Actively Recruiting
Feasibility of a Dog Training Therapy Program in UC Outpatient Youth Receiving Psychiatric Services
Led by University of Chicago · Updated on 2025-08-21
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
92 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of Chicago
Lead Sponsor
C
Canine-Therapy Corp
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this pilot project is to test for initial efficacy of the Recovery \& Care Canine-Assisted Therapy program that has been developed and implemented in Lawrence Hall, a Chicago-based residential treatment center for maltreated youth. In this study, the investigators test the feasibility, acceptability, and short-term efficacy of expanding the program to a group of youth currently in outpatient treatment for social, emotional, and behavioral problems. Results from this project will provide preliminary evidence of whether a structured, goal-oriented intervention program focused on dog training activities has direct impact on increasing youth emotional self-regulation, impulse control, and self-efficacy, which are important targets for intervention among youth with mental health problems. If successful, this project could lead to a larger, randomized control clinical trials study that tests the longitudinal impact of the program that could further lead to national dissemination of the Recovery \& Care curriculum as an alternative therapeutic approach.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Feasibility of a Dog Training Therapy Program in UC Outpatient Youth Receiving Psychiatric Services
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Currently receiving outpatient mental health services at the University of Chicago or have received outpatient mental health services from the community in the last 12 months
- Available for scheduling during the entire 6-week intervention program
- Interest in participating in the program
You will not qualify if you...
- Severe cognitive, psychiatric, or physical condition or limitation that would prevent participation
- Severe animal allergy
- Animal phobia
- History of mistreatment of animals
- Above-average scores on both measures of behavioral regulation and emotional regulation
- WASI t-score of intellectual ability < 60
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
K
Kristen Jacobson, PhD
CONTACT
J
Jennifer A Ponting
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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