Piloting ‘Clever Kids’: A randomized-controlled trial assessing feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of a socioemotional well-being programme for children with dyslexia

Children with dyslexia are at elevated risk of internalizing (emotional) and externalizing (behavioural) problems. Clever Kids is a nine-week socioemotional well-being programme developed specifically for upper primary school children with dyslexia. In a small randomized-controlled trial, we tested...

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Main Authors: Boyes, Mark, Leitão, S., Claessen, Mary, Dzidic, Peta, Badcock, N.A., Nayton, M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: WILEY 2021
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91403
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author Boyes, Mark
Leitão, S.
Claessen, Mary
Dzidic, Peta
Badcock, N.A.
Nayton, M.
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Leitão, S.
Claessen, Mary
Dzidic, Peta
Badcock, N.A.
Nayton, M.
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description Children with dyslexia are at elevated risk of internalizing (emotional) and externalizing (behavioural) problems. Clever Kids is a nine-week socioemotional well-being programme developed specifically for upper primary school children with dyslexia. In a small randomized-controlled trial, we tested the feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of the Clever Kids programme. ‘Forty children (Mage = 10.45 years, 65% male) with clinically diagnosed dyslexia too part in the study. Children were randomized to either attend Clever Kids (n = 20) or to a wait-list control condition (n = 20). Coping skills, self-esteem, resilience, emotion regulation, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms were measured at pre-programme, post-programme, and at three-month follow-up. Recruitment and retention rates indicate high feasibility for further evaluation of the programme. There was a significant interaction between intervention condition and time for non-productive coping [F(2, 76) = 4.29, p = 0.017, f2 = 0.11]. Children who attended Clever Kids significantly reduced their use of non-productive coping strategies, and this was maintained at three-month follow-up assessment. For all other outcomes, the interactions between intervention condition and time were non-significant. The programme appears acceptable to children with dyslexia and their families, but may be improved by further reducing the number of activities involving reading and writing. Clever Kids improved the coping skills of children with dyslexia; however, a larger trial is needed to replicate this finding and investigate whether programme attendance is associated with additional improvements in children’s socioemotional well-being.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-914032023-04-19T08:12:13Z Piloting ‘Clever Kids’: A randomized-controlled trial assessing feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of a socioemotional well-being programme for children with dyslexia Boyes, Mark Leitão, S. Claessen, Mary Dzidic, Peta Badcock, N.A. Nayton, M. Social Sciences Psychology, Educational Psychology coping mental health RCT reading difficulties dyslexia self&#8208 esteem MENTAL-HEALTH EMOTION REGULATION SELF-ESTEEM DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE COMORBIDITY ADOLESCENTS RESILIENCE DISORDERS RCT coping mental health reading difficulties; dyslexia self-esteem Adaptation, Psychological Child Dyslexia Emotions Feasibility Studies Female Humans Male Self Concept Humans Dyslexia Feasibility Studies Adaptation, Psychological Emotions Self Concept Child Female Male Children with dyslexia are at elevated risk of internalizing (emotional) and externalizing (behavioural) problems. Clever Kids is a nine-week socioemotional well-being programme developed specifically for upper primary school children with dyslexia. In a small randomized-controlled trial, we tested the feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of the Clever Kids programme. ‘Forty children (Mage = 10.45 years, 65% male) with clinically diagnosed dyslexia too part in the study. Children were randomized to either attend Clever Kids (n = 20) or to a wait-list control condition (n = 20). Coping skills, self-esteem, resilience, emotion regulation, and internalizing and externalizing symptoms were measured at pre-programme, post-programme, and at three-month follow-up. Recruitment and retention rates indicate high feasibility for further evaluation of the programme. There was a significant interaction between intervention condition and time for non-productive coping [F(2, 76) = 4.29, p = 0.017, f2 = 0.11]. Children who attended Clever Kids significantly reduced their use of non-productive coping strategies, and this was maintained at three-month follow-up assessment. For all other outcomes, the interactions between intervention condition and time were non-significant. The programme appears acceptable to children with dyslexia and their families, but may be improved by further reducing the number of activities involving reading and writing. Clever Kids improved the coping skills of children with dyslexia; however, a larger trial is needed to replicate this finding and investigate whether programme attendance is associated with additional improvements in children’s socioemotional well-being. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91403 10.1111/bjep.12401 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043 WILEY fulltext
spellingShingle Social Sciences
Psychology, Educational
Psychology
coping
mental health
RCT
reading difficulties
dyslexia
self&#8208
esteem
MENTAL-HEALTH
EMOTION REGULATION
SELF-ESTEEM
DIFFICULTIES
QUESTIONNAIRE
COMORBIDITY
ADOLESCENTS
RESILIENCE
DISORDERS
RCT
coping
mental health
reading difficulties; dyslexia
self-esteem
Adaptation, Psychological
Child
Dyslexia
Emotions
Feasibility Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Self Concept
Humans
Dyslexia
Feasibility Studies
Adaptation, Psychological
Emotions
Self Concept
Child
Female
Male
Boyes, Mark
Leitão, S.
Claessen, Mary
Dzidic, Peta
Badcock, N.A.
Nayton, M.
Piloting ‘Clever Kids’: A randomized-controlled trial assessing feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of a socioemotional well-being programme for children with dyslexia
title Piloting ‘Clever Kids’: A randomized-controlled trial assessing feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of a socioemotional well-being programme for children with dyslexia
title_full Piloting ‘Clever Kids’: A randomized-controlled trial assessing feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of a socioemotional well-being programme for children with dyslexia
title_fullStr Piloting ‘Clever Kids’: A randomized-controlled trial assessing feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of a socioemotional well-being programme for children with dyslexia
title_full_unstemmed Piloting ‘Clever Kids’: A randomized-controlled trial assessing feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of a socioemotional well-being programme for children with dyslexia
title_short Piloting ‘Clever Kids’: A randomized-controlled trial assessing feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of a socioemotional well-being programme for children with dyslexia
title_sort piloting ‘clever kids’: a randomized-controlled trial assessing feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of a socioemotional well-being programme for children with dyslexia
topic Social Sciences
Psychology, Educational
Psychology
coping
mental health
RCT
reading difficulties
dyslexia
self&#8208
esteem
MENTAL-HEALTH
EMOTION REGULATION
SELF-ESTEEM
DIFFICULTIES
QUESTIONNAIRE
COMORBIDITY
ADOLESCENTS
RESILIENCE
DISORDERS
RCT
coping
mental health
reading difficulties; dyslexia
self-esteem
Adaptation, Psychological
Child
Dyslexia
Emotions
Feasibility Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Self Concept
Humans
Dyslexia
Feasibility Studies
Adaptation, Psychological
Emotions
Self Concept
Child
Female
Male
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173043
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91403