Educational Support Interventions for Children in Care

Learning Problems Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Educational Support Interventions for Children in Care

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02217072
• Other study ID #: SFI 2691
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 28, 2014
• Last updated: August 13, 2014
• Start date: September 2013
• Est. completion date: December 2017

Study information

• Verified date: August 2014
• Source: The Danish National Centre For Social Research
• Contact: Misja Eiberg
• Phone: +45 33480819
• Email: mei[@]sfi.dk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: SFI - The Danish National Centre for Social Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A Randomized controlled study of two different educational support interventions developed for children in foster care (age 6-13).

Description:

A Randomized controlled study of two different educational support interventions developed for children in foster care (age 6-13). One intervention is school-based and involves a team of professionals at the child's school, and the other is a home-based tutoring intervention provided by the foster parents. The participants in the study are assigned to three groups (the two intervention groups and control group). Based on power calculation we aim to recruit approximately 180-200 foster children, their foster parents and public schools to participate in the study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 190
• Est. completion date: December 2017
• Est. primary completion date: December 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 6 Years to 13 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 6-13

• fostercare placement

• placement in a participating municipality

Exclusion Criteria:

• persuasive developmental disorders

• special education students

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Learning Problems

Intervention

Behavioral:
• School intervention
A school-based intervention that builds on the promising Swedish programme SkolFam, but is adapted to a Danish school context. The two main components of the programme are a) comprehensive assessment of the child, involving testing of the child's cognitive and academic abilities and difficulties as well as an evaluation of the child's behaviour, school-related social relations and well-being, and b) a systematic and individually targeted intervention plan, made in collaboration between a psychologist, the teachers, and a special educational teacher at the school (e.g., the reading counsellor).
• Parents as Tutors
A home-based intervention, comprising a structured tutoring programme that allows foster parents to systematically support the foster child's school performance. Foster parents will attend an introductory tutor training seminar at which they will be introduced to relevant theory on learning and counselled on tutoring practice. The intervention itself is designed to provide approximately three hours per week of individual home-based tutoring for a period of 40 weeks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	SFI - The Danish National Centre for Social Research	Copenhagen

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Danish National Centre For Social Research	Ministry of Social Affairs

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	well-being	The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire	17 months after intervention start	No
Primary	Academic performance	Reading test and mathematical test	17 months after intervention start	No
Secondary	Cognitive functions	Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children IV and Contingency Naming Test	17 months after intervention start	No

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