Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP): An Innovative Web-based Tool for Long-term Practice Improvement

Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare whether mental health therapists trained by a Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP) or those trained in traditional face-to-face training differ on learning key family therapy domains, including competencies, agency readiness, and client outcomes. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Will 75 FTTIP mental health therapists show improvement in all core family therapy competencies that are not inferior to 75 providers receiving traditional in person family therapy training? * Will 150 families (child, parent, dyad) receiving CIFFTA family therapy show adequate retention in treatment therapeutic alliance and significant pre-post treatment improvements on family environment and presenting problems? * Will 15 agency leaders receiving FTTIP agency readiness consultations show more pre and post change in agency readiness and knowledge than 15 leaders receiving agency engagement as usual? Participants will participate in: * Complete pre and post surveys * 20 hours of training in an evidenced based family therapy treatment * 24 weeks of biweekly coaching to implement the treatment * 24 weeks of implementation of the treatment with one family * Agency leaders will complete 2 weeks of organizational readiness engagement Researchers will compare the Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP) and traditional face-to-face training to see if FTTIP is not inferior to traditional training in key domains, including competencies, agency readiness, and client outcomes in mental health therapists.

Conditions

Traditional Face to Face Training, Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP)

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Study overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare whether mental health therapists trained by a Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP) or those trained in traditional face-to-face training differ on learning key family therapy domains, including competencies, agency readiness, and client outcomes. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Will 75 FTTIP mental health therapists show improvement in all core family therapy competencies that are not inferior to 75 providers receiving traditional in person family therapy training? * Will 150 families (child, parent, dyad) receiving CIFFTA family therapy show adequate retention in treatment therapeutic alliance and significant pre-post treatment improvements on family environment and presenting problems? * Will 15 agency leaders receiving FTTIP agency readiness consultations show more pre and post change in agency readiness and knowledge than 15 leaders receiving agency engagement as usual? Participants will participate in: * Complete pre and post surveys * 20 hours of training in an evidenced based family therapy treatment * 24 weeks of biweekly coaching to implement the treatment * 24 weeks of implementation of the treatment with one family * Agency leaders will complete 2 weeks of organizational readiness engagement Researchers will compare the Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP) and traditional face-to-face training to see if FTTIP is not inferior to traditional training in key domains, including competencies, agency readiness, and client outcomes in mental health therapists.

Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP): An Innovative Web-based Tool for Long-term Practice Improvement

Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP): An Innovative Web-based Tool for Long-term Practice Improvement

Condition
Traditional Face to Face Training
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Los Angeles

Pacific Clinics, Los Angeles, California, United States, 91748

Miami

Miami Dade County Public Schools, Miami, Florida, United States, 33132

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

  • * 150 Bachelor's level counselors with 2 years of experience or Master's level counselors and therapists who have not had family therapy training in the past year and who are broadly representative of the potential trainees in the general population, including educational background and job experience with different client populations (e.g., varied demographics and presenting problems). All therapists must be actively providing treatment to youth and be willing to deliver the family intervention to at least one family during the project period.
  • * For each trainee that is part of the research study, we will select one client family (1 child and 1 caregiver) that we will assess and follow during the study. Once a trainee completes training and begins coaching, the next child/family that is assigned to the trainee, meets criteria for CIFFTA, and consent/assents to participate will be considered a participant in the study. The child must be between the ages of 11-18 years. Other than that, there are no exclusion of any specific age or age range group in the rest of the study participants (agency leaders, counselors)
  • * 30 leaders will be randomized to the two conditions. To be included in the study, agency leaders must have the authority to allocate agency resources (e.g., giving trainees protected time to participate in training activities, allowing smaller caseloads as they begin implementation) and be willing to participate in agency readiness and implementation consultation.
  • * We are not limiting inclusion of any group by sex/gender, race, and/or ethnicity
  • * Agencies that are unwilling to participate in all study activities, that have nontraditional funding sources (e.g., totally charity funded), or that are so small they cannot assign sufficient counselors to the study.

Ages Eligible for Study

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Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Training and Implementation Associates,

David Santisteban, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Training and Implementation Associates

Daniel Santisteban, PhD, STUDY_DIRECTOR, Training and Implementation Associates

Study Record Dates

2024-03-31