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Web-based Family Therapy Training for Mental Health Practice Improvement

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Recruiting

Led By David Santisteban, PhD

Research Sponsored by Training and Implementation Associates

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up through study completion, an average of 1 year

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial compares a new online training tool for mental health therapists with traditional in-person training. It aims to see if the online tool is just as effective in improving therapist skills, helping families, and preparing agency leaders. The platform uses interactive lessons and feedback to adapt the training based on progress.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for mental health therapists and agency leaders. Therapists must be treating youth, have no recent family therapy training, and agree to train and apply a new treatment with a family. They need at least 2 years of experience or relevant qualifications. A child aged 11-18 and their caregiver will participate per therapist. Agency leaders should manage resources to support the study.

What is being tested?

The trial tests if web-based Family Therapy Training (FTTIP) is as effective as traditional in-person training for therapists learning family therapy skills. It measures improvements in therapy competencies, agency readiness, and client outcomes after training with FTTIP versus usual methods.

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves educational interventions rather than medical treatments, there are no direct physical side effects expected from participating in the study.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ through study completion, an average of 1 year

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~through study completion, an average of 1 year

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and through study completion, an average of 1 year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Change from pre therapy to post therapy treatment in adolescent behavior problems as measured by The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessments Brief Problem Monitoring (BPM) for 6-18 year old Scales

Change from pre therapy to post therapy treatment in family cohesion and family conflict as measured by the Family Environment Scale

Change in organizational readiness as measured by Training and Implementation Associates (TIA) Organizational Readiness Measure, Director Form

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Secondary study objectives

Activities related to agency readiness as measured by The Organizational Readiness Consultation Activity Log

Satisfaction with the CIFFTA evidenced based treatment as measured by a 10 question survey about satisfaction.

Therapeutic alliance as measured by the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI) short form

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Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

5Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP)Experimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants will be trained for 20 hours on an online platform practicing family therapy competencies with animated families and provided recorded video responses to receive feedback from trainers.

Group II: Culturally Informed and Flexible Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents (CIFFTA).Experimental Treatment1 Intervention

All of the 150 families will receive Family Therapy, Individual Therapy, and Psycho-educational Modules, delivered over 16 weeks in a two session (60 minutes each) per week format.

Group III: Agency Readiness Consultation- Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP)Experimental Treatment1 Intervention

Agency leaders assigned to this condition will complete an online assessment of agency readiness, participate in a webinar and live discussion, complete an online meeting with leaders and clinical supervisors

Group IV: Agency Engagement and Orientation as UsualActive Control1 Intervention

Agency leaders assigned to this condition will receive a traditional engagement of leadership at their agency including a description of study procedures and engagement with study team.

Group V: Traditional in person Training as UsualActive Control1 Intervention

Participants will attend 20 hours of a traditional in person training learning about the family therapy evidenced based treatment.

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