Population and participants
CLC
Our CUIMC group partnered with CLC to embed MCEP into CLC’s program; this study was conducted as a part of NCT03908268 (ClinicalTrials.gov; registered April, 9, 2019; retrospectively registered; Mothers and their children aged two to four-and-a-half were eligible for this study. Participants were randomized (1:1) to either the MCEP plus Standard Care (SC) or the SC group from December 2018 through December 2019. MCEP mothers were given 16 weeks to complete eight two-hour sessions of MCEP at three CLC sites. MCEP sessions consisted of nurture specialists facilitating reciprocal calming interactions between mothers and their children.