Extending the Reach of Evidence-based Practices to Support Student's Attention and Behavior Through Technology

Launched by SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · Mar 14, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

Setting: The research will take place in urban elementary schools in California that receive Title 1 funds to support students who qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Sample: Participants will be SMHPs (one per school) who work half or full time in a school with limited resources that serve students from predominantly low-SES backgrounds, students in grades 2-5 who have ADHD-related impairments (referred to as with or at risk for ADHD), and their parents. In the discovery and design phase, 8 SMHPs, 12 teachers, 12 students, and 12 parents will participate. In the test and refine phase, 4 SM...

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Eligibility criteria

• Student eligibility criteria:
• • Identified by teachers, school mental health professionals, and/or parents with students who have inattention and behavioral problems.
• • Must be enrolled in the school districts in the San Diego or San Francisco Bay area
• • Must be in 2nd-5th grade
• • Placed in a mainstream class
• • Eligibility for free or reduced lunch
• • Living with a caregiver who is available to participate in treatment
• * Must NOT have:
• • Significant visual or hearing impairment
• • Severe language delay, psychosis
• • Pervasive developmental disorder
• • Global intellectual impairment.
• Adult participants groups eligibility criteria:
• • Parents or caregivers of eligible students can participate in the study.
• • School mental health professionals who work with the eligible students can participate in the study.
• • Teachers who work with the eligible students can participate in the study.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Researchers will include children with symptoms and impairment of ADHD.
• • Researchers would like to involve children in mainstream class placement rather than those who already have services from school (e.g., special education classes).
• • Researchers will target those from low SES backgrounds who are eligible for reduced or free lunch.
• • All students are expected to be physically healthy, but it should be noted that students with ADHD often have high rates of co-morbid disabilities.
• • Furthermore, the researchers would like to invite parents/caregivers, school mental health professionals, and teachers who work with students with ADHD to be involved in focus groups