This project aims to assess the feasibility of an intervention program consisting of parent online group sessions in addition to guided individual play session between parent, child, and occupational therapy student (OTS) or an occupational therapist (OT). The investigators speculate that the Promoting Health Through Play Opportunities program will be effective in improving: 1. Parent ability to support their child's playfulness as measured during 15-minute video-recorded joint play activity at home using the Parent/Caregiver Support of Childre Playfulness \[PC-SCP\]. 2. Child's playfulness behavior as measured during 15-minute video-recorded joint play activity at home using the Test of Playfulness \[ToP\]. 3. Child's psychological adjustment as measured by the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire \[SDQ\]. 4. Parent's perception and satisfaction from their involvement in the program as measured through open-ended questions.
The Promoting Health Through Play Opportunities program (Halperin et al., 2021; Waldman-Levi \& Halperin, 2022) is a strength-based intervention that provides tools to help parents become change agents in their child's life through the promotion of healthy play opportunities within the family context. This research project aims to enhance children's development through playful interactions with their parents. The investigators speculate that the program will be effective in improving parent and child joint play experience and child's social-emotional functioning.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
The intervention will consist of two parts: (a) five 45-minute-long parent group online sessions; and (b) one 30-minute long online guided play session with OTS/OT.The training will consist of asynchronous module and PowerPoint presentations followed by role play and discussions.
Head Start
New York, New York, United States
RECRUITINGStrengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. Goodman R. (1997). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: A research note. 38(5), 581-586. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.1997.tb01545.x
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire assesses child's psychological adjustment. It contains 25 items measured on a scale ranging from 0 (no difficulty) to 2 (severe difficulty).
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 6 weeks
Parent/Caregiver Support of Children Playfulness (PC-SCP). Waldman-Levi, A., & Bundy, A. (2023). Parent/Caregiver Support of Children Playfulness (PC-SCP). AOTA Press.
The PC-SCP assesses how parents or primary caregivers support children's ability to play. It is based on a 15-minute video-recorded observation of a parent-child joint play and contains 16 items. Scores range from 0 (low level of parent support of child's play or playfulness) to 3 (high level of parent support of child's play or playfulness).
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 6 weeks
Test of Playfulness. Skard, G., & Bundy, A. C. (2008). Test of Playfulness. In L. D. Parham & L. S. Fazio (Eds.), Play in occupational therapy for children (2nd ed., pp. 71-93). St. Louis, MO: Mosby, Inc
The ToP assesses children's ability to play in a playful manner. It is observed during video-recorded 15-minute play and contains 30 items. Scores range from 0 (low level of child's playfulness behavior) to 3 (high level of child's playfulness behavior).
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 6 weeks
Parent post program interview
Semi-structured recorded interview
Time frame: 6 weeks
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