Students With Involved Families and Teachers

NCT05890456 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: R324A190122
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 320
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

PURPOSE: In the proposed project, the investigators seek to examine whether the SWIFT Program might be efficacious to improve students' prosocial skills and emotion and behavior regulation and improve home-school communication and the use of positive parenting practices for families. The investigators will also test whether the SWIFT program might be efficacious to improve students' longer-term school adjustment and parents' involvement in school. SETTING: Study activities will take place in ten school districts in Lane County, OR. The districts have approximately 10,000 middle school students (Grades 6-8), and approximately 60% of students are eligible for free and reduced price lunch. Some participating districts participated in the IES-funded Goal 2 study to develop the SWIFT Program. POPULATION: 320 students in Grades 6-8 who are receiving special education services for emotional or behavioral disorders, and transitioning or at risk of transitioning between school settings and placements will be recruited. Parents and content area teachers of all participating students will be recruited to complete assessment measures. It is expected that up to 15% of the children in the study will be of Latino ethnicity and approximately 60% will be European-American and 10-20% will be of other or multiple ethnicities. INTERVENTION: The SWIFT Program is a 9-12 month intervention that includes four components: (a) behavioral progress monitoring, (b) case management of the intervention elements and coordination with the school, (c) parent support to promote parent engagement/collaboration with the school and study routines in the home, and (d) behavioral skills coaching for students. SERVICES AS USUAL (SAU) CONTROL CONDITION: The SAU students and families will continue to receive any services that they were receiving prior to their entry into the study (as will the SWIFT students and families). These may include school-based interventions and supports and related services as required in the student's IEP.

Conditions

Emotional Regulation; Adolescent Behavior; Parenting

Keywords

Positive Parenting; Behavior Regulation; Academic Success

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Mean Changes in Youth Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes from Baseline to 6 Months Post-Baseline

  Emotion regulation skills measured by the Emotion Regulation Checklist. Measured at Baseline and 6 months post-Baseline.

  Baseline to 6 Months Post-Baseline

• Mean Changes in Youth Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes from Baseline to 6 Months Post-Baseline

  Psychopathological behaviors measured by the Child Behavior Checklist. Measured at Baseline and 6 months post-Baseline.

  Baseline to 6 Months Post-Baseline

• Mean Changes in Youth Academic Outcomes from Baseline to 6 Months Post-Baseline

  Academic outcomes measured by youth grades. Measured at Baseline and 6 months post-Baseline.

  Baseline to 6 Months Post-Baseline

• Mean Changes in Youth Academic Outcomes from Baseline to 6 Months Post-Baseline

  Academic outcomes measured by EasyCBM score. Measured at Baseline and 6 months post-Baseline.

  Baseline to 6 Months Post-Baseline

• Mean Changes in Parenting Outcomes from Baseline to 6 Months Post-Baseline

  Parenting outcomes measured by the Parenting Practices Questionnaire. Measured at Baseline and 6 months post-Baseline.

  Baseline to 6 Months Post-Baseline

Secondary Outcomes (13)

• Stability in School Placement from Baseline to 6 Months

  Baseline to 6 Months Post-Baseline

• Mean Changes in Youth Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes from Baseline to 12 Months

  Baseline to 12 Months Post-Baseline

• Mean Changes in Youth Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes from Baseline to 12 Months

  Baseline to 12 Months Post-Baseline

• Mean Changes in Youth Academic Outcomes from Baseline to 12 Months Post-Baseline

  Baseline to 12 Months Post-Baseline

• Mean Changes in Youth Academic Outcomes from Baseline to 12 Months Post-Baseline

  Baseline to 12 Months Post-Baseline

Study Arms (2)

Treatment Arm

EXPERIMENTAL

The SWIFT Program is a 9-12 month intervention that includes four components: (a) behavioral progress monitoring, (b) clinical supervision of the intervention elements and coordination with the school, (c) parent support to promote parent engagement/collaboration with the school and study routines in the home, and (d) behavioral skills coaching for students. SWIFT students will continue to receive any school-based services that were receiving prior to entering the study.

Behavioral: Students with Involved Families and Teacher Program

Services As Usual Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The SAU students and families will continue to receive any services that they were receiving prior to their entry into the study. These may include school-based interventions and supports and related services as required in the student's Individualized Education Program.

Behavioral: Services As Usual

Interventions

Students with Involved Families and Teacher Program BEHAVIORAL

The SWIFT Program is a 9-12 month intervention that includes four components: (a) behavioral progress monitoring, (b) clinical supervision of the intervention elements and coordination with the school, (c) parent support to promote parent engagement/collaboration with the school and study routines in the home, and (d) behavioral skills coaching for students.

Also known as: SWIFT

Treatment Arm

Services As Usual BEHAVIORAL

The SAU students and families will continue to receive any services that they were receiving prior to their entry into the study. These may include school-based interventions and supports and related services as required in the student's Individualized Education Program.

Also known as: SAU

Services As Usual Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years - 16 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Students in grades 5 through 8
• In school districts in the the Lane Education Service District
• Eligible for or at risk of eligibility for special education services for emotional or behavior disorders
• Transitioning or at risk of transitioning between school settings or placements
• English or Spanish speaking

You may not qualify if:

• Students receiving intensive family and school support services from local community mental health agencies
• Students with a hearing or vision impairment that would limit participation in the program components or the assessment protocol.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Oregon Social Learning Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Oregon Social Learning Center

Eugene, Oregon, 97401, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Emotional Regulation; Adolescent Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Self-Control; Social Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Rohanna Buchanan, PhD

  Oregon Social Learning Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Abby Murphy

CONTACT

541-485-2711; abbym@oslc.org

Courtenay Padgett

CONTACT

541-485-2711; courtp@oslc.org

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Scientist

Model Details: Students and their families will be randomly assigned to the SWIFT Program or SAU conditions. A blocked design will be used where randomization will occur at the individual level within each school once a family has agreed to study participation. This way variation between schools (blocks) will not affect the standard errors of treatment effect estimates. Key outcomes will be tested at Time 1 (T1, baseline), Time 2 (T2, 6 months post-baseline), Time 3 (T3, 12 months post-baseline), and Time 4 (T4, 18 months post-baseline).

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 22, 2023
• First Posted: June 6, 2023
• Study Start: December 22, 2021
• Primary Completion: January 31, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026
• Last Updated: June 6, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

US (1)