Implementation Supports for Improving Identification and Delivery of School-based Mental Health Supports for Middle Schools Students

Description

This study will assess how different types of training and support influence the way that school staff understand, and respond to, the mental and behavioral health needs of middle school students. Researchers will work with middle schools using a developed screening system (called the Early Identification System; EIS) and compare how staff and student outcomes change when schools receive two different types of training and support: 1) standard onboarding/training versus 2) participating in professional learning communities and coaching.

Conditions

Mental Health Issue

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This study will assess how different types of training and support influence the way that school staff understand, and respond to, the mental and behavioral health needs of middle school students. Researchers will work with middle schools using a developed screening system (called the Early Identification System; EIS) and compare how staff and student outcomes change when schools receive two different types of training and support: 1) standard onboarding/training versus 2) participating in professional learning communities and coaching.

Evidence-Informed Mental Health Prevention, Assessment, Collaboration, and Treatment in Middle Schools

Implementation Supports for Improving Identification and Delivery of School-based Mental Health Supports for Middle Schools Students

Condition
Mental Health Issue
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Columbia

University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States, 65211

Columbia

University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29208

Charlottesville

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22904

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Public middle schools (must include grades 6-8) planning to implement the EIS
  • * Located in rural areas, towns, \& suburbs / cities (NCES locales)
  • * All children attending the schools and staff employed by the schools are eligible for inclusion
  • * Previous use of EIS (i.e., use of all screening data and intervention hub)
  • * \<70% response rate on pre-intervention implementation of EIS

Ages Eligible for Study

10 Years to 99 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Virginia,

Michael D Lyons, Ph.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Virginia

Study Record Dates

2025-07