Multi-Component Early Intervention for Socially Inhibited Preschool Children

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Behavioral Inhibition, Anxiety

In brief

This project is intended to provide a rigorous test of the Turtle Program, an early intervention program for behaviorally inhibited preschoolers. The proposed project will extend promising pilot study findings by: (a) evaluating the integrated intervention in a larger sample (n = 150) of 45-64 month children and their parents, which will allow for an examination of mediators and moderators of treatment effects; (b) comparing the Turtle Program to the best available treatment for preschool behavioral inhibition, the Cool Little Kids (CLK) parent psychoeducation group; (c) examining heart rate reactivity and regulation as both baseline moderators of treatment response and as outcome measures; (d) examining parent anxiety disorders as a moderator of treatment response; (e) including a mid-treatment assessment and extending follow-up to one year.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT02308826
Run by: University of Maryland, College Park
People needed: 169
Starts: 2014-12-01
Expected to finish: 2019-06-01
Last updated by the study team: 2023-05-10

Who can join

Age: 4 and older, up to 5. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

child must be attending preschool; child must score within top 15% on parent-rated Behavioral Inhibition Questionnaire

You may not qualify if…

child has a diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorder, selective mutism, or mental retardation; child scores above clinical cutoff on Social Communication Questionnaire; child is currently receiving treatment for anxiety; child does not have a custodial parent who has also consented to participate

Where it is running

Maryland ADHD Program — College Park, Maryland, United States

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