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NCT Number: NCT06505980

Stop, Focus, Plan, and Change: Predicting Parent and Child Responses to a Brief, Telehealth Parent Training

This study will look at who does not improve after doing a behavioral parent training program briefly through telehealth. It will also study ways to make the intervention better for those that do not improve.

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Key information

Conditions

Behavioral Problem Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Child Behavior Irritable Mood Parenting Problem Behavior Stress

Age range

3 year–5 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Children's Hospital Colorado

Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Gabriela Peralta Reyes

CONTACT

[email protected]

303-724-7093

Jacob Holzman, PhD

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Parent speaks English or Spanish
  • Parent has access to Internet
  • Parent intends to complete treatment
  • Parent reports child has elevated externalizing concerns

Exclusion criteria

  • Child is a ward of the state
  • Child diagnosed with severe medical or nonverbal developmental disability

Treatment and study plan

Brief Behavioral Parenting Program

Behavioral

The brief behavioral parenting program is a 6 session, group-based behavioral parent training program. The components include support-building, parenting strategy education, and actively practicing parenting strategies. It is delivered through telehealth.

Other names: Behavioral Parent TRaining

Primary outcomes

  1. Parenting Scale - Short Form

    Time frame: (1) Pre-treatment, (2) Up to 4 weeks after treatment began (Mid-Treatment), and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)

    The Parenting Scale Short Form measures parenting practices, including emotional over-reactivity and lax discipline use. Possible scores on the emotional over-reactivity scale range from 4 to 28, with higher scores indicating more emotional reactivity. Possible scores on the lax discipline scale range from 4 to 28, with higher scores indicating more lax discipline use.

  2. Caregiver Strain Questionnaire - Short Form

    Time frame: (1) Pre-treatment, (2) Up to 4 weeks after treatment began (Mid-Treatment), and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)

    The Caregiver Strain Questionnaire - Short Form measures parenting stress. Possible scores range from 7 to 35, with higher scores indicating more parenting stress.

  3. Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory

    Time frame: (1) Pre-treatment, (2) Up to 4 weeks after treatment began (Mid-Treatment), and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)

    The Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory measures parent-reported child behavioral concerns. Possible scores range from 36 to 252, with higher scores indicating more child behaviors concerns.

  4. Sutter Eyberg Student Behavior Inventory

    Time frame: (1) Pre-treatment and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)

    The Sutter Eyberg Student Behavior Inventory measures teacher-reported child behavioral concerns. Possible scores range from 36 to 266, with higher scores indicating more child behaviors concerns.

Secondary outcomes

  1. PROMIS Child Anger / Irritability

    Time frame: (1) Pre-treatment, (2) Up to 4 weeks after treatment began (Mid-Treatment), and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)

    The PROMIS Child Anger / Irritability survey measures child irritability. Possible scores range from 8 to 40, with higher scores indicating more child irritability.

  2. Parent-Child Interaction Coding System

    Time frame: (1) Pre-treatment and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)

    The Parent-Child Interaction Coding System (PARCHISY) is an observational coding system measuring parenting behavior and affect. Observation are coded using global ratings on a 1 (not observed) to 7 (frequently observed) scale.

  3. Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System

    Time frame: (1) Pre-treatment and (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)

    The dyadic parent-child interaction coding system is an observational coding system measuring parenting behaviors. Observations are coding using event-based ratings to tally the number of specific parenting behaviors observed within the parent-child interaction task.

  4. Retrospective Post-Pre Change: Harsh Parenting

    Time frame: (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)

    The retrospective post-pre change: harsh parenting questionnaire measures parental perceptions of change in harsh parenting (e.g., yelling) over the course of the intervention. One item measures the frequency of harsh parenting before the intervention and another item measures the frequency of harsh parenting after the intervention. Each item ranges from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating more harsh parenting at the respective time point.

  5. Retrospective Post-Pre Change: Parenting Stress

    Time frame: (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)

    The retrospective post-pre change: parenting stress questionnaire measures parental perceptions of change in parenting stress over the course of the intervention. One item measures the frequency of parenting stress before the intervention and another item measures the frequency of parenting stress after the intervention. Each item ranges from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating more parenting stress at the respective time point.

  6. Retrospective Post-Pre Change: Child Externalizing Concerns

    Time frame: (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)

    The retrospective post-pre change: child behavioral concerns questionnaire measures parental perceptions of change in child behavioral concerns over the course of the intervention. One item measures the frequency of child behavioral concerns before the intervention and another item measures the frequency of child behavioral concerns after the intervention. Each item ranges from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating more child behavioral concerns at the respective time point.

  7. Retrospective Post-Pre Change: Child Irritability

    Time frame: (3) Up to 12 weeks after treatment began (Post-treatment)

    The retrospective post-pre change: child irritability questionnaire measures parental perceptions of change in child irritability over the course of the intervention. One item measures the frequency of child irritability before the intervention and another item measures the frequency of child irritability after the intervention. Each item ranges from 0 to 100 with higher scores indicating more child irritability at the respective time point.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Gabriela Peralta Reyes, BA

CONTACT

[email protected]

303-724-7093

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Colorado, Denver

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Registry information

Official study title

Stop, Focus, Plan, and Change: A Translational Approach to Predict Parent and Child Responses to a Brief, Telehealth Parent Training

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2028
Study completion
2029
First posted
Jul 17, 2024
Registry last updated
Mar 4, 2025

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