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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN83610691
ISRCTN83610691
Completed
N/A

A randomised feasibility study of a school-based emotional literacy programme (Zippy's Friends) for children with intellectual disabilities (ZF-SEND)

niversity of Birmingham0 sites53 target enrollmentMay 24, 2021

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Children attending special educational needs schools aged 9 – 11 years and their parents
Sponsor
niversity of Birmingham
Enrollment
53
Status
Completed
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
May 24, 2021
End Date
January 31, 2023
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • SEND schools:
  • 1\. Firm commitment to the research and have agreed to be randomly allocated to either the intervention or the UP arm (either delayed or no access to ZF SEND) of the study
  • 2\. They should have pupils with ID
  • 3\. Be able to identify two teachers who consent to take part and who are willing to deliver the ZF SEND intervention over one academic year to a group of children with ID
  • Child research participants:
  • 1\. Administratively defined with ID (learning disability/difficulty in UK services terminology) by virtue of attending a SEND school/unit in England or Scotland
  • 2\. Schools will identify prior to randomisation at least one class of children in the age range 9\-11 years to receive intervention
  • Parent participants:
  • 1\. Biological, step\-, adoptive parent or foster carer or adult family caregiver of the children receiving the ZF SEND intervention or allocated to the UP arm of the research
  • 2\. Having a level of English language enabling (verbal) completion of outcome measures

Exclusion Criteria

  • SEND schools:
  • 1\. Delivering other manualised classroom interventions designed to address mental health, well\-being, or emotional literacy
  • Child participants:
  • 1\. No parental assent to participate in the research (although this would not exclude the child from the intervention)
  • 2\. Unable to assent to the MAMS assessment or to communicate using English (and adaptations to meet their communication needs cannot be put in place in the classroom setting)
  • Parent participants:
  • 1\. Current child protection concerns relating to the child at the point of recruitment or the family are reported by the school to be in a state of current crisis
  • 2\. Insufficient command of the (spoken) English language to complete the outcome measures or lacking capacity to give informed consent

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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