Remote Training in Rural Schools

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

26 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-09-30

Study Completion Date

2025-07-01

Brief Summary

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Rural areas have fewer, and less well trained, health care providers than non-rural areas. Schools have become more involved in the delivery of mental health services and hold great potential for increasing access to children and adolescents. Innovations in training and service delivery are needed to improve mental health care quality and availability in rural schools. Evidence-based practices (EBPs) can be incorporated into school-wide multi-tiered systems that are currently used to improve school climate and safety. School-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), a service-delivery strategy based on the public health model is one example. Investigators will use an iterative process (Rapid Prototyping) to develop and evaluate the appropriateness, feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a remote training strategy that provides resources to support use of Tier 2 EBPs and effective support for care coordination practices in rural schools.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Behavior Disorders

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Stakeholder Input

Behavioral health staff (BHS) will be asked to complete two semi-structured qualitative interviews and a set of surveys. The first interview will be about perceived barriers and facilitators on utilizing a remote training platform. The second interview will cover perceived feasibility and acceptability of the proposed training, consultation, and the implementation of evidence-based practices. The surveys will ask about the perceived acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of the remote training platform.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Asynchronous Training Development

Mental health trainers with expertise in the treatment of externalizing and internalizing behavior disorders will video-record the training modules and produce them using lecture capture technology (i.e., showing speaker and Power Point slides on a split screen). Each training module will be approximately 45 minutes long.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Initial Mini-Tiral

BHS will be given a procedures manual with instructions on how to access the video-recorded training modules on-demand. All participants will take part in this mini-trial. Immediately after BHS watch the videos, they will be asked to complete three brief surveys regarding the appropriateness, feasibility and acceptability of each training module and provide comments about each.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Coping Power Program (CPP)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

CPP is an evidence-based intervention designed for students with externalizing behavior disorder. CPP consists of twelve 45-minute sessions. This EBP has been found to be effective at reducing aggressive behavior, covert delinquent behavior and substance abuse among aggressive boys, with gains maintained at one-year follow-up. Growth curve analyses showed that CPP had linear effects for three years after intervention on reductions in aggressive behavior and academic behavior problems.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for Anxiety Treatment in Schools (CATS)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

CATS is an adaptation of Friends for Life (FRIENDS). The adapted protocol retains the core elements of evidence-based CBT for anxiety and the FRIENDS group format. Investigators implemented planned adaptations to the protocol based on collective experience. Changes were made to the language, cultural methods, number of sessions, and activities while maintaining the 5 essential components of the treatment. This resulted in a briefer (8-session) and more feasible, engaging and culturally appropriate protocol for urban under-resourced schools than the original FRIENDS.

Check-in/Check-out (CI/CO)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

CI/CO is a targeted, Tier 2 intervention for students at risk of developing externalizing and internalizing mental health disorders. CI/CO is designed to provide immediate feedback (i.e., at the end of each class period) to students, based on the use of a daily report card. This feedback is developmentally sensitive. CI/CO implementers meet individually with students for a brief 'check-in' in the morning and a brief 'check-out' in the afternoon. Research on the use of CI/CO has shown it to be effective in reducing externalizing and internalizing problems with elementary school students. CI/CO will be offered to individual students for a three-month period of time, which is the same time-frame needed for the implementation of CPP.

Interventions

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Coping Power Program (CPP)

CPP is an evidence-based intervention designed for students with externalizing behavior disorder. CPP consists of twelve 45-minute sessions. This EBP has been found to be effective at reducing aggressive behavior, covert delinquent behavior and substance abuse among aggressive boys, with gains maintained at one-year follow-up. Growth curve analyses showed that CPP had linear effects for three years after intervention on reductions in aggressive behavior and academic behavior problems.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for Anxiety Treatment in Schools (CATS)

CATS is an adaptation of Friends for Life (FRIENDS). The adapted protocol retains the core elements of evidence-based CBT for anxiety and the FRIENDS group format. Investigators implemented planned adaptations to the protocol based on collective experience. Changes were made to the language, cultural methods, number of sessions, and activities while maintaining the 5 essential components of the treatment. This resulted in a briefer (8-session) and more feasible, engaging and culturally appropriate protocol for urban under-resourced schools than the original FRIENDS.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Check-in/Check-out (CI/CO)

CI/CO is a targeted, Tier 2 intervention for students at risk of developing externalizing and internalizing mental health disorders. CI/CO is designed to provide immediate feedback (i.e., at the end of each class period) to students, based on the use of a daily report card. This feedback is developmentally sensitive. CI/CO implementers meet individually with students for a brief 'check-in' in the morning and a brief 'check-out' in the afternoon. Research on the use of CI/CO has shown it to be effective in reducing externalizing and internalizing problems with elementary school students. CI/CO will be offered to individual students for a three-month period of time, which is the same time-frame needed for the implementation of CPP.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Any BHS (e.g., school counselor, school social worker or teacher who is under employment from a school district) based at a school implementing PBIS and who may be nominated by the principal as a potential participant is eligible to be included in the study. Additionally, the research staff will reach out to school behavioral health staff concurrently with the school principal. BHS staff will provide consent to participate.