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CompletedNCT05757115Updated Sep 6, 2023

Evaluation and Development of Playing Skills for Parents With Children With Special Needs

An interventional study of Play Skills Training in Play and Playthings, sponsored by Bezmialem Vakif University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to female participants aged 20 Years to 50 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-09-06.

Sponsored by Bezmialem Vakif University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
17
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
20 Years to 50 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Children with special needs; experiences physical, behavioral, social, cognitive and emotional limitations. These limitations affect the child's play skills. They need to be supported and encouraged by their parents to enable them to participate in the game. Parental playing skills creativity, self-efficacy and active participation are important factors in this regard.

In current studies, parents with special needs children; It is supported that there is a relationship between play, acting and parental self-efficacy. In this study, it was aimed to improve the skills of parents with special needs children to play games with their children multidimensionally and to develop these skills with individual-specific techniques.

Detailed assessments will be carried out in order to determine the functional, cognitive and psychosocial skills of the parents.

After the evaluation phase is completed, the scores of each parent will be analyzed and interpreted according to Occupational Therapy Models. Playing training will be given individually according to parameters such as strong and weak features, strong sensory system, personality traits, predisposition and defensive approaches.

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Conditions studied

  • Play and Playthings

Keywords

  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Parents, Mentoring, Play and Playthings
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In context

Lead sponsor

Bezmialem Vakif University is the lead sponsor of 345 studies on the registry; 58 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years to 50 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Being a mother of a special needs child
  • The age of her child is 2-6 years
  • Being able to speak Turkish
  • Volunteer to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Have training in play therapy
  • Having a psychiatric or neurological disease that significantly affects cognitive status
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
17 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Intervention Group

    It is the group to which individualized training will be applied to develop play skills.

    Behavioral: Play Skills Training

Interventions

  • BehavioralPlay Skills Training

    Each parent will be provided with "play skills training" that will support them to spend effective and meaningful time with their child. While planning the educational contents, an Occupational Therapy Model suitable for the parent and the child will be used. The process will be followed by giving unique recommendations to each parent. Recommendations given based on feedback will be revised.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Adult Playfulness Trait Scale

    The scale consists of 19 items. Each item falls under one of the three subscales: funseeking motivation, uninhibitedness and spontaneity. All items were randomly ordered and used seven-point likert scales with all points labeled (1= "strongly disagree", 7= "strongly agree").

    Time frame: 2 mounths

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Study locations

1 site
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University
    Istanbul, İ̇stanbul 34762, Turkey
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — It is aimed to share all the collected individual participant data in a scientific publication.

Supporting information: Study protocol, Sap, Csr

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 6, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05757115
Lead sponsor
Bezmialem Vakif University
Responsible party
Zeynep Çorakcı Yazıcıoğlu (Principal Investigator, Bezmialem Vakif University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 7, 2023
Start date
Jun 15, 2023
Primary completion
Aug 15, 2023
Completion
Aug 31, 2023
Last update
Sep 6, 2023

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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