NCT05118932

Examining Effects of Holistic School Enrichment Programs

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 196 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc. · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators propose to evaluate the efficacy of a Mindful Movement Intervention (MMI) within the Baltimore City Public School (BCPS) system. The goal is to help at-risk youth improve skills important to attentional, behavioral, motor, and emotional control through engagement of mindful movement practices. To assess the feasibility and efficacy of the program, standardized assessments will be conducted at three time points: the beginning of the school year at the start of the intervention (early September), at the mid-year point (late January), and prior to the end of the school year (early June). During these assessments, participants will be pulled out of their academic classes for brief sessions (1 hour) in which they will complete assessments of attentional, behavioral, motor, and emotional control. At these assessment points, parents and teachers will complete rating forms about the children including assessments of emotional, behavioral, and attention regulation. Research participants will have the option to reinforce mindful movement practices using a family-based curriculum, participating in peer mentorship, and supporting the development of community educational materials.

Conditions

• Mindful Movement Intervention (MMI)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindful Movement Intervention	There are five components that together make-up the Mindful Movement Intervention: Biomechanical Warm-ups, Yoga postures, modified Tai Chi sequence, Imaginative Play, and Reflection. During the year, participants will learn a "Simplified" Form of a classic Tai Chi sequence. Yoga movements will be used to prepare participants for the nuanced movements of Tai Chi practice, with both Yoga and Tai Chi providing a physical framework in which participants can track their own progress and begin to understand how to better regulate their attention, behavior and emotional responses. Imaginative Play and Reflection Activities are used to stimulate a deeper curiosity in participants about the everyday use and employment of mindfulness practice and to engage participants.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-05-22
• Primary completion: 2024-07-01
• Completion: 2024-08-01
• First posted: 2021-11-12
• Last updated: 2024-09-25

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States