ezParent: online plus coach support to strengthen parenting for families with young children
Official title: Hybrid Delivery to Increase Access and Sustainability: Evaluating ezParent Implementation
Funded at Klein Buendel, INC. · NIH-11380456 · Data updated 2026-11-12
An online parenting program with added coach support to help parents of young children build positive parenting skills and address child behavior concerns.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Klein Buendel, INC. NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Lakewood, UNITED STATES) |
| Project start | September 17, 2024 |
| Project end | August 31, 2028 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $736,654 |
| NIH project number | 4R42HD116627-02 |
| Project ID | NIH-11380456 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Parents or caregivers of young children (especially ages 0–5) connected to Head Start or Early Head Start programs who want support with positive parenting and child behavior.
✕Less likely to help
Families without reliable internet access or children who require specialized clinical services for severe developmental or psychiatric conditions may not benefit from this program.
What this research studies
This project adapts an evidence-based parenting program into ezParent, a web-based course combined with human support. The team will refine an implementation bundle that includes the parent-facing website, asynchronous training for local facilitators, and a dashboard to track family engagement. They will partner with Head Start and Early Head Start centers serving low-income families to test the hybrid delivery in real-world settings. Parents would complete lessons online at home and receive extra support from trained facilitators connected through their community program.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, families could get easier, more sustainable access to proven parenting guidance that may reduce child behavior problems and promote healthy development.
How similar studies have gone: The ezParent program is based on the evidence-based Chicago Parent Program and prior work suggests web programs work better when combined with human support.
Where this research is happening
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Klein Buendel, INC.
Lakewood, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Breitenstein, Susan M — Klein Buendel, INC.
- Study coordinator: Breitenstein, Susan M
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.