Examining the Efficacy of the PRAISE With Coaching Program

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Bullying Victimization; Social Behavior; Aggression Childhood

Treatments: Behavioral: Universal, classroom-based, Bullying and Aggression Prevention Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07191782

1R49CE003566-01-00 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

24-022385

1R49CE003566-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The PReventing Aggression In Schools Everyday (PRAISE) Program has evidence of impact when run by research staff. PRAISE was adapted using community-based participatory research to a coaching model whereby school-staff are trained to facilitate the program and receive ongoing coaching from research staff. The overall objective is to demonstrate the efficacy of the adapted PRAISE program when facilitated by in-school staff.

Full description

PRAISE is an aggression and bullying prevention program that includes curriculum to help 3rd through 5th graders learn skills to identify feelings, use calming-down strategies, interpret others' intentions accurately, and consider choices when responding to conflict. PRAISE also has lessons on increasing empathy and perspective-taking, and empowering students to be positive bystanders.

Using a randomized control trial of at least 8 elementary schools (3rd-5th grade) we will examine 2 aims:

Aim 1: Examine the efficacy of PRAISE at reducing students' peer aggression and bullying and improving social problem-solving skills, positive bystander behaviors, and self-efficacy for non-violence.

Aim 2. Examine the moderating role of implementation and student- and facilitator-related factors on the main outcomes of interest.

Enrollment: 1,008 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Student Inclusion Criteria:

• Enrolled in one of the participating school sites
• In a 3rd-5th grade classroom participating in the study

Staff Inclusion Criteria:

• Employed by one of the participating school sites
• Teach and/or provide services to students in 3rd-5th grade

Students Exclusion Criteria:

• Do not speak English
• Special education students not integrated in a regular education classroom
• Student not in Grades 3-5 at the participating school sites

Teacher Exclusion Criteria:

• Do not speak English
• Do not teach/provide services with 3rd-5th grade students at the participating school sites

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,008 participants in 2 patient groups

Comparison Schools

No Intervention group

Description:

These schools do not receive the PRAISE intervention. These schools can have their standard aggression and bullying practices such as community meeting, restorative circles, Second Step program, and the Olweus program. We will measure what classrooms in the comparison condition are doing, but we will not intervene.

Intervention Schools

Experimental group

Description:

These schools will receive the PRAISE program which includes training and coaching from the research team.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Universal, classroom-based, Bullying and Aggression Prevention Program