Trial reportDevelopmental science2019
Enhancing the language development of toddlers in foster care by promoting foster parents' sensitivity: Results from a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Developmental science, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01261806 (Mental Health Services for Toddlers in Foster Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Mental Health Services for Toddlers in Foster Care
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 60 citations in OpenAlex.
- Routinely used interventions to improve attachment in infants and young children: a national survey and two systematic reviews.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2023Pooled it
- Parenting interventions to promote early child development in the first three years of life: A global systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of an Early Home Visiting Program on Maternal Depression.Administration and policy in mental health · 2025Trial
- Intervening With Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up to Reduce Behavior Problems Among Children Adopted Internationally: Evidence From a Randomized Controlled Trial.Child maltreatment · 2022Trial
- Improving social-emotional competence in internationally adopted children with the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up intervention.Development and psychopathology · 2021Trial
- Increasing secure base script knowledge among parents with Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up.Development and psychopathology · 2021Trial
- Enhancing diurnal cortisol regulation among young children adopted internationally: A randomized controlled trial of a parenting-based intervention.Development and psychopathology · 2020Trial
- Sustained effects on attachment security in middle childhood: results from a randomized clinical trial of the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC) intervention.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2020Trial
- Is Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up effective for parents with insecure attachment states of mind?Child developmentTrial
- Interventions for pre-school children in foster care: A systematic review of the foster carer and system level outcomes from randomised controlled trials.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Differential Effects of In-person and Telehealth Implementation of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up on Parental Sensitivity and Intrusiveness.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- The mental health outcomes of foster parents following parenting training: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.Systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Interventions for pre-school children in foster care: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials of child-related outcomes.JCPP advances · 2025Article
- Using randomized controlled trials to ask questions regarding developmental psychopathology: A tribute to Dante Cicchetti.Development and psychopathology · 2024Article
- Assessing Changes in Parent Sensitivity in Telehealth and Hybrid Implementation of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Child maltreatment · 2023Article
- Intervening with Opioid-Exposed Newborns:: Modifying an Evidence-Based Parenting Intervention.Delaware journal of public health · 2022Article
- Self-Coding of Fidelity as a Potential Active Ingredient of Consultation to Improve Clinicians' Fidelity.Administration and policy in mental health · 2022Article
- Transitioning to telehealth due to COVID-19: Maintaining model fidelity in a home visiting program for parents of vulnerable infants.Infant mental health journal · 2022Article
- Strategies that Promote Therapist Engagement in Active and Experiential Learning: Micro-Level Sequential Analysis.The Clinical supervisor · 2021Article
- Agreement between Fathers' and Mothers' Reported Stimulation and Associations with Observed Responsive Parenting in Pakistan.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Young children in foster care are at increased risk for problematic language development, making early intervention a critical tool in enhancing these children's foundational language abilities. This study examined the efficacy of an early preventative intervention, Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up for Toddlers (ABC-T), in improving the receptive vocabulary abilities of toddlers placed in foster care. All the children had been removed from their biological parents' care and placed into foster care. When children were between 24 and 36 months old, foster parents were contacted by research staff and consented to participate. Parents were randomly assigned using a random number generator to receive either ABC-T (n = 45), which aimed to promote sensitive parenting for children who have experienced early adversity, or a control intervention (n = 43). Foster children's receptive vocabulary skills were assessed post-intervention using the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Third Edition, when children were between 36 and 60 months old. Children whose foster parents received ABC-T demonstrated more advanced receptive vocabulary abilities than children whose foster parents received the control intervention. The positive effect of ABC-T on foster children's receptive vocabulary was mediated by increases in foster parents' sensitivity during parent-child interactions. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01261806.
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