Pilot Trial of the FMF Connect Teacher Companion Website
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
- Enrollment
- 37
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Teaching Efficacy Means From Baseline to 6 Weeks
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to find out if the FMF Connect Teacher Companion website is acceptable and usable by teachers. The FMF Connect Teacher Companion website is a website for teachers adapted from the Families Moving Forward (FMF) Program. The FMF Program is an evidence-based intervention for caregivers of children with FASD. The study will determine if the a web page intervention is feasible and acceptable by looking at enrollment and retention of study subjects and acceptability of assessments.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Be an educational professional currently actively employed in a school setting in the United States
- •Be above the age of 18 years old
- •Have direct, consistent contact with a student with a diagnosed fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) or confirmed prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) between the ages of 5-12, (i.e. grades K to 5) in a special or general education classroom
- •Have reliable access to the Internet
- •Be able to consent for themselves
Exclusion Criteria
- •They are unable to read English
- •They do not have direct, consistent contact with a student with a diagnosed FASD between ages 5-12 (e.g., substitute teacher, principal)
Arms & Interventions
Website treatment
This arm will receive access to the FMF teacher adapted website.
Intervention: Families Moving Forward (FMF) Teacher adapted training (Behavioral)
delayed treatment control
This arm will get the same intervention as the experimental arm delayed by 6 weeks.
Intervention: Families Moving Forward (FMF) Teacher adapted training (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Teaching Efficacy Means From Baseline to 6 Weeks
Time Frame: baseline to 6 weeks
Teaching efficacy will be measured by the Teaching Efficacy subscale of the Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale. This subscale has 5 items and ranges from 5-30, with higher scores indicating higher perceived teaching efficacy.
Mean Difference in Sensory Seeking Attributions at 6 Weeks
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Sensory seeking attributions will be measured using the "Reasons for Children's Behavior" survey. This subscale has 5 items and scores range from 5-30, with higher scores representing higher endorsement of sensory seeking attributions.
Mean Difference in Sensory Avoiding Attributions at 6 Weeks
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Sensory avoiding attributions will be measured using the "Reasons for Children's Behavior" survey. This subscale has 5 items and scores range from 5-30, with higher scores representing higher endorsement of sensory avoiding attributions.
Mean Difference in Task - Willful Attributions at 6 Weeks
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Task - willful attributions will be measured using the "Reasons for Children's Behavior" survey. This subscale has 3 items and scores range from 3-18, with higher scores representing higher endorsement of task - willful attributions.
Mean Difference in Task - Ability Attributions at 6 Weeks
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Task - ability attributions will be measured using the "Reasons for Children's Behavior" survey. This subscale has 5 items and scores range from 5-30, with higher scores representing higher endorsement of task - ability attributions.
Mean Difference in Disruptive Behavior Attributions at 6 Weeks
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Disruptive behavior attributions will be measured using the "Reasons for Children's Behavior" survey. This subscale has 5 items and scores range from 5-30, with higher scores representing higher endorsement of disruptive behavior attributions.
Mean Subjective Quality of Website (Website Group Only)
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Subjective quality will be measured using the Subjective Quality subscale of the Mobile Application Rating Scale - user version. This subscale has 4 items in total. Each item is rated on a scale from 1 to 6 and the total score represents a mean across items, with higher scores indicating higher subjective quality.
Mean Difference in Emotional Support Attributions at 6 Weeks
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Emotional support seeking attributions will be measured using the "Reasons for Children's Behavior" survey. This subscale has 4 items and scores range from 4-24, with higher scores representing higher endorsement of emotional support seeking attributions.
Mean Perceived Impact of Website (Website Group Only)
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Perceived impact will be measured using the Perceived Impact subscale of the Mobile Application Rating Scale - user version. This subscale has 5 items in total. Items are rated on a scale from 1 to 6. Total scores represent a mean rating across items, with higher scores indicating higher perceived impact.
Mean Difference in Dysregulated Behavior Attributions at 6 Weeks
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Dysregulated behavior attributions will be measured using the "Reasons for Children's Behavior" survey. This subscale has 3 items and scores range from 3-18, with higher scores representing higher endorsement of dysregulated behavior attributions.
Mean Overall Quality of Website (Website Group Only)
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Overall quality will be measured using the Mobile Application Rating Scale - user version. Overall quality is a sum of the Engagement, Functionality, Aesthetics, and Information subscales. Each subscale represents a mean of items and ranges from 1 to 6. The overall total quality score is a sum of these scales and ranges from 4 to 24, with higher scores indicating higher overall quality.
Change in Mean Knowledge About FASD From Baseline to 6 Weeks
Time Frame: baseline to 6 weeks
Teacher FASD knowledge will be measured using the "Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Knowledge" survey. The survey scores range from 0-33 with higher scores indicating more knowledge about FASD.
Change in Personal Efficacy Mean From Baseline to 6 Weeks
Time Frame: baseline to 6 weeks
Personal efficacy will be measured by the Personal Efficacy subscale of the Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale. This subscale has 5 items and ranges from 5-30, with higher scores indicating higher perceived personal efficacy.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Christie Petrenko
Professor
University of Rochester