Towards an intervention in foster care placement of children 0-4 The intervention aims to help children reduce stress and/or behavioral problems by helping foster care parents to become more sensitive.

Towards an intervention in foster care placement of children 0-4 The intervention aims to help children reduce stress and/or behavioral problems by helping foster care parents to become more sensitive. - foster parent/foster child intervention

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON31879

Enrollment

130

Registered

2009-01-08

Start date

2009-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-06

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Conditions

infant mental health infant mental health stresssymptoms in children

Interventions

The foster parent/foster child intervention is standardised in 6 methodological contacts. The intervention targets certain topics like: Security/insecurity How to observe and how to react Calming dow

Eligibility

Age

2 Years to 11 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: age 0-4 foster care with duration of half a year informed consent foster parents, and biological parents

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: genetic deficiency congenital abnormality foster care just for a few weeks there is not informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
In all the children partcipating there will be measuring of cortisol in saliva, at the start and after half a year. We'd like to prove that the intervention helps to reduce stress levels in the child, expressed by normalisation of the diurnal rhythm of cortisol. It can also be expressed by less symptoms on cbcl and itsea With EAS (emotional availibility scales) we want to evaluate the quality of interaction between foster parent and foster child. For this purpose there will be made a videoobservation at the start and half a year later. Foster care parents do rate a list with items concerning satisfaction and mastery at the start and after half a year. (Nosi) Symptoms in the child will be measured with IBQ (children	—

Measure

Time frame

In all the children partcipating there will be measuring of cortisol in saliva, at the start and after half a year. We'd like to prove that the intervention helps to reduce stress levels in the child, expressed by normalisation of the diurnal rhythm of cortisol. It can also be expressed by less symptoms on cbcl and itsea With EAS (emotional availibility scales) we want to evaluate the quality of interaction between foster parent and foster child. For this purpose there will be made a videoobservation at the start and half a year later. Foster care parents do rate a list with items concerning satisfaction and mastery at the start and after half a year. (Nosi) Symptoms in the child will be measured with IBQ (children

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The improvement of quality in relation helps to reduce emotional and behavioral problems in the child The improvement of quality in relation helps to reduce levels of stress in the foster child, expressed bij normalisation of diurnal rhythm in salival cortisol. The intervention helps to give the foster parents a better sense of mastery	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)