Children with Challenging Behaviors (school refusal, behavioral disorders including aggressive behaviors, and anxiety disorders including obsessive-compulsive disorder and selective mutism)
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention in this study consists of individualized clinical interventions, including behavioral therapy, designed based on ecological assessments of each participant'
s challenging behaviors. Specifically, behavioral techniques such as token economy procedures, behavioral contracts, and exposure are applied in combination as appropriate to the participant'
s characteristics and living environment. The intervention procedures are instructed by the researchers and implemented continuously by caregivers in daily life settings such as home and school.
Sponsors
Kyorin University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Children aged 1 to 18 years exhibiting challenging behaviors such as school refusal, behavioral disorders including verbal or physical aggression, or anxiety disorders (including obsessive-compulsive disorder and selective mutism). 2) Caregivers who seek clinical intervention for the child's challenging behaviors. 3) Caregivers who are able to implement the intervention procedures in daily life settings such as home, nursery school, kindergarten, or school in accordance with the researchers' instructions. 4) Caregivers who are capable of appropriately evaluating, recording, and reporting the child's behavioral status to the researchers.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Children who require medical care or intensive medical management due to severe physical and/or intellectual disabilities. 2) Children who are judged by the investigators to be inappropriate for participation in this study for any other clinical or practical reasons.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in the frequency of individually defined target behaviors for each participant before, during, and after the clinical intervention. Target behaviors are individually defined as observable and measurable behaviors in daily life settings such as home and school, and are continuously evaluated during the intervention period and after the intervention. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactMasami Narita
Kyorin University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics
Outcome results
None listed