Evaluation of an Online Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) Therapist Training Program

Description

Tic disorders are a class of childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disorders that occur in 1-3% of the population. Studies have shown that a non-drug treatment known as Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) is more effective than supportive therapy for reducing tics in children and adults. Although CBIT is now recommended as a first-line intervention for tic disorders, many patients do not have access to CBIT, in part due to a lack of trained therapists. Currently, the only option available for training therapists in CBIT is an intensive, two day, in-person behavior therapy training institute (BTTI). This study will compare the traditional in-person training approach to a recently developed online, self-paced CBIT therapist training program called CBIT-Trainer with regard to (1) therapists' ability to accurately administer CBIT and (2) change in the severity of patients' tic symptoms after being treated by a CBIT-trained therapist.

Conditions

Tics, Tic Disorders, Tourette Syndrome

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Study overview

Tic disorders are a class of childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disorders that occur in 1-3% of the population. Studies have shown that a non-drug treatment known as Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) is more effective than supportive therapy for reducing tics in children and adults. Although CBIT is now recommended as a first-line intervention for tic disorders, many patients do not have access to CBIT, in part due to a lack of trained therapists. Currently, the only option available for training therapists in CBIT is an intensive, two day, in-person behavior therapy training institute (BTTI). This study will compare the traditional in-person training approach to a recently developed online, self-paced CBIT therapist training program called CBIT-Trainer with regard to (1) therapists' ability to accurately administer CBIT and (2) change in the severity of patients' tic symptoms after being treated by a CBIT-trained therapist.

Finalizing and Testing an Online Therapist Training and Assistance Program to Facilitate Implementation of Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tic Disorders

Evaluation of an Online Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT) Therapist Training Program

Condition
Tics
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Salt Lake City

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112

Milwaukee

Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, 53201

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Have the equivalent of a Master's degree (or higher) in a mental/behavioral health, medical, or related discipline.
  • 2. Professionally licensed or certified to practice in their area of speciality.
  • 3. Attest that providing comprehensive behavioral intervention for tics (CBIT) to treat children and/or adults with tic disorders falls within their scope of practice according to state licensing laws and regulations in the therapist's jurisdiction.
  • 4. Have never attended the Tourette Association of America's Behavior Therapy Training Institute or an equivalent focused on CBIT.
  • 5. Have access to a secure personal computer with high-speed internet access.
  • 6. Speaks fluent English.
  • 7. Has identified, or is willing to try to identify, at least 1 child or adult patient with a tic disorder who meets the patient inclusion criteria and who might be willing to participate in the study as a member of the therapist-patient dyad, and for whom the therapist is licensed or certified to treat with CBIT according to state licensing laws and regulations in the therapist's jurisdiction.
  • 8. Is willing to be randomly assigned to training condition.
  • 9. Is willing, able, and has the necessary resources to travel to, and attend, one of several in-person training sites if assigned to the in-person training condition.

Ages Eligible for Study

7 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Utah,

Suzanne Mouton-Odum, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, PsycTech, LLC

Michael Himle, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Utah

Doug Woods, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Marquette University

Study Record Dates

2025-06-30