Jump Start on the Go: Improving Resiliency and the Social-Emotional Development of At-Risk Preschool Children

Mental Health Wellness 1 Clinical Trial

Official title:

Jump Start on the Go: Improving Resiliency and the Social-Emotional Development of At-Risk Preschool Children in Childcare Centers Using a Mobile Application

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06374550
• Other study ID #: 20231026
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 1, 2024
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2026

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: University of Miami
• Contact: Ruby Natale, PhD, PsyD
• Phone: 3052434617
• Email: rnatale[@]med.miami.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the Jump Start on the Go (JS Go), an app-based program and see how helpful it is at improving resiliency and behavior support within childcare settings.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 250
• Est. completion date: July 1, 2026
• Est. primary completion date: July 1, 2026
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Centers Inclusion Criteria:

1. Centers must have >30 children ages 2-to-5

2. Center must serve low income families

3. Centers must reflect the ethnic diversity of the Miami Dade County Public School System (60% Hispanic, 20% Non-Hispanic Black, 20% Non-Hispanic White).

Participants Inclusion Criteria:

1. Participants must speak English or Spanish or Creole

2. Parents must have a child enrolled in the childcare center that is participating in the study.

3. Children ages 2-5: Parent reported data (name, Date of Birth, behaviors)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. any participants who do not speak English or Spanish or Creole.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Health Wellness 1

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Jump Start on the Go
Centers will receive the Jump Start On The Go mental health program via a mobile app. This will entail receiving 12-24 mental health consultation sessions in which a licensed mental health consultant will use a mobile app that will provide directors and teachers with access to information such as videos, infographics, and an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot on how to work with children with challenging behaviors. Participants will receive the intervention once per week for up to 1 hour.
• Jump Start Plus Coronavirus Support
The Jump Start Plus Coronavirus Support intervention is a resiliency program that provides behavior management and safety programs administered weekly via zoom.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Miami	Miami	Florida

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Miami

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in classroom practices as measured by Health Environment Rating Scale	The Health Environment Rating Scale is a measure with a range of score from 0 to 70 with higher score indicating better classroom practices.	Baseline and up to 1 year
Secondary	Change in child behaviors as measured by Devereux Early Childhood Assessments (DECA)	The Devereux Early Childhood Assessments is a measure with a range of score from 0 to 100 with higher score on Behavior Concerns indicating more problem behaviors.	Baseline and up to 1 year
Secondary	Change in child behaviors as measured by Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)	The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire is a total difficulties score that ranges from 0 to 40 with higher scores indicating less child behavior concerns.	Baseline and up to 1 year
Secondary	Change in resiliency as measured by Brief Resiliency Coping Scale	The Brief Resiliency Coping Scale is a total score that ranges from 4 to 20 with higher scores indicating higher levels of coping	Baseline and up to 1 year
Secondary	Change in stress as measured by Childcare Worker Job Stress Index	The Childcare Worker Job Stress Index is a total score that ranges from 22 to 110 with higher scores indicating higher levels of stress	Baseline and up to 1 year
Secondary	Change in stress as measured by Everyday Stressors Index	The Everyday Stressors Index is a total score that ranges from 0 to 80 with higher scores indicating higher levels of stress.	Baseline and up to 1 year
Secondary	Change in satisfaction as measured by Teacher Opinion and Satisfaction survey	The Teacher Opinion survey is a measure with a range of score from 12 to 44 with higher score indicating better self-efficacy as it relates to teaching practices.	Baseline and up to 1 year