10 is the standard deviation. A higher T-score indicates higher anger.

  End of Kindergarten, on average 22 months

• Pediatric Symptom Checklist (PSC) Score

  Parents report on Attention Problems on the PSC. Tis 5-item subscale screens psychosocial functioning in children 4-18 years of age. Parents are asked to rate the frequency of each symptom on a three-point scale ranging from "Never" (0) to "Often" (2). Scores are summed and range from 0-10, with higher scores indicating high attention problems.

  End of Kindergarten, on average 22 months

• Social Competence Scale - Parent Version Score

  Parents report on two subscales, Prosocial/Communication Skills and Emotional Regulation Skills, on the Social Competence Scale. This 12-item measure assesses a child's prosocial behaviors, communication skills, and self-control. Parents respond to items on a five-point scale ranging from "Not at All" to "Very well". Scores are summed on both subscales for a total scale score, scores range from 0 to 48. Higher scores reflect higher parent-reported social competence.

  End of Kindergarten, on average 22 months

• The Parental Engagement of Families Questionnaire (PEFL) Score

  Parents report on the Foundational Education sub-scale of the Parental Engagement of Families Questionnaire (PEFL). This measure captures parental engagement designed for and validated with Latino Head Start families. The 20-item Foundational Education sub-scale reflects parents' efforts to teach their children "the basics". Parents respond to each item using a 4-point rating scale ranging from 1 (Never) to 4 (Frequently). Raw summed scores are converted to T-scores where a score of 50 is the mean and 10 is the standard deviation. Higher scores indicates higher parent-reported social competence.

  End of Pre-Kindergarten, on average 9 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• NIH Toolbox Emotion Battery Test Score

  End of Kindergarten, on average 22 months

• PROMIS-4 Sleep Disturbance Questionnaire Score

  End of Kindergarten, on average 22 months

• Parent Evidence-Based Strategies Scale

  End of Pre-Kindergarten, on average 9 months

• Daily Living Routines Subscale of the Child Routines Inventory (CRI) Score

  End of Kindergarten, on average 22 months

Study Arms (3)

Thrive Professional Learning plus ParentCorps

EXPERIMENTAL

Parents with a child enrolled at a participating school with teachers who received the thrive professional learning plus ParentCorps.

Behavioral: Thrive Professional Learning plus ParentCorps

Thrive Professional Learning only

EXPERIMENTAL

Parents with a child enrolled at a participating school with teachers who received the thrive professional learning only.

Behavioral: Thrive Professional Learning only

Inspire Professional Learning

EXPERIMENTAL

Parents with a child enrolled at a participating school with teachers who received the inspire professional learning only.

Behavioral: Inspire Professional Learning

Interventions

Inspire Professional Learning BEHAVIORAL

Delivered to leaders in groups of 20 - 40 three times a year over the same two-year period. Content covers best practices in Family Engagement and Social Emotional Learning and includes an experiential approach to behavior change that asks learners to take the perspective of others and consider their own beliefs and assumptions about students, families, teachers and leaders

Inspire Professional Learning

Thrive Professional Learning plus ParentCorps BEHAVIORAL

led by the NYC Department of Education. Professional Learning sessions are tailored to the needs of pre-K teachers and leaders, and include topics aligned with the district's quality standards that support child instructional goals.

Thrive Professional Learning plus ParentCorps

Thrive Professional Learning only BEHAVIORAL

Part of the Professional Learning Track system for all Pre-K for All teachers and leaders. The NYC DOE schedules Thrive Professional Learning training days for staff on non-attendance days. Teachers attend four Professional Learning days annually, and leaders attend three days annually, over a two-year period.

Thrive Professional Learning only

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 4 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Pre-K students and families who attend one of the 81 district schools in 2019-2020.
• Only parents and students who are English or Spanish speaking will be eligible for participation in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Families in sites other than the 81 district schools randomized to this study are excluded.
• Parents or students who do not speak English and/or Spanish will not be eligible to participate.
• Teachers and principals from the 81 sites are not considered participants in the study of student and family outcomes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• NYU Langone Health: lead
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

NYU Langone Health

New York, New York, 10016, United States

Location

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Laurie Miller Brotman, Ph.D.
• Organization: NYU Langone Health

laurie.brotman@nyulangone.org

646-754-4999

Study Officials

• Laurie Brotman, PhD

  New York Langone Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 2, 2019
• First Posted: February 19, 2020
• Study Start: November 14, 2019
• Primary Completion: September 6, 2021
• Study Completion: September 6, 2021
• Last Updated: May 7, 2026
• Results First Posted: May 7, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: Beginning 9 months and ending 36 months following article publication or as required by a condition of awards and agreements supporting the research.
• Access Criteria: Requests should be directed to Andrea.Troxel@nyulangone.org. To gain access, data requestors will need to sign a data access agreement.

Locations

US (1)