An interventional study of Video Interaction Project and Building Blocks Project in Language Development Disorders, sponsored by NYU Langone Health. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 35 Weeks and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-11-29.
Sponsored by NYU Langone Health · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
This project will measure the degree to which parenting programs based in pediatric primary care can be effective in promoting language development and school readiness in at-risk young children.
The study is a randomized controlled trial in which two different primary care-based parenting programs will be compared to a control group in a population that is at risk on the basis of poverty. The two programs represent varying levels of low intensity, but each has the same goals: enhancing parent-child interaction in order to improve language, cognitive and social-emotional development and ultimately promote school readiness and school performance.
One program is called the "Video Interaction Project". While waiting to see the primary care provider for well child care, the family meets with a child development specialist, who videotapes the parent and infant interacting together. The videotape is then rewound and watched together by the parent (and infant!) and child development specialist. This leads to a discussion about child development, infant cues and parenting, with the child development specialist building on observed strengths in the interaction. In addition, families are provided with parenting pamphlets developed for the project, and with inexpensive developmentally stimulating toys.
The other program is called the "ASQ-Building Blocks Project". This project employs a public health approach to facilitate parental engagement in child development. Families are sent monthly newsletters that focus on child development, infant cues and parenting; included with each newsletter is an inexpensive, developmentally stimulating toy. In addition, families periodically receive Ages and Stages Questionnaires, which they complete and mail back to the program. Based on the questionnaires, the program determines whether the infant has screened positive for possible developmental delay and provides this information to both the family and the primary care provider.
This study will test 2 hypotheses:
This project will measure the degree to which parenting programs based in pediatric primary care can be effective in promoting language development and school readiness in at-risk young children. The study will represent a collaboration between the Department of Pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine - Bellevue Hospital Center, the Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, Inc., and the Center for Research on Culture, Development and Education at New York University Steinhardt School of Education. Initial funding was provided by NICHD for 4 years. NICHD provided 5 additional years of competing renewal funding beginning in July, 2010.
The study is a randomized controlled trial in which two different primary care-based parenting programs will be compared to a control group in a population that is at risk on the basis of poverty. The two programs represent varying levels of low intensity, but each has the same goals: enhancing parent-child interaction in order to improve language, cognitive and social-emotional development and ultimately promote school readiness and school performance.
One program is called the "Video Interaction Project". While waiting to see the primary care provider for well child care, the family meets with a child development specialist, who videotapes the parent and infant interacting together. The videotape is then rewound and watched together by the parent and child development specialist. This leads to a discussion about child development, infant cues and parenting, with the child development specialist building on observed strengths in the interaction. In addition, families are provided with parenting pamphlets developed for the project, and with inexpensive developmentally stimulating toys.
The other program is called the "ASQ-Building Blocks Project". This project employs a public health approach to facilitate parental engagement in child development. Families are sent monthly newsletters that focus on child development, infant cues and parenting; included with each newsletter is an inexpensive, developmentally stimulating toy. In addition, families periodically receive Ages and Stages Questionnaires, which they complete and mail back to the program. Based on the questionnaires, the program determines whether the infant has screened positive for possible developmental delay and provides this information to both the family and the primary care provider.
The study will take place at Bellevue Hospital Center, a public hospital serving low socioeconomic status families from throughout New York City. Infant-mother dyads will be enrolled during the postpartum period and followed through age 2 years. Periodic assessments will be performed of parent-child interaction and child developmental outcome.
At age 3 years, VIP and control families were re-randomized to receive either additional VIP from age 3 to 5 years or to control during that period. This factorial design will allow for assessment of dose and timing in relation to outcomes.
We further plan to follow children into school, so that we can assess long-term educational outcomes including standardized test scores. Should long-term funding be obtained, we will follow children through high school to assess intervention impacts on graduation rates.
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Randomized at birth to receive Building Blocks Project from birth through 3 years of age. Note: This arm not followed past 3 years of age; NOT re-randomized to any group at age 3.
Behavioral: Building Blocks Project
Randomized at birth to receive Video Interaction Project from birth through 3 years of age. Re-randomized at 3 years to receive Video Interaction Project from 3-5 years of age.
Behavioral: Video Interaction Project
Randomized at birth to receive Video Interaction Project from birth through 3 years of age. Re-randomized at 3 years to receive care as usual (control) from 3-5 years of age.
Behavioral: Video Interaction Project
Randomized at birth to receive care as usual (control) from birth through 3 years of age. Re-randomized at 3 years to receive Video Interaction Project from 3-5 years of age.
Behavioral: Video Interaction Project
Randomized at birth to receive care as usual (control) from birth through 3 years of age. Re-randomized at 3 years to receive receive care as usual (control) from 3-5 years of age.
While waiting to see the primary care provider for well child care, the family meets with a child development specialist, who videotapes the parent and infant interacting together. The videotape is then rewound and watched together by the parent and child development specialist. This leads to a discussion about child development, infant cues and parenting, with the child development specialist building on observed strengths in the interaction. In addition, families are provided with parenting pamphlets developed for the project, and with inexpensive developmentally stimulating toys.
This project employs a public health approach to facilitate parental engagement in child development. Families are sent monthly newsletters that focus on child development, infant cues and parenting; included with each newsletter is an inexpensive, developmentally stimulating toy. In addition, families periodically receive Ages and Stages Questionnaires, which they complete and mail back to the program. Based on the questionnaires, the program determines whether the infant has screened positive for possible developmental delay and provides this information to both the family and the primary care provider.
Discipline assessed using the Discipline Survey
Discipline mediates effects of poverty on social-emotional outcomes (Gershoff, 2007), and attitudes about discipline practices form early in children's lives (Socolar, 1996).
Time frame: 6, 14, 24, 36, 54 mos and in 1st grade
Stress related to interactions and lack of warmth will be assessed using The Parenting Stress Index - Short Form (PSI)
Stress related to interactions and lack of warmth mediate effects of poverty on emotional outcomes.
Time frame: 6, 14, 24, 36, 54 mos and in 1st grade
Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development
Will assess cognitive development
Time frame: 14, 24, and 36 mos
Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities
Will be used to estimate child's cognitive. Four sub-tests will be used: Verbal comprehension (VC) assesses the comprehension knowledge Cattell-Horn-Carroll cognitive factor (Gc); Memory for Words and Auditory Working Memory assess the short term memory CHC factor (Gsm); Visual Matching measures the CHC processing speed factor (Gs).
Time frame: 14, 24, and 36 mos
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