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Parents Resources for Decreasing the Incidence of Change Triggered Temper Outbursts

NCT02567357 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2020-02-17

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Summary

'PREDICTORS' (Parents Resources for Decreasing the Incidence of Change Triggered Temper Outbursts) aims to evaluate web-based training packages for caregivers of children who show frequent temper outbursts following changes to their routines and plans. The training packages will teach caregivers how to apply strategies that aim to reduce the number of temper outbursts that the children show following changes, as well as making any outbursts they do show less severe (less functionally impairing).

Conditions

  • Child Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Visual Scheduling

Caregivers will present a visual schedule with pictorial representations of activities/events expected to occur each day will be presented to children at set times of day (tailored for individual's schedules). Ultimately caregivers will aim to ensure that activities occur as per the schedule as far as possible - thus decreasing the child's level of exposure to unexpected changes in routines or plans.

BEHAVIORAL

signalling change

Caregivers will present a distinct visual-verbal cue card whenever they become aware that a change to the child's routine or plan is about to occur. Thus, the intervention uses a stimulus control approach so that the child learns that presentation of the cue reliably predicts the subsequent occurrence of a change to routine/plan, and the change is therefore more predictable and easier for the child to deal with.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Warwick

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Birmingham

    collaborator OTHER

  • Queen's University, Belfast

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kate Woodcock, PhD · Queen's Univerisity Belfast

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-05-31
Completion
2017-06-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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