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SenPlay Intervention Group for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

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Waitlist Available

Led By Thubi Kolobe, PT, Ph.D.

Research Sponsored by University of Oklahoma

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be younger than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up three time points, once weekly for three weeks.

Summary

This trial tests a sensory-play based intervention to help young children with or at risk for ADHD improve their focus. The intervention uses sensory activities to engage the brain and reduce off-task behaviors. The study aims to see if this method can help children concentrate better on developmentally appropriate tasks.

Eligible Conditions

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ intervention session one (week one) to intervention session three (week three).

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~intervention session one (week one) to intervention session three (week three).

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and intervention session one (week one) to intervention session three (week three). for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Change in focused attention as measured by Momentary Time Sampling from intervention one to intervention three.

Secondary study objectives

Intensity of physical activity measured at all intervention sessions

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Placebo Group

Group I: SenPlay Intervention GroupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

SenPlay is a sensory-play based intervention that includes deep tactile pressure, vestibular and proprioceptive input as a therapeutic medium to facilitate optimal arousal through activities such as pushing, pulling, climbing, jumping, and crashing. These activities are designed to facilitate changes in the child's arousal by providing sensory input and are used at random during the 15 minute window and are facilitated and monitored to ensure the child is reaching a threshold of moderate to vigorous physical activity. All participants will wear the ActiGraph accelerometer to measure the intensity of physical activity during the SenPlay intervention. Intervention sessions will occur at three time points, one per week for three weeks. Following the SenPlay intervention, participants will engage in 10 minutes of developmentally appropriate tasks (DAT) lead by the same investigator. DAT will be videotaped and coded for off task behaviors using Momentary Time Sampling (MTS).

Group II: Free play Control GroupPlacebo Group1 Intervention

The control group will engage in spontaneous, free play with the investigator supervising only for safety within the sensorimotor gym for 15 minutes, prior to the assessment of off-task behaviors during 10 minutes of developmentally appropriate tasks (DAT). All participants will wear the ActiGraph accelerometer to measure the intensity of physical activity reached during spontaneous, free play. Participants in the control group will participate in three sessions, one per week for three weeks. Intervention sessions will occur at three time points, one per week for three weeks. Following the spontaneous play, participants will engage in 10 minutes of developmentally appropriate tasks (DAT) lead by the same investigator. DAT will be videotaped and coded for off task behaviors using Momentary Time Sampling (MTS).

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