Testing the effectiveness of the Parents Plus Pathways programme for parents of adolescents with disabilities

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• Conditions: Behavioural and emotional difficulties; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN31917713
• Lead Sponsor: Parents Plus

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-05-06
• Last Update Posted: 18 May 2020
• Study Completion: 2020-09-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

There were two types of inclusion criteria. Parents who were eligible to take part were determined by each service. The researchers instructed services that the programme was for parents of adolescents with intellectual or developmental disabilities. However, as it was a pragmatic trial they left it up to services to determine individual eligibility. They would suggest that it was:
1. A parent of an adolescent (aged 12-20) with an intellectual or developmental disability
2. A parent who is willing and able to attend 8 group sessions

Service inclusion criteria included:
1. A service whose clients were children, adolescents and/or young adults with intellectual disabilities and/or developmental disabilities
2. A service who had two practitioners who could attend training
3. A service who was willing to take part in the evaluation and request and collect data from parents

Exclusion Criteria

There were no official exclusion criteria. Each service was requested to invite suitable participants and therefore the exclusion criteria were left up to individual services.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Problem behaviours, prosocial behaviours, and emotional difficulties measured using the CAPES (Child Adjustment and Parental Efficacy Scale)<br> 2. Parenting behaviours and family adjustment measured using the PAFAS (Parent and Family Adjustment Scale)<br><br> Measured at pre-intervention, post-intervention and 3-month follow up for intervention group, and at baseline and two months later (pre-intervention) and two months following this (post-intervention) for waitlist-control group<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Parental self-efficacy measured using the CAPES<br> 2. Parental satisfaction measured using the Kansas Satisfaction Scale<br> 3. Parent goals for self and parent goals for child measured using the Parents Plus goal setting procedure<br><br> Measured at pre-intervention, post-intervention and 3 month follow up for intervention group, and at baseline and 2 months later (pre-intervention) and 2 months following this (post-intervention) for waitlist-control group.<br>