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

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL · Sep 4, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This study, called Teachers Leading the Front Lines - North Carolina (Tealeaf-NC), is testing a new way to help children with mental health challenges like anxiety, depression, or behavior issues by having teachers provide some of the support at school. The idea is to see if teachers, after special training, can help students with these difficulties in a way that is practical and can be used long-term. About 300 students in Kindergarten through 8th grade, along with their teachers, school counselors, and principals, will take part in the study in North Carolina schools.

To join, students need to be enrolled in a participating school, have some signs of emotional or behavioral challenges (measured by a simple questionnaire), and have a parent or guardian who agrees to be part of the study. Teachers, counselors, and principals must work at these schools and meet certain criteria, like having regular teaching responsibilities or counselor roles. Participants will experience a program where trained teachers provide support to students, and researchers will look at how well this approach reaches students, how easy it is for schools to use, and whether it helps children over time. The study is currently recruiting participants and aims to find a new way to improve child mental health care right where kids learn.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• Schools:
• • 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
• Principals:
• • \>18 years old
• • Employed at an enrolled school
• • Not suspected or convicted of child-related misconduct or maltreatment
• Teachers:
• • \>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
• Counselors:
• • \>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
• Students:
• • 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)
• Guardians:
• • \>18 years old
• • Guardian of enrolled student
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Exclusion criteria will be set as each participant does not meet the inclusion criteria as set for their group.