Parenting PracticesTP2NCT07462052
Talk Parenting Education Program II
A study testing The Talk Parenting Program in people with Parenting Practices and Self Efficacy, run by Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc. at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether Talk Parenting, a voice-based program delivered through an Amazon Echo Dot (Alexa), can help parents and caregivers of children ages 3-5 years improve challenging bedtime and morning routines. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 3 to 90 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Parenting Practices, Self Efficacy, Stress
- What is being tested?
- The Talk Parenting Program
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 184 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 1 Nov 2026to 1 Apr 2028
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 3 to 90 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Referred by a participating agency
- Child 3-5 years old who lives with the parent at least half time
- The primary parent in the home (typically the mother but not always)
- Speaks English
- Has access to a computer, tablet, or mobile phone at home
- Access to high-speed internet at home is desired but not required.
- The project will cover internet costs for a small number of participants if needed. The participating agencies all serve families who are low-income and/or experiencing economic hardship, stressful family relationships, children's behavior problems, or household instability; thus referred families will be experiencing one or more of these risk factors for an at-risk family environment.
Who cannot join
- Families of target-age children with a developmental disability severe enough that the child cannot speak or follow simple directions will be excluded
- Families of target-age children whose needs are beyond the scope of Talk Parenting will be excluded
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
United States1 site
Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
Springfield, Oregon, 97477-2019
David R Smith, PhD, 541-484-2123, david.smith@influentsin.com
About this study
Official title: Utilizing Smart Speaker Technology to Deliver Parenting Education Support to Parents of Young Children
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether Talk Parenting, a voice-based program delivered through an Amazon Echo Dot (Alexa), can help parents and caregivers of children ages 3-5 years improve challenging bedtime and morning routines. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does using Talk Parenting improve families' bedtime and morning experiences and children's sleep/wake habits?
Read more
Does using Talk Parenting improve parents' routine-related parenting practices and confidence, strengthen the parent-child relationship, and reduce children's behavior problems and parents' stress?
Researchers will compare families who receive Talk Parenting right away to families who wait 6 weeks to receive the program (a waitlist control group receiving usual services during the wait).
Participants will:
Complete online questionnaires at the start of the study and again about 6 weeks later (and a follow-up questionnaire later in the study).
Receive a pre-configured Amazon Echo Dot (to keep) and instructions to use Talk Parenting routines at home, including a bedtime routine, a brief calming routine, and a morning routine (enabled after the first 2 weeks).
Read the detailed description
- Study overview and rationale.
This study is a two-arm randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the efficacy, acceptability, and usability of Talk Parenting, a voice-delivered (Alexa-enabled) parenting support program intended to improve families' bedtime and morning routines for children ages 3-5 years. The trial will evaluate whether access to Talk Parenting leads to improvements in routine functioning (bedtime and morning experience), children's sleep/wake habits, parents' engagement in targeted parenting practices, parents' self-efficacy for handling routines and challenging child behavior, and the parent-child relationship, as well as reductions in children's behavior problems and parents' stress.
II. Design.
A total of 184 families (primary parent/caregiver and one child age 3-5 years who presents the most bedtime/morning challenges) will be enrolled and randomized after completing the baseline assessment (T1) to either:
Immediate Talk Parenting (Tx): receive Talk Parenting immediately, or
Waitlist Control (WC): wait 6 weeks to receive Talk Parenting while continuing to receive "care as usual" services through their parenting support agency.
All participating families will be re-assessed (T2) 6 weeks after their baseline T1 assessment. At 6 weeks after T2, the WC group will complete their T3 assessment, and at 3 months after T2, the Tx condition will complete their T3 assessment.
This design supports (1) a between-group efficacy test at 6 weeks post-baseline (Tx vs WC at T2), (2) a test of maintenance of gains in the Tx group from T2 to T3 (approximately 3 months after T2), and (3) an initial replication check of within-subject effects in the WC group after they receive the intervention (T2 to T3).
III. Setting, recruitment, and population.
Families will be recruited through community and early childhood service organizations in Oregon, including Head Start sites, Early Childhood Hubs, Parenting Now, WIC and Healthy Start in Lane County, and other similar parenting agencies. Participating families are expected to have risk factors that qualify them for services at these agencies (e.g., low income, family stress), and children may be at elevated risk for psychosocial/behavioral problems and/or poor school readiness. The study will over-enroll to account for anticipated attrition (planned ~30% attrition at T2 and ~40% at T3; target N at T2 is 128, 64 per group).
IV. Intervention delivery and implementation.
Families randomized to Tx will be provided a pre-configured Amazon Echo Dot and associated hardware, along with instructions to set up and initiate Talk Parenting. Talk Parenting will be enabled in a staged manner to support implementation:
At initiation: Bedtime Routine and Calming Down Mini-Routine enabled
After 2 weeks: Morning Routine enabled
Tx families will have access to Bedtime/Calming routines for 6 weeks and Morning routine for 4 weeks prior to the 6-week assessment (T2). After WC families complete their 6-week assessment (T2), they will receive Talk Parenting using the same staged enablement process. Families keep the Echo Dot after participation.
- Study procedures and assessment schedule.
Parents will complete questionnaires via the Qualtrics online platform at:
T1 (baseline): prior to randomization
T2 (6 weeks after T1): both Tx and WC
T3 (follow-up):
Tx: ~3 months after T2
WC: ~6 weeks after T2 (after receiving Talk Parenting)
VI. Data sources and measurement domains (high level).
Key domains assessed across T1/T2/T3 include:
Parenting practices targeted to bedtime and morning routines
Parenting self-efficacy related to routines and challenging child behaviors
Parent stress
Child sleep problems/behaviors
Child behavioral and emotional adjustment
Parent-child relationship quality
For intervention engagement, Talk Parenting usage will be captured using objective usage metrics from the Alexa back-end database. Satisfaction, acceptability, usability, and problems/difficulties will be assessed at the post-intervention timepoint for each condition (T2 for Tx; T3 for WC). Demographics are collected at baseline (T1).
VII. Feasibility and adoption (implementation-oriented outcomes).
Commercial/implementation feasibility will be assessed via an advisory board and recruitment partners using a practitioner-focused satisfaction/acceptability measure to characterize acceptability for target families, feasibility for parenting education agencies, and interest in adopting Talk Parenting.
- Conditions
- Parenting Practices, Self Efficacy, Stress, Child Behavior, Emotional Adjustment, Sleep Problem
- Being tested
- The Talk Parenting Program
- Keywords
- Feasibility, Satisfaction, Usability, Efficacy
- Medical subject headings
- Child Behavior, Parasomnias, Personal Satisfaction
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
The Talk Parenting ProgramBehavioural
In a 6-week session, families will use at home the Talk Parenting program, a smart speaker app designed to provide parents with in-situ experiential support for building positive family bedtime and morning routines. The Bedtime Routine, Morning Routine, and Calming Down Mini-Routine modules of Talk Parenting will guide families in creating healthy bedtime and morning routines to foster healthy sleep/wake habits, provide experiential practice in self-regulation skills, and promote a positive parent-child relationship.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Talk Parenting Program | Experimental | In a 6-week session, families will use at home the Talk Parenting program, a smart speaker app designed to provide parents with in situ experiential support for building positive family bedtime and morning routines. The Bedtime Routine, Morning Routine, and Calming Down Mini-Routine modules of Talk Parenting will guide families in creating healthy bedtime and morning routines to foster healthy sleep/wake habits, provide experiential practice in self-regulation skills, and promote a positive parent-child relationship. Receives: Behavioral: The Talk Parenting Program |
| Waitlist Control | Other | Families will receive access to the intervention after the T2 assessment (6 weeks after the baseline T1 assessment). Receives: Behavioral: The Talk Parenting Program |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Short-Form Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (SF-CSHQ)
Children's bedtime/sleep problems will be measured with the Short-Form Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (SF-CSHQ), a 23-item version of the widely used CSHQ. Respondents answer on a 5-point scale (1=never; 5=always-7x/week); a mean score will be computed and can range from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating worse outcomes.
Measured: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Child Adjustment & Parent Self-Efficacy Scale (CAPES) : Behavioral Problems Subscale
The Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale (CAPES) measures children's behaviors and emotional adjustment. The Behavior Problems subscale consists of 16 problematic and 8 reverse-coded positive behaviors. Respondents answer on a 4-point scale (0=Not at all; 3=Very much); the summed scores range from 0 to 72, with higher scores indicating worse outcomes.
Measured: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Child Adjustment & Parent Self-Efficacy Scale (CAPES) : Emotional Maladjustment Subscale
The Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale (CAPES) measures children's behaviors and emotional adjustment. The Emotional Maladjustment subscale has 3 items. Respondents answer on a 4-point scale (0=Not at all; 3=Very much); the summed scores range from 0 to 9, with higher scores indicating worse outcomes.
Measured: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Child Adjustment & Parent Self-Efficacy Scale (CAPES) : Parent Self-Efficacy Subscale
The Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale (CAPES) measures children's behaviors and emotional adjustment. The CAPES is also used to measure parents' self-efficacy; parents rate their confidence that they can successfully deal with each of the 19 negative behaviors/emotions on the CAPES. Respondents answer on a 10-point scale (1=Certain I can't do it; 10=Certain I can do it); the summed scores range from 19-190, with higher scores indicating better outcomes.
Measured: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Self-Efficacy for Parenting Tasks Index - Toddler Scale (SEPTI-TS): Discipline Subscale
The Self-Efficacy for Parenting Tasks Index - Toddler Scale - Short Form (SEPTI-TS-SF) is used to measure parents' self-efficacy for discipline- and routines-related parenting tasks. The Discipline subscale is measured with 6 items. Respondents answer on a 6-point scale (1=Disagree strongly; 6=Agree strongly); average scores range from 1 to 6, with higher scores indicating better outcomes.
Measured: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Self-Efficacy for Parenting Tasks Index - Toddler Scale (SEPTI-TS): Routines Subscale
The Self-Efficacy for Parenting Tasks Index - Toddler Scale - Short Form (SEPTI-TS-SF) is used to measure parents' self-efficacy for a discipline- and routines-related parenting tasks. The Routines subscales are measured with 6 items each. Respondents answer on a 6-point scale (1=Disagree strongly; 6=Agree strongly); average scores range from 1 to 6, with higher scores indicating better outcomes.
Measured: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Engagement in Program-Targeted Parenting Practices (PTPP) - Parent's Self Efficacy Scale
Parents' self-efficacy for engaging in the parenting practices targeted by the intervention is measured via the Engagement in Target Activities with Child measure, Parents' Self-Efficacy subscale. Created for this study, these number of items will be determined and will items ask parents to rate how confident they are that they know how to do a series of parenting practices targeted by the program, on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 = Not at all confident; 10 = Highly confident). Average scores range from 1 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater parental self-efficacy (better outcome).
Measured: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Engagement in Program-Targeted Parenting Practices (PTPP) - Frequency Subscale
The frequency of parents' engagement in the parenting practices targeted by the intervention is measured via the Engagement in Target Activities with Child measure, Frequency subscale. Created for this study, the number of items will be determined and will ask parents to report the frequency with which they have engaged in target parenting practices in the past 4 weeks. Parents report their frequency on a 6-point scale (0 = "Never in the past month" to 5 = "Every day in past month:). Averaged scores range from 0 to 5, with higher scores indicating more frequent parental engagement in the target activities (better outcome).
Measured: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Secondary outcomes (3)
Parental Stress Scale
The Parental Stress Scale (PSS) is comprised of 18 items that ask about positive (emotional benefits, personal development) and negative (demands on resources, restrictions) themes of parenthood. Respondents answer on a 5-point Likert "Strongly disagree" to "Strongly agree" scale in terms of their typical relationship with their child. An overall sum score is derived and can range from 18 to 90, with higher scores indicating worse outcomes.
Measured: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Child-Parent Relationship Scale - Short Form: Conflicts Subscale
The Child-Parent Relationship Scale - Short Form (CPRS-SF) is comprised of 14 parent-report items that ask the parent for their assessment of the child-parent relationship, the child's emotional stance toward the parent, and the parent's feelings toward the child.Two subscales are derived: Conflicts and Positive Aspects/Closeness. The Conflicts subscale is measured by 7 items on a 5-point scale (1=Definitely does not apply; 5=Definitely applies); average scores range from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating worse outcomes.
Measured: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Child-Parent Relationship Scale - Short Form: Positive Aspects/Closeness Subscale
The Child-Parent Relationship Scale - Short Form (CPRS-SF) is comprised of 14 parent-report items that ask the parent for their assessment of the child-parent relationship, the child's emotional stance toward the parent, and the parent's feelings toward the child.Two subscales are derived: Conflicts and Positive Aspects/Closeness. The Closeness subscale is measured with 7 items on a 5-point scale (1 = Defintely does not apply; 5 = Defintely apply); average scores range from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating better outcomes.
Measured: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted10 Mar 2026
- Study start1 Nov 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion1 Mar 2028 (estimated)
- Study completion1 Apr 2028 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Parenting PracticesStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 184 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
- Sponsor type
- Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Collaborators
- National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- David R Smith, PhD, Principal investigator, Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07462052
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- HD101190-02
- Other IDs
- 2R44HD101190-02
- Acronym
- TP2
- Status last verified
- Sep 2026
- First submitted
- 3 Mar 2026
- Last updated
- 5 Oct 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 5 Oct 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Utilizing Smart Speaker Technology to Deliver Parenting Education Support to Parents of Young Children
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07462052
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- TP2 / HD101190-02
- Conditions
- Parenting Practices, Self Efficacy, Stress, Child Behavior, Emotional Adjustment, Sleep Problem
- Keywords
- Feasibility, Satisfaction, Usability, Efficacy
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 184 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.Industry (pharma, biotech, devices)
- Collaborators
- National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Study start
- 1 Nov 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- 1 Mar 2028 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 1 Apr 2028 (estimated)
- First posted
- 10 Mar 2026 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether Talk Parenting, a voice-based program delivered through an Amazon Echo Dot (Alexa), can help parents and caregivers of children ages 3-5 years improve challenging bedtime and morning routines. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does using Talk Parenting improve families' bedtime and morning experiences and children's sleep/wake habits?
Does using Talk Parenting improve parents' routine-related parenting practices and confidence, strengthen the parent-child relationship, and reduce children's behavior problems and parents' stress?
Researchers will compare families who receive Talk Parenting right away to families who wait 6 weeks to receive the program (a waitlist control group receiving usual services during the wait).
Participants will:
Complete online questionnaires at the start of the study and again about 6 weeks later (and a follow-up questionnaire later in the study).
Receive a pre-configured Amazon Echo Dot (to keep) and instructions to use Talk Parenting routines at home, including a bedtime routine, a brief calming routine, and a morning routine (enabled after the first 2 weeks).
Detailed description
- Study overview and rationale.
This study is a two-arm randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the efficacy, acceptability, and usability of Talk Parenting, a voice-delivered (Alexa-enabled) parenting support program intended to improve families' bedtime and morning routines for children ages 3-5 years. The trial will evaluate whether access to Talk Parenting leads to improvements in routine functioning (bedtime and morning experience), children's sleep/wake habits, parents' engagement in targeted parenting practices, parents' self-efficacy for handling routines and challenging child behavior, and the parent-child relationship, as well as reductions in children's behavior problems and parents' stress.
II. Design.
A total of 184 families (primary parent/caregiver and one child age 3-5 years who presents the most bedtime/morning challenges) will be enrolled and randomized after completing the baseline assessment (T1) to either:
Immediate Talk Parenting (Tx): receive Talk Parenting immediately, or
Waitlist Control (WC): wait 6 weeks to receive Talk Parenting while continuing to receive "care as usual" services through their parenting support agency.
All participating families will be re-assessed (T2) 6 weeks after their baseline T1 assessment. At 6 weeks after T2, the WC group will complete their T3 assessment, and at 3 months after T2, the Tx condition will complete their T3 assessment.
This design supports (1) a between-group efficacy test at 6 weeks post-baseline (Tx vs WC at T2), (2) a test of maintenance of gains in the Tx group from T2 to T3 (approximately 3 months after T2), and (3) an initial replication check of within-subject effects in the WC group after they receive the intervention (T2 to T3).
III. Setting, recruitment, and population.
Families will be recruited through community and early childhood service organizations in Oregon, including Head Start sites, Early Childhood Hubs, Parenting Now, WIC and Healthy Start in Lane County, and other similar parenting agencies. Participating families are expected to have risk factors that qualify them for services at these agencies (e.g., low income, family stress), and children may be at elevated risk for psychosocial/behavioral problems and/or poor school readiness. The study will over-enroll to account for anticipated attrition (planned ~30% attrition at T2 and ~40% at T3; target N at T2 is 128, 64 per group).
IV. Intervention delivery and implementation.
Families randomized to Tx will be provided a pre-configured Amazon Echo Dot and associated hardware, along with instructions to set up and initiate Talk Parenting. Talk Parenting will be enabled in a staged manner to support implementation:
At initiation: Bedtime Routine and Calming Down Mini-Routine enabled
After 2 weeks: Morning Routine enabled
Tx families will have access to Bedtime/Calming routines for 6 weeks and Morning routine for 4 weeks prior to the 6-week assessment (T2). After WC families complete their 6-week assessment (T2), they will receive Talk Parenting using the same staged enablement process. Families keep the Echo Dot after participation.
- Study procedures and assessment schedule.
Parents will complete questionnaires via the Qualtrics online platform at:
T1 (baseline): prior to randomization
T2 (6 weeks after T1): both Tx and WC
T3 (follow-up):
Tx: ~3 months after T2
WC: ~6 weeks after T2 (after receiving Talk Parenting)
VI. Data sources and measurement domains (high level).
Key domains assessed across T1/T2/T3 include:
Parenting practices targeted to bedtime and morning routines
Parenting self-efficacy related to routines and challenging child behaviors
Parent stress
Child sleep problems/behaviors
Child behavioral and emotional adjustment
Parent-child relationship quality
For intervention engagement, Talk Parenting usage will be captured using objective usage metrics from the Alexa back-end database. Satisfaction, acceptability, usability, and problems/difficulties will be assessed at the post-intervention timepoint for each condition (T2 for Tx; T3 for WC). Demographics are collected at baseline (T1).
VII. Feasibility and adoption (implementation-oriented outcomes).
Commercial/implementation feasibility will be assessed via an advisory board and recruitment partners using a practitioner-focused satisfaction/acceptability measure to characterize acceptability for target families, feasibility for parenting education agencies, and interest in adopting Talk Parenting.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Talk Parenting Program | Experimental | Behavioral: The Talk Parenting ProgramIn a 6-week session, families will use at home the Talk Parenting program, a smart speaker app designed to provide parents with in situ experiential support for building positive family bedtime and morning routines. The Bedtime Routine, Morning Routine, and Calming Down Mini-Routine modules of Talk Parenting will guide families in creating healthy bedtime and morning routines to foster healthy sleep/wake habits, provide experiential practice in self-regulation skills, and promote a positive parent-child relationship. |
| Waitlist Control | Other | Behavioral: The Talk Parenting ProgramFamilies will receive access to the intervention after the T2 assessment (6 weeks after the baseline T1 assessment). |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 3 to 90 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (7 listed)
- Referred by a participating agency
- Child 3-5 years old who lives with the parent at least half time
- The primary parent in the home (typically the mother but not always)
- Speaks English
- Has access to a computer, tablet, or mobile phone at home
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Families of target-age children with a developmental disability severe enough that the child cannot speak or follow simple directions will be excluded
- Families of target-age children whose needs are beyond the scope of Talk Parenting will be excluded
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| The Talk Parenting ProgramIn a 6-week session, families will use at home the Talk Parenting program, a smart speaker app designed to provide parents with in-situ experiential support for building positive family bedtime and morning routines. The Bedtime Routine, Morning Routine, and Calming Down Mini-Routine modules of Talk Parenting will guide families in creating healthy bedtime and morning routines to foster healthy sleep/wake habits, provide experiential practice in self-regulation skills, and promote a positive parent-child relationship. | Behavioural | Talk Parenting Program, Waitlist Control |
Primary outcome
Short-Form Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (SF-CSHQ)
Time frame: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Children's bedtime/sleep problems will be measured with the Short-Form Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (SF-CSHQ), a 23-item version of the widely used CSHQ. Respondents answer on a 5-point scale (1=never; 5=always-7x/week); a mean score will be computed and can range from 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating worse outcomes.
Child Adjustment & Parent Self-Efficacy Scale (CAPES) : Behavioral Problems Subscale
Time frame: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
The Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale (CAPES) measures children's behaviors and emotional adjustment. The Behavior Problems subscale consists of 16 problematic and 8 reverse-coded positive behaviors. Respondents answer on a 4-point scale (0=Not at all; 3=Very much); the summed scores range from 0 to 72, with higher scores indicating worse outcomes.
Child Adjustment & Parent Self-Efficacy Scale (CAPES) : Emotional Maladjustment Subscale
Time frame: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
The Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale (CAPES) measures children's behaviors and emotional adjustment. The Emotional Maladjustment subscale has 3 items. Respondents answer on a 4-point scale (0=Not at all; 3=Very much); the summed scores range from 0 to 9, with higher scores indicating worse outcomes.
Child Adjustment & Parent Self-Efficacy Scale (CAPES) : Parent Self-Efficacy Subscale
Time frame: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
The Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale (CAPES) measures children's behaviors and emotional adjustment. The CAPES is also used to measure parents' self-efficacy; parents rate their confidence that they can successfully deal with each of the 19 negative behaviors/emotions on the CAPES. Respondents answer on a 10-point scale (1=Certain I can't do it; 10=Certain I can do it); the summed scores range from 19-190, with higher scores indicating better outcomes.
Self-Efficacy for Parenting Tasks Index - Toddler Scale (SEPTI-TS): Discipline Subscale
Time frame: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
The Self-Efficacy for Parenting Tasks Index - Toddler Scale - Short Form (SEPTI-TS-SF) is used to measure parents' self-efficacy for discipline- and routines-related parenting tasks. The Discipline subscale is measured with 6 items. Respondents answer on a 6-point scale (1=Disagree strongly; 6=Agree strongly); average scores range from 1 to 6, with higher scores indicating better outcomes.
Self-Efficacy for Parenting Tasks Index - Toddler Scale (SEPTI-TS): Routines Subscale
Time frame: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
The Self-Efficacy for Parenting Tasks Index - Toddler Scale - Short Form (SEPTI-TS-SF) is used to measure parents' self-efficacy for a discipline- and routines-related parenting tasks. The Routines subscales are measured with 6 items each. Respondents answer on a 6-point scale (1=Disagree strongly; 6=Agree strongly); average scores range from 1 to 6, with higher scores indicating better outcomes.
Engagement in Program-Targeted Parenting Practices (PTPP) - Parent's Self Efficacy Scale
Time frame: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Parents' self-efficacy for engaging in the parenting practices targeted by the intervention is measured via the Engagement in Target Activities with Child measure, Parents' Self-Efficacy subscale. Created for this study, these number of items will be determined and will items ask parents to rate how confident they are that they know how to do a series of parenting practices targeted by the program, on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 = Not at all confident; 10 = Highly confident). Average scores range from 1 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater parental self-efficacy (better outcome).
Engagement in Program-Targeted Parenting Practices (PTPP) - Frequency Subscale
Time frame: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
The frequency of parents' engagement in the parenting practices targeted by the intervention is measured via the Engagement in Target Activities with Child measure, Frequency subscale. Created for this study, the number of items will be determined and will ask parents to report the frequency with which they have engaged in target parenting practices in the past 4 weeks. Parents report their frequency on a 6-point scale (0 = "Never in the past month" to 5 = "Every day in past month:). Averaged scores range from 0 to 5, with higher scores indicating more frequent parental engagement in the target activities (better outcome).
3 secondary outcomes
Parental Stress Scale
Time frame: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Child-Parent Relationship Scale - Short Form: Conflicts Subscale
Time frame: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Child-Parent Relationship Scale - Short Form: Positive Aspects/Closeness Subscale
Time frame: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 5 Oct 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
David R Smith, PhD principal investigator
Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing The Talk Parenting Program in people with Parenting Practices and Self Efficacy, run by Oregon Research Behavioral Intervention Strategies, Inc. at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 7 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Oct 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact David R Smith, PhD (541-484-2123, david.smith@influentsin.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Short-Form Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (SF-CSHQ) (time frame: T1 (baseline), T2 (6 weeks after T1), T3 (3 months after T2 for Experimental, 6 weeks after T2 for Waitlist)). The study lists 8 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 5 Oct 2026.