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Kinder Coaching Program for School Readiness

This study is testing two programs to help children from low-income families get ready for kindergarten. One program is called "Kinder Coaching," where a bilingual community health worker (CHW) provides two personalized coaching sessions to parents about kindergarten skills and activities for home. The other program uses a "School Readiness Checklist" reviewed by a healthcare provider during regular check-ups. Researchers want to see if Kinder Coaching is more effective than the checklist in improving a child's school readiness and social-emotional development. You might be able to join if you are a parent or caregiver aged 18 or older, can speak English or Spanish, and have a child between 3 and 4 years old who receives care at a study site. The study aims to enroll 480 participants.

Study design
This study is an interventional trial comparing two different approaches: Kinder Coaching and a School Readiness Checklist. It plans to enroll 480 participants.
What's involved
If you participate, you would receive either two structured coaching sessions with a community health worker or have a school readiness checklist reviewed by your child's provider. Your child's school readiness and social-emotional development will be measured at the beginning and 12 months after the intervention.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your child's school readiness and social-emotional development will be measured 12 months after the intervention.

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NCT07677618

A Kinder Coaching Program With Community Health Workers "READY"

Not Yet Recruiting
NAAges 2+InterventionalPrevention
Oregon Health and Science University
~480 participants
Updated 2026-07-01 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Kinder Coaching

At a glance

Recruiting sites
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What they're measuring
Child composite school readiness skills
Measured over Baseline and 12 months post-intervention
+1 more outcome measured

Conditions

School Readiness
Parent School Readiness Confidence and Skills
Preschool Enrollment

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Oregon1

Study leadership

  • Jaime Peterson, MD, MPH · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Oregon Health and Science University

Who to contact

Jaime Peterson, MD, MPH
[email protected]
503-418-5700
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Parent or caregiver is 18 years of age or older with no intellectual disability and can speak and understand Spanish and/or English. Participants unable to read will be eligible as data will be verbally collected by bilingual research staff.
Child is between 3 and 4 years of age at enrollment and receives primary care at a study site.
Child is from a low-income household on Medicaid insurance.
Child has no significant developmental disability or serious medical condition that limits communication with the Kinder Coach. Children with mild developmental delays including speech delay, gross motor delay, autism spectrum disorder, mild cerebral palsy, and ADHD will be included to capture a heterogenous, real-world sample from primary care.

Exclusion

Parent or child with significant intellectual disability.
Teen parents under the age of 18.
Child is in foster care or other situation in which consent cannot be obtained from a legal guardian.
Child with a significant developmental disability that limits participation including cerebral palsy, non-verbal autism spectrum disorder, Down's syndrome, global developmental delay, or other serious medical condition impacting ability to participate in a Kinder Coaching visit. Developmental conditions will be defined as children who screen negative on the Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) screener for developmental and/or behavioral special needs "above and beyond what would be expected" for a child of that age.

What this trial measures

  • Child composite school readiness skillsBaseline and 12 months post-intervention

    Brigance III Screen (Brigance); total composite score: min 0, max 0. Interpretation: Very weak (\< 70), Weak (70-79), Below average (80-89), Average (90-110), Above average (111-120), Strong (121-130), Very strong (\>130)

  • Child social emotional developmentBaseline and 12 months post-intervention

    Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA). Attachment relationship T score: Min 28- Max 72 Initiative T score: Min 28- Max 72 Self-regulation T score: Min 28- Max 72 Behavioral concerns T score: Min 28- Max 72 Total Protective Factors sum: Description total protective factors: Strengths, Typical, Area of Need Description behavioral concerns: Strengths, Typical, Area of Need