THRIVE BY 3 Daycare to Promote Development/ Mental Health in 1&2 Year-olds

Summary

This study evaluates a preventive, knowledge enhancement and tailored quality building intervention to promote development and mental health in 1 and 2 year-olds. Half of the participating childcare centers will get the intervention (intervention group) and half will get the intervention after 1 year (waitlist-control).

Conditions

• Childcare Quality
• Child Development

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Thrive by Three

The intervention consists of the following components: 1. Measurement of daycare quality with CLASS (Classroom Assessment Scoring System) 3 times during the intervention period 2. Feedback to group staff on 8 CLASS-quality dimensions 3. Monthly supervision of staff on two levels: supervision of daycare staff, and supervision of supervisors 4. Competence building with all staff: 3 full training days, plus 2 extra training days for pedagogical leaders/supervisors 5. Written material to parents, supervisors, and staff 6. Web page for staff and parents: tf3.no

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as usual (TAU)

The wait-list control group will continue with their daily activities and work in the childcare as usual. The wait list control group will have received general information about the study prior to consenting, however no materials or are provided by project. The child-care centers in the control conditions will receive a gift certificate of 3000 Norwegian Crones (NOK) by the end of the intervention period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Norwegian University of Science and Technology

  collaborator OTHER

• BI Norwegian Business School - Oslo campus

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Washington

  collaborator OTHER

• The Research Council of Norway

  collaborator OTHER

• Regionsenter for barn og unges psykiske helse

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Elisabet S. Buoen, PhD · RegionsenterRBUP

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

12 Months

Max Age

35 Months

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-10-16

Primary Completion

2020-11-15

Completion

2021-12-31

Countries

• Norway

Study Locations