Promoting Playfulness

Description

Health inequalities, social isolation, and family adversity impact a child's development. Play is the context for child development in all areas. A parent's ability to support children at play while being playful contributes to their psychological adjustment. The proposed tier 1, strengths-based educational program for parents of children aged 2 to 5 years with and without disabilities combines elements of a play-based approach and tips on effective parenting to support children's development by equipping parents with knowledge and empowering them to become change agents in their children's lives.

Conditions

Developmental Delay (Disorder)

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Health inequalities, social isolation, and family adversity impact a child's development. Play is the context for child development in all areas. A parent's ability to support children at play while being playful contributes to their psychological adjustment. The proposed tier 1, strengths-based educational program for parents of children aged 2 to 5 years with and without disabilities combines elements of a play-based approach and tips on effective parenting to support children's development by equipping parents with knowledge and empowering them to become change agents in their children's lives.

Promoting Playfulness: Tier 1 Strength-based Parent Education Program to Promote Child and Family Resilience

Promoting Playfulness

Condition
Developmental Delay (Disorder)
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Fort Myers

Little Eagles Learning Center, Fort Myers, Florida, United States, 33908

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Parent of a child aged 2 to 5 with no major disability (sensory, intellectual disability, neuromuscular disability).
  • * Can commit to participating in two online sessions;
  • * Has a device with a stable internet connection; and
  • * Communicates with high school-level English.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Florida Gulf Coast University,

Sarah Fabrizi, PhD OTR/L, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Associate Professor

AMiya Waldman-Levi, PhD OTR/L, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Yeshiva University - Professor

Study Record Dates

2026-10-01