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NCT Number: NCT06374550

Jump Start on the Go: Improving Resiliency and the Social-Emotional Development of At-Risk Preschool Children

The purpose of this study is to test the Jump Start on the Go (JS Go), an app-based program and see how helpful it is at improving resiliency and behavior support within childcare settings.

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Key information

Conditions

Mental Health Wellness 1

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Miami

Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Centers Inclusion Criteria:

  • Centers must have >30 children ages 2-to-5
  • Center must serve low income families
  • Centers must reflect the ethnic diversity of the Miami Dade County Public School System (60% Hispanic, 20% Non-Hispanic Black, 20% Non-Hispanic White).

Participants Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants must speak English or Spanish or Creole
  • Parents must have a child enrolled in the childcare center that is participating in the study.
  • Children ages 2-5: Parent reported data (name, Date of Birth, behaviors)

Exclusion criteria

  • any participants who do not speak English or Spanish or Creole.

Treatment and study plan

Jump Start on the Go

Behavioral

Centers will receive the Jump Start On The Go mental health program via a mobile app. This will entail receiving 12-24 mental health consultation sessions in which a licensed mental health consultant will use a mobile app that will provide directors and teachers with access to information such as videos, infographics, and an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot on how to work with children with challenging behaviors. Participants will receive the intervention once per week for up to 1 hour.

Jump Start Plus Coronavirus Support

Behavioral

The Jump Start Plus Coronavirus Support intervention is a resiliency program that provides behavior management and safety programs administered weekly via zoom.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in classroom practices as measured by Health Environment Rating Scale

    Time frame: Baseline, 2 months after baseline, and up to 1 year

    The Health Environment Rating Scale is a measure with a range of score from 0 to 70 with higher score indicating better classroom practices.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in child behaviors as measured by Devereux Early Childhood Assessments (DECA)

    Time frame: Baseline, 2 months after baseline, and up to 1 year

    The Devereux Early Childhood Assessments is a measure with a range of score from 0 to 100 with higher score on Behavior Concerns indicating more problem behaviors.

  2. Change in child behaviors as measured by Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)

    Time frame: Baseline and up to 1 year

    The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire is a total difficulties score that ranges from 0 to 40 with higher scores indicating less child behavior concerns.

  3. Change in resiliency as measured by Brief Resiliency Coping Scale

    Time frame: Baseline and up to 1 year

    The Brief Resiliency Coping Scale is a total score that ranges from 4 to 20 with higher scores indicating higher levels of coping

  4. Change in stress as measured by Childcare Worker Job Stress Index

    Time frame: Baseline and up to 1 year

    The Childcare Worker Job Stress Index is a total score that ranges from 22 to 110 with higher scores indicating higher levels of stress

  5. Change in stress as measured by Everyday Stressors Index

    Time frame: Baseline and up to 1 year

    The Everyday Stressors Index is a total score that ranges from 0 to 80 with higher scores indicating higher levels of stress.

  6. Change in satisfaction as measured by Teacher Opinion and Satisfaction survey

    Time frame: Baseline and up to 1 year

    The Teacher Opinion survey is a measure with a range of score from 12 to 44 with higher score indicating better self-efficacy as it relates to teaching practices.

  7. Mobile Application satisfaction as measured by the Mobile Application Rating Scale

    Time frame: 2 months after baseline

    The Mobile Application Rating Scale is a measure with a range of scores from 29-145 with higher score indicating better engagement, functionality, aesthetics, and information quality, as well as application subjective quality.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Miami

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Jump Start on the Go: Improving Resiliency and the Social-Emotional Development of At-Risk Preschool Children in Childcare Centers Using a Mobile Application

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Apr 18, 2024
Registry last updated
Aug 14, 2025

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