Teachers and Parents as Partners During Middle School RCT

NCT03614026 | Completed DMC

• 5 other identifiers: 2018-0165A173000EDUC/EDUC PSYCHOLOGYR324B160043Protocol Version 7/29/2020
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 96
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

There are two aims of this study (a) to examine the effect of Teachers and Parents as Partners on student, parent, and teacher outcomes in middle school and (b) identify barriers and facilitators to implementing Teachers and Parents as Partners in middle school for students with behavior concerns.

Conditions

Behavior Disorders

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Behavior Assessment Scale for Children (assessing change)

  Report of child behavior

  pretest and about 12 weeks later at posttest

• Social Skills Improvement System (assessing change)

  Report of child social skills

  pretest and about 12 weeks later at posttest

• Direct behavior rating (assessing change)

  Ratings of child behavior

  Time series during the approx 12 week intervention

• Goal attainment scaling (through study completion)

  Ratings of goals met

  At the conclusion of the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Academic Competence Evaluation (assessing change)

  pretest and about 12 weeks later at posttest

• Parent-teacher relationship scale (assessing change)

  pretest and about 12 weeks later at posttest

• Competence in problem solving (assessing change)

  pretest and about 12 weeks later at posttest

• Parent monitoring scale (assessing change)

  pretest and about 12 weeks later at posttest

• Behavior intervention rating scale-revised (through study completion)

  At the conclusion of the intervention

Study Arms (2)

Teachers and Parents as Partners Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Teachers and Parents as Partners will occur in a series of stages comprised of approximately four structured meetings over approximately 8 weeks. A Teachers and Parents as Partners consultant will meet together with a student's parent(s), teachers, other school personnel (as appropriate), and the student (as appropriate). The Teachers and Parents as Partners team will collaboratively address behavior problem solving objectives. Specific objectives include: identifying strengths and specific behaviors of concern, specifying alternative prosocial behaviors, creating measurable behavior goals, co-constructing behavior intervention/support plans to address the target concerns, creating sustainable conditions to support plan implementation at home and school, and evaluating the plan to assess progress toward goals.

Behavioral: Teachers and Parents as Partners

Business as usual control

NO INTERVENTION

In the business-as-usual control condition, participants will have access to any services that a school would routinely provide (e.g., develop and implement a behavior support plan) as well as services families can access in the community (e.g., mental health support).

Interventions

Teachers and Parents as Partners BEHAVIORAL

Family-school partnership intervention

Teachers and Parents as Partners Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Students will be eligible if they have scores in the "elevated" or "extremely elevated" risk categories on the parent or teacher version of the Behavior Assessment Scale for Children (BASC) 3 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS). Parents, and primary teachers and school staff associated with an eligible student will be included.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Wisconsin, Madison: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Intervention condition and business-as-usual control condition

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 22, 2018
• First Posted: August 3, 2018
• Study Start: September 30, 2018
• Primary Completion: June 15, 2023
• Study Completion: June 15, 2023
• Last Updated: September 18, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-09

Locations

US (1)