START (Supporting Toddlers with a connection to autism or ADHD to develop strong Attention, Regulation and Thinking skills)

START is a free 12-week programme to support toddlers with a family connection to autism or ADHD to develop strong attention, regulation and thinking skills. We are recruiting families with children born between February and October 2022 to take part in a trial of START. 

Taking part in the trial involves:

• completing questionnaires about you and your child. You can choose to complete these online, on paper versions that we post to you, or over the phone. To thank you for your time we will send you a £10 online shopping voucher after each set is completed (£30 in total).
• two face-to-face visits, in which researchers will play with your child to collect information about their strengths and difficulties. You can choose for these visits to take place in your home, or at the Oxford BabyLab. We will provide your child with a small gift to thank them for their time. If you need to travel we will reimburse the cost.
• possibly taking part in a 12-week programme with your child which aims to help toddlers to develop strong attention, regulation and thinking skills. Half of the families taking part in the study will be offered the programme (for free), the other half will not (but can continue to access other services as usual). The programme will be assigned at random. The programme involves 12 parent-and-toddler sessions, one each week. Each session lasts an hour. The sessions are held in a child-friendly venue in central Oxford and we will cover the cost of your travel expenses.

 Spaces are limited and registration is essential.  Please email start@psy.ox.ac.uk to find out more or visit https://www.startproject.info.