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

NCT06047041 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 21350

Last updated 2025-06-19

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Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Mental Health Issue

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

EIS Only

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.

BEHAVIORAL

EIS + ECHO

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of South Carolina

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Missouri-Columbia

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Virginia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michael D Lyons, Ph.D. · University of Virginia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-08-31
Primary Completion
2026-07-01
Completion
2026-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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