CompletedNot Applicable

The Infant- Toddler Climate of Healthy Interactions for Learning and Development (I-T CHILD)

United States50 participantsStarted 2021-12-07

Plain-language summary

The purpose of the study is to train New York-based early childhood mental health consultants (ECMHCs) who will apply the Infant-Toddler Climate of Healthy Interactions for Learning and Development (I-T CHILD) tool as part of their standard practice. The study will evaluate I-T CHILD-informed early childhood mental health consultation in 100 New York State-licensed family day care and group family day care programs serving infants and toddlers in lower-income neighborhoods

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Be operating a legal and licensed home-based child care program serving infants and toddlers o The program must serve at least one infant or one toddler, as the study and funding are centered around infants and toddlers. * Agree to participate in a 3-month course of early childhood mental health consultation (ECMHC) provided by a trained ECMHC consultant beginning in about one month, if randomized to the treatment condition * Agree to participate in data collection activities * Be able to respond to surveys either completed online via Yale Qualtrics surveys (home-based child care providers regularly submit licensing and child care subsidy forms online, so this should not be a challenge for legally-operating licensed child care providers), or by phone with a trained data collector. * Open to having blinded raters to observe the program. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants are excluded if they do not meet all of the inclusion criteria.

What they're measuring

Changes from baseline in the Framing Challenging Behaviors Questionnaire

Timeframe: Baseline, 4 Months and 8 Months

Change from baseline in Job Stress Inventory

Timeframe: Baseline, 4 Months and 8 Months

Change in Language Environment Analysis (LENA)

Timeframe: Baseline, 4 Months and 8 Months

Change from Baseline in CHILD for Home-Based Child Care Observation Tool

Timeframe: Baseline, 4 Months and 8 Months

Change from Baseline in Infant-Toddler Risk of Expulsion assessment

Timeframe: Baseline, 4 Months and 8 Months

Change from baseline in Devereux Early Childhood Assessment for Infants/Toddlers

Timeframe: Baseline, 4 Months and 8 Months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05132374

SponsorYale University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-12-31

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Plain-language summary

Who can participate

SexALL

See this in plain English?

AI-rewrites the medical criteria so a patient or caregiver can understand them. Always confirm with the trial site.

What they're measuring

Changes from baseline in the Framing Challenging Behaviors Questionnaire

Timeframe: Baseline, 4 Months and 8 Months

Change from baseline in Job Stress Inventory

Timeframe: Baseline, 4 Months and 8 Months

Change in Language Environment Analysis (LENA)

Timeframe: Baseline, 4 Months and 8 Months

Change from Baseline in CHILD for Home-Based Child Care Observation Tool

Timeframe: Baseline, 4 Months and 8 Months

Change from Baseline in Infant-Toddler Risk of Expulsion assessment

Timeframe: Baseline, 4 Months and 8 Months

Change from baseline in Devereux Early Childhood Assessment for Infants/Toddlers

Timeframe: Baseline, 4 Months and 8 Months