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Enhancing Pragmatic Language skills for Young children with Social communication difficulties (E-PLAYS-2) trial: study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluating a computerised intervention to promote communicative development and collaborative skills in young children
| العنوان: | Enhancing Pragmatic Language skills for Young children with Social communication difficulties (E-PLAYS-2) trial: study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluating a computerised intervention to promote communicative development and collaborative skills in young children |
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| المؤلفون: | Murphy, Suzanne, Bell, Kerry, Cook, Erica Jane, Crafter, Sarah, Davidson, Rosemary, Fairhurst, Caroline, Hicks, Kate, Joffe, Victoria, Messer, David, Robinson-Smith, Lyn, Strachan, Luke, Torgerson, David, Welch, Charlie |
| بيانات النشر: | BioMed Central |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | The Open University: Open Research Online (ORO) |
| الوصف: | Background: A number of children experience difficulties with social communication and this has long-term deleterious effects on their mental health, social development and education. The E-PLAYS-2 study will test an intervention (‘E-PLAYS’) aimed at supporting such children. E-PLAYS uses a dyadic computer game to develop collaborative and communication skills. Preliminary studies by the authors show that E-PLAYS can produce improvements in children with social communication difficulties on communication test scores and observed collaborative behaviours. The study described here is a definitive trial to test the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of E-PLAYS delivered by teaching assistants in schools. Methods: The aim of the E-PLAYS-2 trial is to establish the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of care as usual plus the E-PLAYS programme, delivered in primary schools, compared to care as usual. Cluster-randomisation will take place at school level to avoid contamination. The E-PLAYS intervention will be delivered by schools’ teaching assistants. Teachers will select suitable children (ages 5–7 years old) from their schools using guidelines provided by the research team. Assessments will include blinded language measures and observations (conducted by the research team), non-blinded teacher-reported measures of peer relations and classroom behaviour and parent-reported use of resources and quality of life. A process evaluation will also include interviews with parents, children and teaching assistants, observations of intervention delivery and a survey of care as usual. The primary analysis will compare pragmatic language scores for children who received the E-PLAYS intervention versus those who did not at 40 weeks post-randomisation. Secondary analyses will assess cost-effectiveness and a mixed methods process evaluation will provide richer data on the delivery of E-PLAYS. Discussion: The aim of this study is to undertake a final, definitive test of the effectiveness of E-PLAYS when delivered by teaching ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | text/xml; application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | https://oro.open.ac.uk/97561/1/40359_2024_Article_1749_nlm.xmlTest; https://oro.open.ac.uk/97561/3/97561.pdfTest; Murphy, Suzanne; Bell, Kerry; Cook, Erica Jane; Crafter, Sarah ; Davidson, Rosemary; Fairhurst, Caroline; Hicks, Kate; Joffe, Victoria; Messer, David ; Robinson-Smith, Lyn; Strachan, Luke; Torgerson, David and Welch, Charlie (2024). Enhancing Pragmatic Language skills for Young children with Social communication difficulties (E-PLAYS-2) trial: study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluating a computerised intervention to promote communicative development and collaborative skills in young children. BMC Psychology, 12, article no. 266. |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s40359-024-01749-y |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01749-yTest https://oro.open.ac.uk/97561Test/ https://oro.open.ac.uk/97561/1/40359_2024_Article_1749_nlm.xmlTest https://oro.open.ac.uk/97561/3/97561.pdfTest |
| حقوق: | cc_by_nc_nd_4 ; cc_by_4 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.A3D2EF5A |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s40359-024-01749-y |
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