Supporting Parents Program

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
• Main ID: NCT01332851
• Date of registration: 07/04/2011
• Primary sponsor: University of Washington
• Public title: Supporting Parents Program SPP
• Scientific title: Training Social Work Providers: Intervention for Maltreating Families of Infants
• Date of first enrolment: January 2011
• Target sample size: 254
• Recruitment status: Enrolling by invitation
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01332851
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Countries of recruitment

United States

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Biological parents and their child aged 10-24 months, who is an identified victim for
referral to CPS, and who are parenting their child a majority of the time

- Families served by CPS offices in Snohomish and Skagit counties, in the state of
Washington

- Families at moderate to high risk for maltreatment (physical abuse, neglect, or
emotional maltreatment) and under investigation by Child Protective Services

- English speaking primary caregiver

- Telephone access

- Current housing

Exclusion Criteria:

- Experiencing an acute crisis (homelessness, hospitalization, imprisonment)

- Identified child (in a risk only CPS intake) or identified victim (in CPS intakes
with allegations) has a voluntary services agreement within 2 weeks of a newly opened
investigation

- Identified child (in a risk only CPS intake) or identified victim (in CPS intakes
with allegations) has a dependency filing within 2 weeks of a newly opened
investigation

- Previously received the Promoting First Relationships intervention



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Child Abuse

Child Neglect

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: Promoting First Relationships (PFR)

Behavioral: Resource and Referral

Primary Outcome(s)

Child welfare outcomes [Time Frame: 1 year post intervention]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Attachment [Time Frame: pretest, posttest, 3 month follow up, 6 month follow up]

Child Behavior [Time Frame: pretest, posttest, 3 month follow up, 6 month follow up]

Child Social Emotional Development [Time Frame: pretest, posttest, 3 month follow up, 6 month follow up]

Maternal unrealistic expectations [Time Frame: pretest, posttest, 3 month follow up, 6 month follow up]

Parent-Child Interaction [Time Frame: pretest, posttest, 3 month follow up, 6 month follow up]

Parental confidence [Time Frame: pretest, posttest, 3 month follow up, 6 month follow up]

Parental Mindfulness [Time Frame: pretest, posttest, 3 month follow up, 6 month follow up]

Parental Sensitivity [Time Frame: pretest, posttest, 3 month follow up, 6 month follow up]

Secondary ID(s)

1R01HD061362-01A2

D-103010-S

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)