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Home-Based Language and Cognitive Intervention for Arab Toddlers in Israel

NCT07233525 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2025-11-18

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Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a culturally adapted, home-based program designed to improve language and cognitive development in Arab toddlers in Israel. Families with children aged 18-36 months will participate in eight weekly sessions delivered in their homes. The intervention teaches parents strategies to enhance their child's language, communication, and problem-solving through play, daily routines, and story time. A comparison group will receive eight sessions on child health promotion (nutrition, sleep, safety, etc.). Child outcomes will be assessed using the Clinical Adaptive Test/Clinical Linguistic and Auditory Milestone Scale (CAT-CLAMS) and the Arabic Communicative Development Inventories (CDI). This research aims to provide an evidence-based, scalable model for early childhood interventions in disadvantaged populations.

Conditions

  • Enhancing Early Language and Cognitive Development in Toddlers Through a Culturally Adapted Home-based Parent Intervention

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Culturally Adapted Parent-Implemented Intervention

A culturally adapted, parent-implemented home program designed to enhance toddlers' language, communication, and problem-solving skills. Trained facilitators deliver eight weekly 30-45-minute sessions in the family's home. Sessions focus on three everyday contexts-play, daily routines, and shared story time. Parents are guided to optimise the home environment, follow the child's interests, and use responsive interaction strategies such as joint attention, labelling, expansions, imitation, questioning, and scaffolding. Sessions progress from play-based interaction to integration into routines and storytelling.

BEHAVIORAL

Child Health Education Sessions

Eight weekly home-based sessions delivered by trained facilitators, focusing on child health and wellbeing (nutrition, sleep, safety, vaccination, and toilet training). Sessions match the intervention arm in frequency, duration, and contact time but do not include language or cognitive stimulation components.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Months
Max Age
36 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-11-20
Primary Completion
2026-12-01
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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