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A Test of the Kids in Transition to School (KITS) Program in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods

NCT01806987 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 265

Last updated 2017-09-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this project to determine whether the KITS Program, an intervention to improve early literacy, prosocial and emotion and behavior regulation domains of school readiness, improves school readiness and school outcomes in children from socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods.

Conditions

  • School Readiness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

KITS Program

The KITS Program is a 4-month psychosocial intervention for children at high risk for school difficulties and their caregivers. The intervention begins in the summer before kindergarten and continues across the first two months of kindergarten. The KITS intervention consists of: (a) child school readiness play groups to facilitate the development of self-regulatory, social, and early literacy skills (2 times per week in summer, 1 time per week in the fall); and (b) a 12 session psychoeducational workshop to promote parent involvement in the child's early literacy and schooling and the use of effective parenting techniques (once per week in summer, bi-weekly in the fall).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • U.S. Department of Education

    collaborator FED

  • Oregon Social Learning Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Katherine C Pears, Ph.D. · Oregon Social Learning Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-31
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2017-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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