NCT05222321

Sensory-Play Based (SenPlay) Intervention for Young Children With or At Risk for ADHD

Sensory-Play Based (SenPlay) Intervention for Young Children With or At Risk for Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder (ADHD)

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Oklahoma · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 36 Months – 71 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the effects of 15 minutes of sensory-play based (SenPlay) intervention on improving focused attention in developmentally appropriate tasks in young children with or at risk for ADHD.

Detailed description

After being informed about the study and potential risks, written consent will be obtained by the investigators. Twenty participants will be recruited for this randomized, experimental study with a two-group longitudinal, pre-posttest, linear association study design to measure attention levels and off-task behaviors. All participants will attend a total of four sessions. The investigator, a registered, licensed occupational therapist, will lead all intervention sessions utilizing a set protocol. Participants will complete an intake session to determine baseline fine motor skills for developmentally appropriate tasks (DAT) before being randomly assigned to either the control group or the SenPlay intervention group. The control group will engage in spontaneous, free play with the supervising only for safety within the sensorimotor gym (see image 1) for 15 minutes, prior to the assessment of off-task behaviors during 10 minutes of DAT. The intervention group will engage in 15-minutes of SenPlay intervention, followed by assessment of off-task behaviors during 10 minutes of DAT. The 10 minutes of DAT will be coded at the beginning of each 15 second interval (Wood et al., 2016) for a total of 40 observation periods. The percentage of on and off-task behaviors will be calculated. Two coders, blinded to the group assignment will code session. Prior to the study, both coders will achieve a reliability of at least 95% accuracy in training sessions.

Conditions

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Sensory-Play Based (SenPlay) Intervention	SenPlay is a sensory-play based intervention that includes deep tactile pressure, vestibular and proprioceptive input as a therapeutic medium to facilitate optimal arousal through sensory-play based activities such as pushing, pulling, climbing, jumping, crashing, and swinging. These activities are designed to facilitate changes in the child's arousal through providing sensory input to ensure the child is reaching a threshold of moderate to vigorous physical activity. Completed at three time points, once weekly for three weeks.
OTHER	Spontaneous, Free Play	Participant engages in spontaneous, free play with the investigator supervising only for safety within the sensorimotor gym for 15 minutes. Completed at three time points, once weekly for three weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-03-09
• Primary completion: 2022-05-19
• Completion: 2022-05-19
• First posted: 2022-02-03
• Last updated: 2024-07-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States