Skip to main content
OpenTrials
Completed

NCT Number: NCT01305876

Yoga in an Urban School for Children With Emotional Behavioral Disorders

Yoga is becoming a part of therapies for children with emotional behavioral disorders. The goal is to examine the feasibility and efficacy of yoga sessions for children with emotional behavioral disorders at an urban elementary school.

Completed

Looking for future studies?

Notify Me

Key information

Conditions

Emotional Behavioral Disorders

Age range

7 year–12 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Tufts Medical Center / Tufts University

Boston, Massachusetts, 02111, United States

About this study

Participants: children in 4th and 5th grade at an urban elementary school, identified by the special education director and the teaching staff, as having emotional behavioral disorders including anxiety, depression, aggression, conduct disorder, hyperactivity and attention difficulties. These grades have a combined student population of 160 students. Enrolled over two years.

Inclusion/Exclusion criteria:

Eligible if identified by the teaching staff or special education director as having an emotional behavioral disorder. Exclusion criteria: inability to comprehend English sufficiently to complete written assessments and follow the yoga intervention.

Pre- and post-intervention assessments (teachers)

  • Behavior Assessment Scale for Children (BASC).
  • The Swanson, Kotkin, Agler, M-Flynn & Pelham Rating Scale (SKAMP)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • identified by the teaching staff or special education director as having an emotional -behavioral disorder

Exclusion criteria

  • inability to comprehendread in English sufficiently to complete written assessments and follow the yoga interventionintervention protocols

Treatment and study plan

Yoga intervention

Behavioral

yoga session 2 x week over 3-1/2 months

Primary outcomes

  1. Behavior Assessment Scale for Children (BASC).

    Time frame: 1 year. The classroom teachers filled out the BASC pre- and post-intervention on each participant. This took place June 2009, after the yoga intervention took place. Has been completed

    The BASC was chosen to track the effect of the yoga intervention on classroom behavior. The BASC is a tool tht is frequently used within the school setting to track classroom behavior and overall wellbeing of students. The BASC has been shown to have adequate reliability and validity based on concurrence with similar scales (Reynolds & Kamphaus, 1992). Subscales include anxiety, aggression, attention problems, hyperactivity, conduct problems, depression, withdrawal and social skills.

  2. The Swanson, Kotkin, Agler, M-Flynn & Pelham Rating Scale (SKAMP)

    Time frame: One year. The teachers filled out the SKAMP pre- and post-intervetnion to assess participants focus in class. This took place June 2009, after the yoga interveniton. Has been completed.

    The SKAMP was used for teachers to assess classroom attention. The SKAMP is a validated teacher observation assessment rating scale composed of 10 items, designed to describe classroom behavior and attention (Gansle et al., 2004; Sharon, Wigal, & Wigal, 2006).The SKAMP is used to monitor interventions and has been shown to be sensitive to change (McBurnett, Swanson, Pfiffner, & Tam, 1997).

Secondary outcomes

  1. The Swanson, Kotkin, Agler, M-Flynn & Pelham Rating Scale (SKAMP)

    Time frame: The classroom teachers filled out the SKAMP pre- and post-intervention

    The SKAMP was filled out by classroom teachers to assess students' ability to pay attention in class. It is a validated teacher observation assessment rating scale composed of 10 items, designed to describe classroom behavior and attention (Gansle et al., 2004; Sharon, Wigal, & Wigal, 2006).The SKAMP is used to monitor interventions and has been shown to be sensitive to change (McBurnett, Swanson, Pfiffner, & Tam, 1997).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tufts Medical Center

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
Mar 1, 2011
Registry last updated
Mar 1, 2011

OpenTrials presents study information sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. The official registry record should be consulted for the latest information.

View the official ClinicalTrials.gov record (opens in a new tab)

This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.