NCT06882005

Rested & Ready to Learn

Prevention Strategies to Enhance Young Children's Sleep Development - Part 2

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 98 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of South Carolina · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary signal of effect of a combined school- and home-based sleep promotion program for young children prior to the kindergarten transition.

Detailed description

This pilot randomized controlled study will test a combined school- and home-based sleep promotion intervention designed to improve young children's sleep and classroom behavior. Classrooms will be randomized to either the intervention or waitlist control group. Intervention content will be delivered via text message to parents' phones and in the classroom. The primary aim of this study is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention. The secondary aim is to assess the preliminary signal of effect on children's sleep and classroom behavior. Findings from this study will inform any necessary intervention modifications prior to a fully powered randomized controlled trial.

Conditions

• Sleep

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Rested & Ready to Learn	The intervention targets improving young children's sleep by providing parents with sleep education and activities to do at home with their child. Classroom teachers will also deliver a brief lesson aligned with intervention topics to reinforce key messaging in the classroom. The sleep intervention will focus on the benefits of sleep (physical health, social-emotional health, classroom participation/learning), creating and sticking to a bedtime routine, screen use before bed, and developmentally appropriate sleep behavior.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-02-12
• Primary completion: 2026-01-21
• Completion: 2026-03-30
• First posted: 2025-03-18
• Last updated: 2026-04-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States