Developmental delay Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention program (Poly Kids program) consists of 16 weekly parent training sessions on understanding and accepting child condition, parent-child relationship, child management such as increasi
Sponsors
Food and Health Bureau
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Parents of children with global developmental delay (between 1 to 2 standard deviations below the mean on developmental assessment) 2. Children should be aged between 2 years 9 months to 4.5 years at the commencement of the program 3. Children and parents should be Cantonese-speaking or can understand Cantonese 4. Parents and children should be normally living in HK 5. Parents should be living with the target children
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Parents of children with significant physical, hearing, or vision impairment 2. Parents of children with confirmed diagnosis of autism or autistic features with severe disruptive behaviour
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Child behavior by parent report questionnaire 2. Child learning by standardized assessment 3. Child language skills by standardized assessment 4. Child fine motor skills by standardized assessment 5. Child gross motor skills by standardized assessment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Parenting stress by parent report questionnaires | — |
Countries
Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed