Evaluation of the CHIME Intervention for Improving Early Head Start/Head Start Educator Well-being

Description

This study will test how well a mindfulness-based intervention called CHIME improves the emotional well-being of educators in Early Head Start and Head Start (EHS/HS) settings. The study also will examine if there are any benefits to young children's social emotional health as a result of the CHIME program. Researchers will compare educators who participate in CHIME to educators who are asked to participate at a later time to see if there are benefits to their emotional health and teaching practices.

Conditions

Health, Subjective, Work Related Stress, Compassion, Social Skills

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Study overview

This study will test how well a mindfulness-based intervention called CHIME improves the emotional well-being of educators in Early Head Start and Head Start (EHS/HS) settings. The study also will examine if there are any benefits to young children's social emotional health as a result of the CHIME program. Researchers will compare educators who participate in CHIME to educators who are asked to participate at a later time to see if there are benefits to their emotional health and teaching practices.

Cultivating Healthy Intentional Mindful Educators (CHIME): The Use of Mindfulness and Compassion to Promote Early Head Start/Head Start Education Staffs Well-Being

Evaluation of the CHIME Intervention for Improving Early Head Start/Head Start Educator Well-being

Condition
Health, Subjective
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Lincoln

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, 68588

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Provision of signed and dated informed consent form in Docusign
  • * Currently employed as a lead or assistant educator for \>20 hours per week in a participating Head Start or Early Head Start center
  • * Stated intention to participate in the CHIME intervention
  • * All genders; age 19 and older
  • * Able to complete activities in English
  • * Provision of electronically (in Docusign) /manually signed informed consent form
  • * All genders
  • * Age 19 and older
  • * is Parent or legal guardian of child enrolled in the classroom of a EHS/HS educator participating in the study
  • * Able to complete activities
  • * Provision of electronically signed informed consent form by parent/legal guardian
  • * All genders; aged \< 6 years
  • * Enrolled in the classroom of a EHS/HS educator participating in the study
  • * If \> 3 years, ability to complete study activities in English or with translation support
  • * Does not currently work at a participating HS/EHS center
  • * younger than 19 years of age
  • * Not a parent/legal guardian of a child in an EHS/HS classroom
  • * younger than 19 years of age Children NA, although children less than 3 years will not complete the self-regulation tasks These exclusion criteria are essential to the design of the study. The population of interest is EHS/HS education staff (e.g., teachers) working within centers that have agreed to participate in the evaluation of CHIME. The legal age of majority in Nebraska is age 19 years.

Ages Eligible for Study

to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Nebraska Lincoln,

Holly Hatton-Bowers, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Nebraska Lincoln

Study Record Dates

2026-10-31