Connect Research Project: A trial of a trauma- and attachment-based intervention in kinship and foster care

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Trauma-informed caregiving; Child behavioural and socioemotional functioning; Complex trauma; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders; Public Health - Other public health

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617000946314
• Lead Sponsor: The Australian National University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-07-03
• Last Update Posted: 26 August 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Children will be eligible to participate in the study if they are aged 8-16 years and have resided in their current home-based care placement for at least four weeks.

Caregivers will be eligible to participate if they are currently supporting a child in a kinship or foster care placement.

Exclusion Criteria

Families will be excluded from participating in the study based on child and/or kinship/foster carer characteristics. Exclusion criteria concerning children includes: currently in a crisis/emergency situation, severe mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder), significant physical health care needs, severe developmental disability, and/or severe intellectual disability. Families will also be excluded if carers have a severe mental illness or substance use problem, and are unable to speak sufficiently fluent English and/or have limited comprehension of English.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in children's dysregulated behaviour and emotions as measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and Affect Regulation Checklist. [Assessed at baseline, immediately post-intervention (10 weeks after baseline) and 6-month follow-up. ];Change in the quality of the caregiver-child relationship as measured by the Comprehensive Child-Parent Attachment Inventory and Revised Conflict Tactics Scale. [Assessed at baseline, immediately post-intervention (10 weeks after baseline) and 6-month follow-up. ]