Implementation Supports for Improving Identification and Delivery of School-based Mental Health Supports for Middle Schools Students

Part of paid clinical trials in Columbia, Missouri.

Sponsor
University of Virginia
Study ID
NCT06047041
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Mental Health Issue

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
10 Years - 99 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • EIS Only — BEHAVIORAL
    The EIS Only Condition includes middle schools who have elected to implement the EIS. The EIS: * Is an online tool to that enables schools to identify students in need of additional mental or behavioral health support and provides recommendations for evidence-based practices. * Asks teachers and students to report on 7 areas of student social-emotional functioning * Facilitates schools' understanding of social-emotional student needs and recommended evidence-based practices at a variety of levels (e.g., school-, grade-, and individual-level). EIS Only Condition supports include: * Technical assistance professional development sessions to support the implementation of EIS and schoolwide practices related to identifying and supporting student mental health needs. * Individualized technical assistance for schools to support EIS implementation.
  • EIS + ECHO — BEHAVIORAL
    EIS + ECHO supports include supports from the EIS Only condition plus: * Monthly ECHO sessions for student support teams (SSTs; e.g., interdisciplinary groups of staff tasked to support student mental health). The ECHO experience involves: * Didactic training to support EIS implementation and effective identification and support of student mental and behavioral health needs. * Case-based learning and collaborative problem-solving related to EIS implementation and effective identification and support of student mental and behavioral health needs. * Collaboration with colleagues in schools that are also implementing the EIS. * Opportunities to consult with university faculty and content experts in school mental health. * Individualized SST coaching supports to facilitate the implementation of mental and behavioral health practices and strategies discussed during ECHO sessions.

Study Details

This study will assess how different types of training and support influence the way that school staff understand, and respond to, the mental and behavioral health needs of middle school students. Researchers will work with middle schools using a developed screening system (called the Early Identification System; EIS) and compare how staff and student outcomes change when schools receive two different types of training and support: 1) standard onboarding/training versus 2) participating in professional learning communities and coaching.

Key Dates

Start date
Aug 31, 2023
Status verified
Mar 2025
Primary completion
Jul 1, 2026
Completion
Jul 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
21,350 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Active Comparator: EIS Only
    EIS Only (active comparator) condition schools involve technical assistance to support the implementation EIS.
  • Experimental: EIS + ECHO
    EIS + ECHO (experimental) condition involves all of the activities included in the "EIS Only" condition and will include enhanced implementation supports. Enhanced implementation supports involve 1) monthly collaborative learning ECHO sessions for school student support team staff to support implementation of EIS and evidence-based mental and behavioral health practices and 2) individual school teams will also receive follow-up supports to promote the implementation strategies presented during ECHO sessions.

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in youth mental health measured by the Early identification System [ Time Frame: 2 time points (over 9 months) ]

Central Contacts

Locations (3)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of MissouriColumbiaMissouri65211
Keith C Herman, Ph.D.
[email protected]
573-884-2419
University of South CarolinaColumbiaSouth Carolina29208
Samuel D. McQuillin, Ph.D.
[email protected]
803-777-6725
University of VirginiaCharlottesvilleVirginia22904
Michael D Lyons, Ph.D.
[email protected]
434-924-0790

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