Impact Trial of Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence

NCT ID: NCT06586723

Last Updated: 2025-03-30

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

400 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-04-01

Study Completion Date

2028-08-31

Brief Summary

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Social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) problems occur frequently among elementary school students, dramatically impede student outcomes, and have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence based practices exist to address student SEB needs, prevent problems, and ensure academic success. However, the implementation of these programs in schools is frequently incomplete, uneven, and occurs with insufficient fidelity to ensure positive effects for students due to significant implementation barriers across multiple levels. The purpose of this Impact Trial is to test the effectiveness of the Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) implementation strategy in school-wide implementation of a Tier 1 evidence-based practice (EBP) - Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Child Development Child Behavior

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

All schools that participate in the study will receive PBIS. Additionally, half of the schools will be randomized to receive HELM, an additional implementation support intervention.
Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors
PBIS coaches will be masked to HELM randomization

Study Groups

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PBIS

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based, multi-tiered, problem-solving, and team-based framework designed to build a continuum of supports to promote all students' social emotional behavioral health.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

PBIS

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based, multi-tiered, problem-solving, and team-based framework designed to build a continuum of supports to promote all students' social emotional behavioral health.

HELM

Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) is an implementation strategy for promoting building-level implementation leadership, implementation climate, and high-fidelity delivery of evidence-based practices

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

PBIS

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based, multi-tiered, problem-solving, and team-based framework designed to build a continuum of supports to promote all students' social emotional behavioral health.

HELM

Intervention Type OTHER

Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) is an implementation strategy for promoting building-level implementation leadership, implementation climate, and high-fidelity delivery of evidence-based practices

Interventions

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PBIS

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based, multi-tiered, problem-solving, and team-based framework designed to build a continuum of supports to promote all students' social emotional behavioral health.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

HELM

Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) is an implementation strategy for promoting building-level implementation leadership, implementation climate, and high-fidelity delivery of evidence-based practices

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* School Districts: School districts in Washington State committed to implementing PBIS in its elementary schools
* Educators: Educators working in a public elementary school within an enrolled school district.

Exclusion Criteria

* Schools with previous HELM exposure will be excluded
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Washington

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jill Locke

Associate Professor: School of Medicine, Psychiatry

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jill Locke, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Washington

Aaron Lyon, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Washington

Locations

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University of Washington

Seattle, Washington, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Jill Locke, PhD

Role: CONTACT

206-616-6703

Marissa Thirion

Role: CONTACT

Facility Contacts

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Jill Locke, PhD

Role: primary

206-616-6703

References

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Locke J, Williams NJ, Sridhar A, Ehrhart MG, Dopp A, Thirion M, Espeland C, Riddle B, Schmitz K, Hatch K, Buehler L, Lyon AR. Study protocol for testing the efficacy of the Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) implementation strategy in elementary schools: a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation randomized controlled trial. Implement Sci. 2025 Apr 24;20(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s13012-025-01429-4.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40275358 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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STUDY00020559

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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