Impact Trial of Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
- Enrollment
- 400
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- PBIS Fidelity (Tiered Fidelity Inventory)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Social, emotional, and behavioral (SEB) problems occur frequently among elementary school students, dramatically impede student outcomes, and have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence based practices exist to address student SEB needs, prevent problems, and ensure academic success. However, the implementation of these programs in schools is frequently incomplete, uneven, and occurs with insufficient fidelity to ensure positive effects for students due to significant implementation barriers across multiple levels. The purpose of this Impact Trial is to test the effectiveness of the Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) implementation strategy in school-wide implementation of a Tier 1 evidence-based practice (EBP) - Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Factorial
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description
PBIS coaches will be masked to HELM randomization
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •School Districts: School districts in Washington State committed to implementing PBIS in its elementary schools
- •Educators: Educators working in a public elementary school within an enrolled school district.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Schools with previous HELM exposure will be excluded
Arms & Interventions
PBIS
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based, multi-tiered, problem-solving, and team-based framework designed to build a continuum of supports to promote all students' social emotional behavioral health.
Intervention: PBIS (Behavioral)
HELM
Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) is an implementation strategy for promoting building-level implementation leadership, implementation climate, and high-fidelity delivery of evidence-based practices
Intervention: PBIS (Behavioral)
HELM
Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) is an implementation strategy for promoting building-level implementation leadership, implementation climate, and high-fidelity delivery of evidence-based practices
Intervention: HELM (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
PBIS Fidelity (Tiered Fidelity Inventory)
Time Frame: Baseline, 9 months, 12 months
The Tiered Fidelity Inventory (TFI) is a 45-item tool used to provide a valid, reliable, and efficient measure of the extent to which school personnel are applying the core features of PBIS. The TFI is a group-assessment completed by a schoolwide system planning team with external facilitation with strong internal consistency. The scoring criteria for each individual item ranges from 0-3 (0=Not Implemented, 1=Partially Implemented, 3=Fully Implemented); higher scores indicate better outcome.
Secondary Outcomes
- Implementation Leadership: School Implementation Leadership Scale (SILS)(Baseline, 9 months, 12 months)
- Implementation Climate: School Implementation Climate Scale (SICS)(Baseline, 9 months, 12 months)
- Implementation Cost(Baseline, 9 months, 12 months)
- Academic Engagement, Prosocial Behavior, and Problem Behavior: Modified Direct Behavior Rating (DBR)(Baseline, 9 months, 12 months)
- Student Academic Outcomes(Baseline, 9 months, 12 months)
- Student Disciplinary Incidents(Baseline, 9 months, 12 months)
- Student Attendance Rates(Baseline, 9 months, 12 months)
- HELM Fidelity(Baseline, 9 months, 12 months)
Investigators
Jill Locke
Associate Professor: School of Medicine, Psychiatry
University of Washington