Emotional and behavioural problems Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Chance UK's mentoring programme is for children aged 5 to 11 years old reported as displaying emotional and behavioural difficulties. It aims to prevent future antisocial and criminal behaviour by red
the aim of sessions is to help children to work towards specified personal goals, to recognise and build strengths, and to consider and try out more effective responses to difficulties, while broadeni
Sponsors
The Big Lottery Fund (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. The child is aged between 5 and 10 years old at point of referral 2. The child lives or attends school in any of the London boroughs of Enfield, Hackney, Islington, Lambeth or Waltham Forest 3. The child scores 16 or above on the Total Difficulties scale of the teacher-reported SDQ 4. The child scores 14 or above on the Total Difficulties scale of the parent-reported SDQ 5. Both parent and child are willing to take part in the programme and the study 6. There is no diagnosis of autism or any developmental delay that would prevent the child from engaging in the programme and the study, as identified through school records and parent report 7. The child is not severely emotionally distressed as a result of a recent life event, such as a bereavement 8. There is no known history of the family making malicious allegations against professionals, as identified through information submitted on the referral form 9. There is no known risk of violence towards Chance UK staff or the research team by the child or parent, as identified through information submitted on the referral form
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: For the purposes of the study, siblings are not eligible to participate as this would mean that one or more families would be over-represented in the data. To be precise, one child of a group of siblings may participate but fellow siblings will not be eligible. Chance UK will inform referrers that they have capacity to work with one child per family. However, if siblings are referred, Chance UK will check the eligibility of both/all; if only one is eligible (i.e. on teacher SDQ) that child will proceed, and if both/all are eligible the oldest child will proceed. If the parent SDQ threshold is not reached for the older child, it will be conducted for the younger child(ren).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The study will primarily measure changes in children's behaviour and emotional functioning from the main parent/carer's perspective. These measures will be administered/collected at baseline, mid-way through the mentoring year or equivalent, and post-test at the end of the mentoring year or equivalent. 1. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire ? parent report (SDQ; Goodman, 1997) 2. Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventory (ECBI; Eyberg, 1978) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary assessments will measure the same outcomes but from the perspective of school staff. In addition, measures for children aged 8-11 years will capture changes in self-esteem and self-efficacy, which are the key mediators through which the programme core components are theorised to impact on behaviour and emotional wellbeing. Parental/carer depression will be assessed and analysed as a covariate to determine whether this influences the way that parents/carers report on their child?s behavioural difficulties on the primary outcome measure, which could potential confound the results. These measures will be administered/collected at baseline, mid-way through the mentoring year or equivalent, and post-test at the end of the mentoring year or equivalent. Supplementary data will also be collected on family demographics (at baseline only). A service use questionnaire will establish other services that the child or family receives during the course of the study (administered at mid-point and post-test only). 1. Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire ? teacher report (SDQ; Goodman, 1997) 2. The Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC; Harter, 1982; 2012) 3. Children?s Hope Scale (Snyder et al., 1997) 4. Beck Depression Inventory II - short form (BDI; Beck & Beck, 1972) 5. Family Demographics Questionnaire (FDQ; Little et al., 2012) 6. Family Service Use Questionnaire (Little et al., 2012) | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed