Parent Program to Improve Child Behavior Problems



Status:Active, not recruiting
Conditions:Psychiatric
Therapuetic Areas:Psychiatry / Psychology
Healthy:No
Age Range:2 - Any
Updated:10/26/2017
Start Date:May 2014
End Date:February 2017

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Improving Child Behavior Problems in the Primary Care Setting

The purpose of this research study is to learn whether or not a brief parenting program
called Child Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) offered at a primary care office can help
improve behavior problems in children who are 2-6 years old.

The study will be a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the CARE intervention. The study
will include 2-6 year old children who receive their primary care at the Children's Hospital
of Philadelphia, South Philadelphia Primary Care clinic and whose caregiver and/or doctor has
concern about a behavior problem in the child. The caregivers will also be subjects in the
study.

Child-caregiver pairs who agree to be in the study will be randomly assigned to receive the
CARE training immediately or in 3-4 months.

The CARE intervention will last 6 weeks and child behavior and parenting will be measured at
baseline, 6-8 weeks, and 14-18 weeks. Investigators will also measure parent satisfaction
with the CARE intervention.

- Child Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) is a group parent training program.

- The goals of the program are to teach parents skills that help their children
successfully reach developmental milestones while increasing positive behaviors.

- The program also was designed to help parents manage and decrease negative child
behaviors.

- Each training will be led by 2 therapists and 4-10 parents will attend the CARE program
together.

- Children do not attend the training but parents are encouraged to practice the skills
learned at CARE between the sessions.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Caregiver is 18 years or older

2. Caregiver is English speaking

3. Child is 2-6 years old

4. Caregiver reports that child has a behavior problem

5. Child attends CHOP South Philadelphia Primary Care for primary care

6. Parental/guardian permission is provided (informed consent)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Child has a cognitive age less than 2 years old as determined by the referring
clinician

2. Child is already receiving behavioral health therapy or medication (other than
medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)
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