Study of a school-based emotional literacy programme (Zippy's Friends) for children with intellectual disabilities

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Children attending special educational needs schools aged 9 – 11 years and their parents; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN83610691
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Birmingham

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-05-24
• Study Completion: 2023-01-31
• Last Update Posted: 25 March 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 53

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified