Clinical trial NCT06390215: Clinic-Based School Readiness Coaching
Official title: The School Readiness Journey: Capturing the Unheard Voices of Latino Parents
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: School Readiness
Keywords: School Readiness
Kindergarten
Early Learning
Coaching
Lead sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-04-30
Enrollment: 300
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 85
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to examine how a clinic-based school readiness coaching session conducted by a community health worker for parents of 3-5-year-olds affects children's School Readiness (SR) skills and parents early SR knowledge and behaviors. The main questions it aims to answer are: What impact does the clinic-based coaching session have on preschool-aged children's school readiness skills and their parents' confidence in supporting and practicing early math and literacy behaviors at home? Participants will receive a 1-hr coaching session at their pediatric clinic and return after three months for a follow-up session. Researchers will compare pre-and-post child and parent SR outcomes between these two sessions.

Detailed description: The goal of this clinical trial is to examine how a clinic-based school readiness coaching session conducted by a community health worker for parents of 3-5-year-olds affects children's school readiness (SR) skills and parents early SR knowledge and behaviors. The main questions it aims to answer are: What impact does the clinic-based coaching session have on preschool-aged children's school readiness skills as measured by the Brigance Early Childhood Screen III? and What impact does the clinic-based coaching session have on parents' confidence in supporting and practicing early math and literacy behaviors at home using the DREME Parent Beliefs Survey? The secondary question this study aims to evaluate is: Does the 1-hr school readiness coaching session affect rates of well-child checks at the pediatric clinic? Participants will receive a 1-hr coaching session at their pediatric clinic and return after three months for a follow-up session. Researchers will compare pre-and-post Brigance scores for the child and pre-and post parent SR confidence DREME scores.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Receives primary care at one of 2 clinic sites
* Parent or caregiver of 3-6-year-old
* Child is eligible for Medicaid services
* Parent and child can communicate in English or Spanish

Exclusion Criteria:

* Child is too ill to participate
* Parents who are unable to complete study activities

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in child's school readiness skills measured by the Brigance Early Childhood Screen III for 3-5-year-olds.
timeFrame: Baseline and month 3
measure: Change in parent confidence teaching math and literacy measured by the DREME Parent Beliefs Survey
timeFrame: Baseline and month 3
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in rates of well-child checks at the pediatric clinic.
timeFrame: Year one and year two
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Portland
country: United States
facility: Oregon Health and Science University
state: Oregon
Study officials:
affiliation: Oregon Health and Science University
name: Jaime Peterson, MD, MPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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