Increasing Kindergarten Social-Emotional Skills for Positive Long-Term Mental Health

Part of paid clinical trials in Eugene, Oregon.

Sponsor
Oregon Social Learning Center
Study ID
NCT06908330
Status
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Conditions

  • Externalizing Behavior
  • Internalizing Behavior
  • Parenting Behavior
  • Social Emotional Competence

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
4 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Social-emotional Skills for Thriving and Relating at School Program — BEHAVIORAL
    The SSTRS Program is a developmentally-tailored, school-based preventive intervention focusing on children and their parents at the critical transition to kindergarten to prevent deficits in children's social-emotional skills-which are known transdiagnostic risk factors for a range of mental health problems. Children receive SSTRS programming during their regular school day for eight weeks at the beginning of the school year. Parents receive SSTRS programming via informational videos and virtual parenting groups during the same time period.

Study Details

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the Social-emotional Skills for Thriving and Relating at School (SSTRS) Program can help children entering kindergarten and their families. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1) Do children who participate in SSTRS have better social-emotional skills and mental health? and 2) Do parents who participate in SSTRS have more positive parenting skills and involvement in their children's learning? Researchers will compare the SSTRS Program to the regular kindergarten curriculum without SSTRS to see if being in SSTRS helps children to have better mental health and parents to have better parenting skills. Kindergarteners will have daily SSTRS lessons in their kindergarten classes for 8 weeks. Their parents will watch videos and attend group meetings with other parents and answer questions about their own and their children's behaviors and mental health

Key Dates

Start date
Feb 28, 2026
Status verified
Mar 2025
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2028
Completion
Nov 30, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
150 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: SSTRS group
    These participants will participate in the SSTRS intervention.
  • No Intervention: Services as Usual
    These participants will receive kindergarten programming as usual.

Primary Outcome Measure

Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire [ Time Frame: Parents will complete the measure at baseline, 2 months post-baseline at the end of the intervention and 9 months post-baseline. Teachers will complete the measure at 9 months post-baseline. ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Oregon Social Learning CenterEugeneOregon97401
Katherine Pears, Ph.D.
[email protected]
5414852711
Deena Scheidt
[email protected]
5414852711
Katherine Pears, Ph.D. (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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