Preventing Problems in Children's Social Behavior

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Behavior Disorders

In brief

Children who are at risk for problems in school may do better if they and their parents are taught how to communicate with each other between age 3 and 6 when the children enter kindergarten. Three groups of 3 year olds who are in Head Start in the Nashville area will be randomized with their parents to either a 3 year program of skill building or to a control (Head Start only). The children will be tested at the end of the 3 year study and 6 months, 1 year and 2 years later.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00006446

Run by

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

People needed

180

Starts

1996-07-01

Expected to finish

2001-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2007-02-22

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 6. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Live in Nashville, TN area
• Enrolled in Head Start
• Low income family
• At risk preschoolers evidencing mild to moderate language delays
• Evidence of patterns of parent-child interaction associated with poor behavioral outcomes

You may not qualify if…

• Not specified

Where it is running

• Institute of Language, Social and Cognitive Development — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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