Actively Recruiting

Phase Not Applicable
Age: 48Months - 71Months
All Genders
NCT06275815

Promoting Caregiver Implementation of an Effective Early Learning Intervention

Led by Ohio State University · Updated on 2025-09-30

320

Participants Needed

2

Research Sites

224 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

O

Ohio State University

Lead Sponsor

N

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

The goal of this study is to examine the impact of a caregiver-implemented shared reading program, Sit Together and Read (STAR), on children ages 4 to 5 with developmental language disorder. The main questions it aims to answer are: * how much STAR impacts children's literacy skills in the short-term and long-term--up to two-years after completing STAR. * how do caregiver supports in the form of small monetary rewards or encouraging texts help caregivers to implement STAR at its intended frequency of sessions per week. Caregiver participants will be assigned to either a control group or one of three STAR groups. Children's skills related to literacy and learning will be assessed before the intervention starts, at the end of the intervention, and every six months post-intervention for two years. Researchers will determine the short term and long term impacts of STAR compared to the control group. Researchers will compare the three STAR conditions to see if the rewards or encouragement helped parents to follow through with completing more STAR sessions.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

Promoting Caregiver Implementation of an Effective Early Learning Intervention

Who Can Participate

Age: 48Months - 71Months
All Genders

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Receiving or on waitlist for speech services
  • Primary complaint of impaired language skills
  • Has receptive, expressive, or mixed language disorder
  • Primarily communicates in English
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Has a known additional diagnosis causing developmental language disorder such as autism spectrum disorder, hearing loss, or severe intellectual disability
  • Is attending or has completed Kindergarten

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 2 locations

1

Schoenbaum Family Center; Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43201

Actively Recruiting

2

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205

Actively Recruiting

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Research Team

J

Jennifer M Bostic, MA

CONTACT

L

Laura M Justice, PhD

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

TRIPLE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

PREVENTION

Number of Arms

4

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