Promoting Playfulness: Tier 1 Strength-based Parent Education Program to Promote Child and Family Resilience
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Status
- Recruiting
- Enrollment
- 40
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Parental Sense of Competence (PSOC-R)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Health inequalities, social isolation, and family adversity impact a child's development. Play is the context for child development in all areas. A parent's ability to support children at play while being playful contributes to their psychological adjustment. The proposed tier 1, strengths-based educational program for parents of children aged 2 to 5 years with and without disabilities combines elements of a play-based approach and tips on effective parenting to support children's development by equipping parents with knowledge and empowering them to become change agents in their children's lives.
Detailed Description
Parents will be recruited through a convenience sampling method to either an intervention group delivered online or a control waitlist group. Parents will be asked to complete a set of questionnaires online to assess the proposed programs effectiveness. Data analysis will explore between and within group differences in parental sense of competency, parental stress, child's behavior, and ability to support child's play. Qualitative data will be collected through online open-ended questions and sessions' transcript which will be analyzed to identify benefits. The project will produce tangible outcomes that will contribute to fostering the resilience of families with young children.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Non Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Parent of a child aged 2 to 5 with no major disability (sensory, intellectual disability, neuromuscular disability).
- •Can commit to participating in two online sessions;
- •Has a device with a stable internet connection; and
- •Communicates with high school-level English.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Parents with children who have severe behavioral or sensory issues.
Arms & Interventions
Intervention - Parent Education
Parents will participate in 2, 45 minute virtual training sessions with information and question and anwsers. Each session will provide information about child development and parent advocacy and stressors. Play as the means for promoting healthy development will be emphasized.
Intervention: Parent Education - Promoting Playfulness (Behavioral)
Waitlist control
Parents will have family life as usual with no education sessions.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Parental Sense of Competence (PSOC-R)
Time Frame: At the completion of two weeks
The Parenting Sense of Competence scale (PSOC-R) is a self-report measure that aims to assesses one's perceived efficacy and satisfaction with parenting. 16 items are scored on a scale of 1-6, 1 strongly disagree to 6 strongly agree.
Parent/Caregiver's View of Supporting Children's Play and Playfulness
Time Frame: At the completion of two weeks
11 items scored on a scale of 0, not agree, to 2, strongly agree, to describe parent's perception of a child's play and joint play.
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ; Goodman, 1997)
Time Frame: At the completion of two weeks
Parental self-report assessing a child's behavior, 25 items rated on a scale ranging from 0, not true, to 2, certainly true.
Secondary Outcomes
- Parent post program open-ended questions(At the completion of two weeks)
- Parent pre program open-ended questions(At enrollment)
Investigators
Dr. Sarah Fabrizi
Associate Professor
Florida Gulf Coast University