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Teachers Leading the Front Lines - North Carolina (Tealeaf-NC)

Description

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).

Conditions

Child BehaviorMental Health IssuePsychosocial FunctioningDepressionAnxiety
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Study Details

Study overview

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).

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

Teachers Leading the Front Lines - North Carolina (Tealeaf-NC)

Condition
Child Behavior
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27514

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Have been trained in either Tealeaf or RE-SEED in Summer 2024 or 2025 after being randomized programmatically
  • * Be a school in the State of North Carolina
  • * Have an eligible principal
  • * \>18 years old
  • * Employed at an enrolled school
  • * Not suspected or convicted of child-related misconduct or maltreatment
  • * \>18 years old
  • * Employed at an enrolled school
  • * Primary teaching responsibility for a single academic class (for a minimum of 1 hour per day and a minimum of 4 days per week) in any grade level Kindergarten to Grade 8
  • * Not suspected or convicted of child-related misconduct or maltreatment
  • * \>18 years old
  • * Employed at an enrolled school
  • * Hold a school counselor position at an enrolled school for at least 10 hours per week
  • * Not suspected or convicted of child-related misconduct or maltreatment
  • * Enrolled in Kindergarten-Grade 8
  • * Student of an enrolled teacher
  • * Has a parent or guardian who can provide consent
  • * Positive/Clinical-level score on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
  • * \>18 years old
  • * Guardian of enrolled student
  • * Exclusion criteria will be set as each participant does not meet the inclusion criteria as set for their group.

Ages Eligible for Study

5 Years to 99 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,

Christina R Cruz, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Record Dates

2027-02