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Behavioral Intervention

Positive Parenting Program for Child Behavioral Disorders in Foster Care

N/A

Recruiting

Led By Joanne N Wood, MD, MSHP

Research Sponsored by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up follow-up (4-10 wks post-intervention)

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial evaluates a program to help foster caregivers positively parent and feel more empathy.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for foster caregivers over 18 years old who speak English and are parenting a foster child aged between 2 to 10. They must be willing to give informed consent to participate in the study.

What is being tested?

The trial is testing PriCARE, a program aimed at improving parenting skills and empathy among foster parents dealing with children's disruptive behaviors and mental health issues.

What are the potential side effects?

Since PriCARE is a positive parenting program rather than a medical intervention, it does not have physical side effects. However, participants may experience emotional or psychological responses as they learn new strategies.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline (pre-intervention)

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline (pre-intervention)

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline (pre-intervention) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Primary study objectives

Number of participants enrolled in PriCARE intervention

Rate of participant attendance to PriCARE training sessions

Retention rate of participants in PriCARE

Secondary study objectives

Change in Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory-2 (AAPI-2) score between baseline and follow-up visit

Change in Parenting Scale score between baseline and follow-up visit

The change in Parenting Sense of Competence score between baseline and follow-up visit

+2 more

Other study objectives

Description of study groups

Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

All participants who enroll in the study will be assigned to a PriCARE group program that will adhere to the approximately 9 hour PriCARE curriculum.The trainings are administered to groups of approximately 4-12 caregivers at a time and are led by 2 mental health providers trained in the PriCARE curriculum. The curriculum will be delivered in 2-6 sessions over a 2-20 week period.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

PriCARE

2016

N/A

~440

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