Promoting Health Through Play Program: Improving Parent and Child Outcomes

NCT06781840 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 20226278
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 10
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This project aims to assess the feasibility of an intervention program consisting of parent online group sessions in addition to guided individual play session between parent, child, and occupational therapy student (OTS) or an occupational therapist (OT). The investigators speculate that the Promoting Health Through Play Opportunities program will be effective in improving:

1. 1.Parent ability to support their child's playfulness as measured during 15-minute video-recorded joint play activity at home using the Parent/Caregiver Support of Childre Playfulness \[PC-SCP\].
2. 2.Child's playfulness behavior as measured during 15-minute video-recorded joint play activity at home using the Test of Playfulness \[ToP\].
3. 3.Child's psychological adjustment as measured by the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire \[SDQ\].
4. 4.Parent's perception and satisfaction from their involvement in the program as measured through open-ended questions.

Conditions

Child Development; Parenting

Keywords

play; playfulness; parent-group educational training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Goodman R. (1997). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A research note. 38(5), 581-586. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01545.x

  The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire assesses child's psychological adjustment. It contains 25 items measured on a scale ranging from 0 (no difficulty) to 2 (severe difficulty).

  through study completion, an average of 6 weeks

• Parent/Caregiver Support of Children Playfulness (PC-SCP). Waldman-Levi, A., & Bundy, A. (2023). Parent/Caregiver Support of Children Playfulness (PC-SCP). AOTA Press.

  The PC-SCP assesses how parents or primary caregivers support children's ability to play. It is based on a 15-minute video-recorded observation of a parent-child joint play and contains 16 items. Scores range from 0 (low level of parent support of child's play or playfulness) to 3 (high level of parent support of child's play or playfulness).

  through study completion, an average of 6 weeks

• Test of Playfulness. Skard, G., & Bundy, A. C. (2008). Test of Playfulness. In L. D. Parham & L. S. Fazio (Eds.), Play in occupational therapy for children (2nd ed., pp. 71-93). St. Louis, MO: Mosby, Inc

  The ToP assesses children's ability to play in a playful manner. It is observed during video-recorded 15-minute play and contains 30 items. Scores range from 0 (low level of child's playfulness behavior) to 3 (high level of child's playfulness behavior).

  through study completion, an average of 6 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Parent post program interview

  6 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Promoting Health Through Play English version

EXPERIMENTAL

Parent online group sessions- English version consisting of five 45-minute-long parent group online sessions. In addition, each parent-child dyad will receive, one 30-minute-long online guided play session with OTS/OT.

Behavioral: Playing Playfully to Overcome Adversity

Promoting Health Through Play Spanish version

OTHER

Parent online group sessions- Spanish version consisting of five 45-minute-long parent group online sessions. In addition, each parent-child dyad will receive, one 30-minute-long online guided play session with OTS/OT.

Behavioral: Playing Playfully to Overcome Adversity

Interventions

Playing Playfully to Overcome Adversity BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will consist of two parts: (a) five 45-minute-long parent group online sessions; and (b) one 30-minute long online guided play session with OTS/OT.The training will consist of asynchronous module and PowerPoint presentations followed by role play and discussions.

Also known as: Promoting Health Through Play Opportunities program

Promoting Health Through Play English version; Promoting Health Through Play Spanish version

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 5 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Enrolled in Head Start pre-school program within New York greater area
• Parent-child dyads
• Child must be 3 to 5 years old, with/without delay or disability.
• If a parent has more than one child in this age range, the oldest of them will be recruited for the study
• Parent IS committed to attending pre-and-posttest as well as online group sessions
• Parent has access to a device other than a phone (tablet, iPad, laptop) and has stable internet connection to be able to participate in the online group and dyadic session
• For the English-speaking group, parent must be fluent in English
• For the Spanish speaking group, parent must be fluent in the Spanish language.

You may not qualify if:

• Parents with a sensory deficit (e.g., hearing or vision impairment) that will affect their ability to participate in an online group program
• Parents with psychiatric or behavioral disorders that affect their ability to participate in a group-based intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yeshiva University: lead
• Head Start: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Head Start

New York, New York, 10453, United States

RECRUITING

Central Study Contacts

Clinical Professor, Director of Scholarship and Research

CONTACT

646.592.4765; amiya.waldmanlevi@yu.edu

Lola Halperin, EdD

CONTACT

halperinl@sacredheart.edu

Study Design

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

Model Details: 2 groups: One for English speaking parents and the other for Spanish speaking parents.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 13, 2024
• First Posted: January 17, 2025
• Study Start: January 21, 2022
• Primary Completion: December 5, 2025
• Study Completion: December 30, 2025
• Last Updated: January 17, 2025

Record last verified: 2024-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)