Teachers and Parents as Partners During Middle School RCT

Behavior Disorders Clinical Trial

Official title:

Randomized Controlled Trial of Teachers and Parents as Partners During Middle School

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03614026
• Other study ID #: 2018-0165
• Secondary ID: A173000EDUC/EDUC
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 30, 2018
• Est. completion date: June 15, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: September 2023
• Source: University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Description:

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). 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 TAPP 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 96
• Est. completion date: June 15, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: June 15, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 10 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 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.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Students who do not meet the inclusion criteria will be excluded from participation, which includes their parent(s), teachers, and other school personnel. Students also may not be eligible if they have mental health concerns or severe behavior problems that may not be appropriate for Teachers and Parents as Partners or a research project (e.g., some internalizing problems, students who pose an risk of harming themselves).

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Behavior Disorders
• Mental Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Teachers and Parents as Partners
Family-school partnership intervention

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Madison	Wisconsin

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Behavior Assessment Scale for Children (assessing change)	Report of child behavior	pretest and about 12 weeks later at posttest
Primary	Social Skills Improvement System (assessing change)	Report of child social skills	pretest and about 12 weeks later at posttest
Primary	Direct behavior rating (assessing change)	Ratings of child behavior	Time series during the approx 12 week intervention
Primary	Goal attainment scaling (through study completion)	Ratings of goals met	At the conclusion of the intervention
Secondary	Academic Competence Evaluation (assessing change)	Reports of child academic competence	pretest and about 12 weeks later at posttest
Secondary	Parent-teacher relationship scale (assessing change)	Ratings of the parent-teacher relationship	pretest and about 12 weeks later at posttest
Secondary	Competence in problem solving (assessing change)	Parent and teacher ratings of their competence in problem solving	pretest and about 12 weeks later at posttest
Secondary	Parent monitoring scale (assessing change)	Ratings of parent monitoring child activities	pretest and about 12 weeks later at posttest
Secondary	Behavior intervention rating scale-revised (through study completion)	Ratings of intervention acceptability	At the conclusion of the intervention
Secondary	Work completion (assessing change)	Ratings of student work completion	Time series during the approx 12 week intervention