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Optimizing a School-Based Therapeutic Play Intervention for Preschool Students
Optimizing a School-Based Therapeutic Play Intervention for Preschool Students: A Factorial Experiment Protocol
Who can join
Ages 3 to 6 · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Children will be eligible if they are enrolled in preschool classrooms at participating schools and identified as appropriate for intervention through universal screening. Screening will be conducted using the Teacher-Child Rating Scale (T-CRS; Hightower et al., 1986), a teacher-completed measure of social-emotional adjustment. Children who score in the target range indicating emerging adjustment difficulties (i.e., 15th to 30th percentile) will be eligible for participation in the trial. Exclusion Criteria: Children will be excluded if they demonstrate severe developmental impairments that would prevent participation in the intervention.
About the study
The goal of this clinical trial is to optimize a school-based therapeutic play intervention in preschool students with mild to moderate school adjustment difficulties. The aims are:
1. Determine the independent and combined effects of three intervention components (individual play, peer play, and classroom push-in sessions) on preschool children's social and emotional competence, using a factorial experimental design. 2. Use a community-engaged approach to identify and disseminate the optimized version of Primary Project for preschool implementation
Researchers will compare the main and interactive effects of three components on children's social-emotional competencies.
Participants will take part in a therapeutic play intervention in the school setting, and their teachers and caregivers will complete assessment instruments on children's social and emotional functioning.
What is being tested
- Individual play sessions (behavioral)
- Peer play sessions (behavioral)
- Classroom push-in sessions (behavioral)
Sponsor: The Children's Institute · Participants: 225 · Started: Oct 18, 2024
Contact the study team
- Erinn B Duprey, Ph.D. · Phone: (585) 295-1000
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07609342
Locations in the U.S.
| New York | Children's Institute, Rochester |
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.