Recruiting

BBFW

Sponsor:

York University

Code:

NCT07351630

Conditions

Parenting Skills

Family Well-being

Family Cohesion

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Building Blocks for Family Well-being

Study Details

Brief summary:

Background. Understanding emotions, stress, and conflicts within the family context is critical for promoting positive change. However, most support services for families often address child development, parenting, couple relationships separately without considering these as interacting systems that contributes to overall family well-being. This project is to evaluate an existing clinical service in York University Psychology Clinic (YUPC), "Building Blocks for Child and Family Well-being" (BBFW), which provides an integrated understanding of the family context, and equips caregivers with tools to help families connect, problem-solve, cope with stress, and thrive. BBFW is a brief virtual program that promotes experiential learning, provides individually tailored strategies, and builds a community of support for caregivers. The current study aims to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of the BBFW program within the York University Psychology Clinic (YUPC), with four objectives:

1. Evaluating the feasibility of implementing the BBWF program into YUPC clinical services, represented by enrolment rates, sample characteristics, retention (i.e., number of sessions attended, % dropout), adherence (i.e., completing in- and out-of-session activities), as well as the acceptability of the program among participants.
2. Examining sample and clinical characteristics of those attending the BBFW service
3. Exploring the effectiveness of the BBFW program through changes in family functioning and meta-emotion philosophy from pre- to post-intervention, as well as changes at 1- and 3-month follow-ups.
4. Evaluating and refining the program quality using participant quantitative and qualitative feedback.

The BBFW program is based on the best evidence from developmental, family, and relationship science. It aims to support family mental health and well-being through a holistic and sustainable approach, viewing the family as a set of multiple, interdependent systems. This program provides a brief, cost-effective, and accessible alternative with the potential to reduce the burden on traditional mental health and support services for Canadian families.

Conditions

Parenting Skills

Family Well-being

Family Cohesion

Study ID

NCT07351630

Start date

Oct 20, 2025

Status verified date

Jan, 2026

Completion date

Nov 30, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Nov 30, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Caregivers aged 18 years or older participating in the BBFW program at York Univeristy's Psychology Clinic in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Caregivers with children 18 years old or under are eligible to participate in the BBFW program.
  • Caregivers must be residing in Ontario at the time of their service.
  • Caregivers must also have access to a digital device with a screen (e.g., phone, tablet, computer) that can be used for virtual services.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Caregivers who do not consent to participate in research.
  • Caregivers whose children are older than 18 years old.

Study Design

Enrollment

32 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Experimental: Parent Skills Group Program

Caregivers who take part in a 6-week group program on parenting skills

Interventions

Building Blocks for Family Well-being

BBFW is a 6-week brief virtual program that promotes experiential learning, provides individually tailored strategies, and builds a community of support for caregivers. The program provides an integrated understanding of the family context, and equips caregivers with tools to help families connect, problem-solve, cope with stress, and thrive. The following topics are covered over 6 weeks: Introduction to the model; Getting to Know Your Family Members (e.g., temperament); Supporting Child Emotions; Promoting Positive Behaviours; Limit-Setting and Sibling Dynamics; Parenting Teams and Wrap-Up.

Primary outcome measure

  • Participants Enrolled Per month [ Time Frame: Week 0 ]
  • Geographic Reach [ Time Frame: Week 0 ]
  • Retention [ Time Frame: Week 0 to Week 18 ]
  • Adherence [ Time Frame: Week 1 to Week 6 ]
  • Adherence [ Time Frame: Week 6 ]
  • Child Age Groups [ Time Frame: Week 0 ]
  • Primary Presenting Concern [ Time Frame: Week 0 ]
  • Family Clinical Characteristics [ Time Frame: Week 2 ]
  • Family Clinical Characteristics [ Time Frame: Week 1 ]
  • Client Satisfaction [ Time Frame: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6 ]
  • Client Acceptability [ Time Frame: Week 6 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Heather Prime, PhD

416-736-5117hprime@yorku.ca

Truong Phuong Anh Nguyen, BA

647-892-5519anhtpng@yorku.ca

Locations

York University Psychology Clinic

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Contacts

Jessica Westcott

(416) 650-8488schroede@yorku.ca

More Information

Sponsor

York University

Last update posted

Jan 20, 2026

Last verified

Jan, 2026

Keywords

  • Program Evaluation
  • Family Systems
  • Feasibility Study
  • Parenting Intervention
  • Caregivers
  • Parents

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by York University on 2026-01-20.