Impact Trial of Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM 2)

University of Washington

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Child Development; Child Behavior

Treatments: Other: HELM; Behavioral: PBIS

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06586723

STUDY00020559

Details and patient eligibility

About

Social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) problems occur frequently among elementary school students, dramatically impede student outcomes, and have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence based practices exist to address student SEB needs, prevent problems, and ensure academic success. However, the implementation of these programs in schools is frequently incomplete, uneven, and occurs with insufficient fidelity to ensure positive effects for students due to significant implementation barriers across multiple levels. The purpose of this Impact Trial is to test the effectiveness of the Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) implementation strategy in school-wide implementation of a Tier 1 evidence-based practice (EBP) - Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• School Districts: School districts in Washington State committed to implementing PBIS in its elementary schools
• Educators: Educators working in a public elementary school within an enrolled school district.

Exclusion criteria

• Schools with previous HELM exposure will be excluded

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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400 participants in 2 patient groups

PBIS

Active Comparator group

Description:

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based, multi-tiered, problem-solving, and team-based framework designed to build a continuum of supports to promote all students' social emotional behavioral health.

Treatment:

Behavioral: PBIS

HELM

Experimental group

Description:

Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) is an implementation strategy for promoting building-level implementation leadership, implementation climate, and high-fidelity delivery of evidence-based practices

Treatment:

Behavioral: PBIS

Other: HELM