Evaluation of Zippy’s Friends: a school-based coping and social skills programme for young childre
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Attainment in reading and emotional self-regulationNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN82558815
- Lead Sponsor
- Queen's University Belfast (UK)
- Brief Summary
2017 protocol in https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2017.01.003 (added 21/05/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2590
Inclusion Criteria
Year 2 pupils (aged 6-7 years) attending state-funded primary schools within five Local Authorities in England.
All state Infant and Primary schools in England are eligible to be put forward for randomisation if they:
1. Have not delivered Zippy’s Friends before
2. Are prepared to allow 1 hour per week in the Year 2 timetable for Zippy’s Friends
3. Are prepared to release Year 2 teachers for training and support sessions
4. Have completed pre-test measures and provided pupil background data to the evaluators
Exclusion Criteria
1. Not a pupil in a school that has signed up to participate in the trial
2. Parent has returned opt out consent form to the school
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Reading attainment - measured using the Hodder Group Reading Test at the end of Year 2<br> 2. Emotional self-regulation - measured using the Child Anger Management Scale (pupil self-report) at the end of Year 2<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Self-regulated learning - measured using the Learning Behaviour Scale (teacher-report) at the end of Year 2<br> 2. Social skills - measured using the Social Skills Rating Scale (pupil self-report) at the end of Year 2<br>