Examine the Feasibility and Acceptability of Project Support

Description

In this study, the investigators will conduct a proof-of-concept pilot trial of delivering the Project Support Positive Parenting Module (Project Support) to n = 30 families waiting for trauma-focused services. Investigators hypothesize that Project Support will be feasible and acceptable as evidenced by benchmarks for recruitment, retention at post assessment, engagement, fidelity, and program satisfaction. Investigators will also explore trends on caregiver emotional support, parenting self-efficacy, and child mental health symptoms.

Conditions

Parent-Child Relations, Parenting, Child Mental Disorder

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Study overview

In this study, the investigators will conduct a proof-of-concept pilot trial of delivering the Project Support Positive Parenting Module (Project Support) to n = 30 families waiting for trauma-focused services. Investigators hypothesize that Project Support will be feasible and acceptable as evidenced by benchmarks for recruitment, retention at post assessment, engagement, fidelity, and program satisfaction. Investigators will also explore trends on caregiver emotional support, parenting self-efficacy, and child mental health symptoms.

A Brief Intervention to Enhance Supportive Parenting and Treatment Engagement Among Families Waiting for Trauma-Focused Services

Examine the Feasibility and Acceptability of Project Support

Condition
Parent-Child Relations
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Charleston

National Crime Victims Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Family is seeking trauma-focused services for their child as measured by their placement on the waitlist for services at the National Crime Victims Center;
  • * Child is between 5 - 12 years old;
  • * Caregiver agreed to be contacted for volunteer research opportunities;
  • * Caregiver and child can communicate in either English or Spanish;
  • * Child has been living with caregiver for at the last 6 months or longer;
  • * Family is able to participate in services delivered via telehealth.
  • * Child or caregiver has a diagnosis that would impair their ability to participate in or benefit from services (e.g., traumatic brain injury, developmental disability, psychosis);
  • * Child is in Foster Care or Department of Social Services custody;
  • * The caregiver is unwilling or unable to give informed consent and/or the child is unwilling and unable to give assent.

Ages Eligible for Study

5 Years to 12 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Medical University of South Carolina,

Caitlin Rancher, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Medical University of South Carolina

Study Record Dates

2025-03