Hands and Hearts Together
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age8+
SponsorUniversity of Maryland, College Park
About this trial
Growing evidence demonstrates that secure attachment in childhood predicts children's healthy social, biological, and behavioral functioning, whereas insecure attachment predicts behavior problems and physiological dysregulation; thus, efforts to foster secure attachment are crucial for promoting the healthy development of children and families. This proposal describes a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an innovative intervention program that can be widely implemented designed to foster children's secure attachment, promote healthy physiological regulation, and reduce the risk for behavior problems: The Circle of Security ® Parenting (COS-P) intervention. To this end, investigators will conduct an RCT with 249 parent-child dyads enrolled or are eligible but not yet enrolled in two diverse Early Head Start (EHS) programs.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Parents whose children (age 8 to 36 months) are enrolled or are eligible to be enrolled in Harrisburg PA and Lehigh Valley PA Early Head Start programs
Disqualifiers
Parents who are not sufficiently fluent in the language in which COS-P intervention will be conducted (Spanish or English)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Circle of Security Parenting
- Little Talks
Treatment groups
249 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
University of Maryland, College Park
Lead sponsor
Lehigh University
Collaborator
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov