Empowering Youth With School Discipline Referrals as Peer Coaches

Conditions

• Disruptive Behavior

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

10 Years - 15 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Peer Coach Training (PCT) — BEHAVIORAL
  Six to seven session strengths-based behavioral intervention focusing on skills development and help-giving practices
• Delayed control — BEHAVIORAL
  Services offered by middle schools for students according to their standard practice of care. These youth will then receive PCT after completion of follow-up assessments.

Study Details

The study will examine the effects of Peer Coach Training (PCT), a strengths-based behavioral intervention for discipline-referred middle-school youth who might benefit when trained to act as change agents for their peers. Successful completion of this study will provide support for implementing PCT in school communities to empower youth in prosocial peer engagement.

Key Dates

Start date

Mar 24, 2026

Status verified

Mar 2026

Primary completion

Dec 31, 2027

Completion

Jun 30, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment

150 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Arms

• Experimental: Peer Coach Training (PCT)
  Discipline-referred middle-school youth in schools randomized to the experimental arm will be offered immediate PCT delivered by trained research team members
• Active Comparator: Delayed control
  Discipline-referred middle-school youth in schools randomized to the delayed control will be provided behavioral services according to their middle school's standard practice of care. These youth will receive PCT after completion of follow-up assessments.

Primary Outcome Measure

Behavioral Problem Checklist [ Time Frame: Baseline assessment, 3 months after baseline assessment, 8 months after baseline assessment ]

Central Contacts

• Stanley J Huey, Ph.D.
  213-740-2033
  [email protected]
• Janus Wong, B.A.
  213-740-2203
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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