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Efficacy of Tools of the Mind for Enhancing Self-Control in Preschoolers

NCT02462733 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 280

Last updated 2016-10-25

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Summary

Self-control has become a strong predictor of academic success and life outcomes. Early childhood development research indicates that greater self-control can lead to better health, greater wealth, and less propensity to engage in criminal activity. This study seeks to assess the strength of the play-based "Tools of the Mind" (TOM) program in improving preschoolers self-control. It will compare TOM to an alternative play-based program, called "Playing to Learn" (PTL), implemented in most YMCA Canada childcare settings across the country. This study hypothesizes that measures of self-control and other measures of social behavior and academic success in preschoolers after two years in the TOM program will be greater than measures of self-control and other measures of social behavior and academic success in preschoolers in the PTL program after two-years.

Conditions

  • Self Control
  • Early Childhood Development

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tools of the Mind (TOM)

TOM is play-based but features explicit, scripted, teacher-directed activities aimed specifically at helping to improve children's self-control skills. Early evidence supports the program efficacy and suggests benefits for children's development more generally (including language, reading and mathematics).

BEHAVIORAL

Playing to Learn (PTL)

PTl is a play based preschool program now in wide use in YMCA childcare settings across Canada (and some in the United States). The activities in PTL are child initiated and are not prescribed. Teachers are trained to observe children at play and to capitalize on learning opportunities as they arise.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bruce Ferguson, MD · The Hospital for Sick Children

  • Tracy Solomon, MD · The Hospital for Sick Children

  • Rosemary Tannock, MD · OISE, University of Toronto

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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