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A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Executive Function and Language Skills Training on School Readiness in Preschool Children

NCT02807831 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 582

Last updated 2016-06-21

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Summary

Background: environmental influences in the first years of life have a great impact on adulthood. Adequate environmental stimulation in the first years of life positively influence cognitive, emotional and neurological development. Studies show that high quality education for 3 to 6 years old children are cost-effective for diverse outcomes, such as socioemotional and cognitive development, as well as school performance. However, it is not clear why specific types of interventions are most effective on school readiness, an important precursor of literacy status and later life outcomes. Objectives: adapt to the Brazilian context two well-known intervention programs: (1) executive functions training developed by Diamond, and (2) oral language skills based on the Nuffield Programme developed by Snowling and colleagues. Methods: a randomized controlled trial involving 720 children (4 to 5 years old) allocated to three groups: (1) adapted school curriculum focusing on executive functions training, (2) adapted school curriculum focusing on oral language skills training, and (3) regular school curriculum.

Conditions

  • Executive Function
  • Language
  • Preschool Child

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Executive functions training

Daily training of executive functions via activities to develop auto-regulation, attention and memory.

BEHAVIORAL

Language skills training

Daily training of language skills via activities to develop phonological awareness and vocabulary.

OTHER

Regular school curriculum

Ministry of Education national school curriculum.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-02-28
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

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