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Teachers Leading the Front Lines - North Carolina (Tealeaf-NC)
Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Summary
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to pilot test a novel, alternative, potentially sustainable system of teacher-delivered, task-shifted child mental health care. Participants: \~300 estimated Procedures: This is a RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) guided, mixed methods, clustered evaluation of Tealeaf-NC's Reach, Adoption \& Implementation (Primary Outcomes, implementation-based), as well as evaluating for preliminary indicators of Effectiveness \& Maintenance (Secondary Outcomes, clinically-based).
Official title: Building Teachers Mental Health Skills to Support Students With Mental Health Needs in Elementary and Middle Schools in North Carolina: Program Implementation and Prospective Data Collection
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
5 Years - 99 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
312
Start Date
2024-10-08
Completion Date
2027-02
Last Updated
2025-06-27
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Teachers Leading the Frontlines
1. During 3-day training, Knowledge and attitudes toward child mental health care are measured pre-training, post-training, and post-intervention. 2. The teachers select students whom they believe have the highest mental health needs to receive care. 3. Teachers analyze chosen students' symptoms. 4. Teachers analyze students' behavior with the AABC Chart. 5. Teachers develop a targeted response using a behavior plan called the 4Cs plan (Cause, Change, Connect, and Cultivate). In the 4Cs, teachers select therapeutic techniques to deliver from a menu of evidence-based therapeutic options for each category of behavior. 6. Throughout the year, teachers receive supervision through monthly site visits supplemented by as-needed telephone and digital discussions to guide their care from the study team. Teachers encourage the use of the 4Cs plan at home.
Responding to Students' Emotions Through Education
All processes for RE-SEED are the same as in Tealeaf except... 1. Teachers receive only 1 day of training 2. The study team does not provide supervision to the teachers, allowing only the school counselor to provide supervision This less resource-intensive approach will allow for an ethical comparator to Tealeaf, where the schools would like for teachers to have some skills to support identified students.
Locations (1)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States