The R-CITY Project: A Collaborative Intervention With Teachers and Youth

NCT05585918 | Active Not Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: SBS2232
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 145
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

"R-CITY" refers to the Collaborative Intervention with Teachers and Youth to practice and apply the 4 "Rs" of social skills in the classroom - Recognizing, Responding, Relationships, and Resilience. R-CITY is a collaborative teacher- and youth-focused prevention intervention that offers student lessons to accompany the Second Step curriculum. The lessons are designed to create safe and positive learning environments for all. The R-CITY Project uses a school-level randomized controlled trial (RCT) design to test the integration of the Second Step program that the school district had been scaling up district wide with the R-CITY lessons. The purpose of the RCT is to determine the "value-added" of the Second Step program plus the new skill content compared to the Second Step alone in elementary and middle schools. Students in both conditions get access to the Second Step content, as an active control condition.

Conditions

Violence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• ASSIST Classroom Observations

  The ASSIST is a direct observational measure that assesses the classroom interactions between students and teachers. Observation cycles are 15 minutes and scales include tallied counts of teacher and student behaviors, as well as global ratings of interactions based on a Likert-style scale.

  Post-intervention, within one month following the completion of the intervention.

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• R-CITY Teacher Self-Report Survey

  Post-intervention, within one month following the completion of the intervention.

• Suspensions

  Post-intervention, within one month following the completion of the intervention.

Study Arms (2)

Second Step Only

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Second Step Only Condition supports include: * School wide support for implementation of Second Step curriculum (e.g., technical assistance professional development, facilitated professional learning communities) * Support to Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) and Multi Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) with alignment of initiatives * Individualized technical assistance with Second Step program implementation

Behavioral: Second Step Only

Second Step + R-CITY

EXPERIMENTAL

Second Step + R-CITY supports include supports from the Second Step Only condition plus: * Training and implementation support for teachers to deliver 6 student lessons tailored to each grade level (4th and 5th for elementary schools; 6th - 8th for middle schools) and aligned with Second Step core content * Five 45-minute school-wide Professional Development (PD) sessions to complement the school district's PD * Individualized teacher coaching to support implementing teacher practices and classroom lessons

Behavioral: Second Step + R-CITY

Interventions

Second Step + R-CITY BEHAVIORAL

For the Second Step + R-CITY (experimental) condition schools, activities include those in the Second Step Only condition, as well as student lessons designed by the project team, as well as training and individualized support for implementing classroom lessons, five 45-minute professional development sessions, and one-on-one coaching to support teacher practices and the implementation of the 6 classroom lessons.

Also known as: R-CITY Intervention

Second Step + R-CITY

Second Step Only BEHAVIORAL

For the Second Step Only (active comparator) condition schools, activities involve school-wide technical assistance and implementation support for the Second Step program implementation, as well as individualized technical assistance for the Second Step program. In the year following participation, Second Step Only condition schools are offered access to and training and technical support for the classroom lessons.

Second Step Only

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• \- General education teachers of core subjects (Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, English/Language Arts).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Virginia: lead
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: collaborator
• Sheppard Pratt Health System: collaborator
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Shepard Pratt Health System

Towson, Maryland, 21204, United States

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor; Senior Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development

Model Details: School-level randomization of teachers to arm.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 7, 2022
• First Posted: October 19, 2022
• Study Start: September 15, 2021
• Primary Completion: June 16, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): November 30, 2026
• Last Updated: January 12, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)