Can a 12-Session parenting class help kids succeed in kindergarten?
NCT ID NCT06197997
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether the Chicago Parent Program (CPP), a 12-session group-based parenting class, can improve social-behavioral skills and school readiness in 4-5-year-olds from low-income communities. Researchers will enroll 840 families from public pre-K programs in Maryland. The goal is to see if the program reduces chronic absences, grade retention, and behavior problems while boosting parent engagement and kindergarten readiness.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Chicago Parent Program (CPP) - a 12-session group-based parenting skills intervention
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide schools with an effective tool to help children from low-income families start kindergarten with stronger social and behavioral skills.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention study, not a medical treatment. Results depend on parent participation and may vary across schools. The outcomes are about school readiness, not curing a disease.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 840 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Public school or Community School in Baltimore City, Cecil County, or Harford County serving at least 40% of students meeting eligibility for low-income or located in a community designated as high need by the Maryland State Department of Education based on a score of 0.6 on the Center for Disease Control Social Vulnerability Index: * has at least 1 full-day public PreK classroom with 20+ students; * school has not offered CPP in the prior 3 years; * principal consents to being randomized and participate for 2 years; * principal consents to study team recruiting parents, teachers, and staff to participate in the study. PreK Parents: * Parent (biological, step, adoptive, foster), grandparent, or legal guardian of 4-5 year old student enrolled in participating PreK program; * 18+ yrs; * speaks English or Spanish; * consents to allowing access child's school identification. Teachers: * PreK or K teacher in classroom of student of participating parent; * consents to completing study surveys. CPP Group Leaders: * completes CPP group leader training * agrees to lead CPP groups * speaks English or Spanish * at least a High School diploma/General Equivalency Diploma (GED) * consents to completing surveys and submitting audio recorded CPP sessions for fidelity assessment School-based personnel inclusion criteria: * Principal, teacher, or other school-based staff involved in CPP implementation * consents to interview on perspectives about CPP in the school Exclusion Criteria: * Principal cannot commit staff to offering CPP groups * school previously offered CPP in prior 3 years * school located in a geographic area with less than 80% connectivity * PreK Parents previously participated in CPP * Teachers: teacher also a participating parent or CPP group leader * School-based personnel: Principal, teacher, or other school-based staff is a study parent
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States
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Johns Hopkins University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBaltimore, Maryland, 21205, United States
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