An Adapted Evidence-Based Coaching Program for Fathers and Their Young Children in the Context of Home Visiting

Conditions

• Positive Parenting

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

12 Months - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Filming Interactions to Nurture Development (FIND) — BEHAVIORAL
  FIND-F is a 6-session manualized program that begins with the home visitor taking a 10-minute video of the father and child engaging in an everyday activity (e.g., playing, having a snack). Then, that video is carefully edited to emphasize the specific strengths observed in the father-child interactions. The brief, edited videos are then reviewed with the father the following week. In reviewing the video clips, the home visitor uses micro-analytic narration, highlighting the frame-by-frame sequence of events that fosters the child's healthy development. In this way, the goal of FIND-F is to shift the father's perceptions of himself and his child, enabling the father to become increasingly responsive and encouraging. Home visitors also provide opportunities for fathers to comment and ask questions throughout the video review.

Study Details

Father-child pairs (N=200; children ages 12-36 months) will be randomized to FIND-F or a waitlist control group. Assessments comparing the two groups will occur at baseline, end of program, and 6 months post-program. Our aims include: Aim 1: Evaluate the main impacts of FIND-F on the primary program target (fathers' supportive parenting) and related child and parent outcomes. Aim 2. Identify mechanisms of FIND-F's intervention effects. Aim 3. Examine variation by select child, father, and program measures.

Key Dates

Start date

Jun 15, 2026

Status verified

Jun 2026

Primary completion

Dec 31, 2029

Completion

Dec 31, 2029

Study Design

Enrollment

200 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Arms

• Experimental: Filming Interactions to Nurture development (FIND)
  This group of fathers will receive FIND, a 6-session manualized program. FIND with fathers is delivered through flexible home visits, targets warm and responsive father-child interactions, and uses video recordings to emphasize each father's parenting strengths in the context of everyday caretaking moments.
• No Intervention: Waitlist Control
  This group will serve as the control group. After all data is collected, they will be offered FIND.

Primary Outcome Measure

Fathers' Supportive Parenting Practices [ Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 7 weeks ]

Central Contacts

• Holly Schindler, PhD
  206-616-0853
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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