Students, Parents, and Teachers On Track: Intervention Development for Youth With Emotional Disturbance (OnTrack)

December 10, 2015 updated by: Oregon Social Learning Center
The purpose of the On Track intervention is to address a need raised by a day-treatment school in Lane County: Support for students transitioning from the day-treatment school (Lane School) to their district middle schools. Eligible students are currently attending Lane School, in middle school (Grades 6-8), with or at risk for Emotional Disturbance, and are preparing to transition to their district schools.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

A significant problem in education is that the transition period between a treatment school and a district school represents a high-risk time for failure. Education service district and school district leadership in Lane County contacted the Oregon Social Learning Center to collaborate on this project stating that during this transition period the students have insufficient strategies, services, and supports for generalizing the gains made at Lane School (the treatment school) back into the district middle school setting. They reported that this is a period of high stress and instability for many students and their families. Additionally, district schools lack the resources and supports to import the strategies that supported students to be successful at Lane School. Lane School works to track students' placement and services following completion of their program and data indicate that in the first year after transition, approximately 82% of middle school students transfer to public schools in their home district and the remaining students transfer directly to alternative or in-patient treatment centers. By the second year after transition, however, the majority of students who attended public schools were placed in self-contained classrooms, alternative placements, treatment centers, or received out-of-school tutoring due to emotional and behavioral problems. In addition, many students have high rates of truancy and low levels of parental support. This project is intended to address the gaps in support to increase placement stability at the district schools following the transition. To date, four students have begun the transition process with support from this project. One student has fully transitioned and results from qualitative interviews with the parent and the teacher indicate that the intervention is well liked and providing the supports needed to promote student success at the district middle school. We will continue to collect data to determine the level impact in this domain. A secondary impact is developing strategies to effectively collaborate with multiple school districts to support the common goal of transitioning students smoothly and sustaining placement stability. It is our goal to disseminate these strategies via publications and presentations with other educational researchers and practitioners.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

31

Phase

  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Oregon
      • Eugene, Oregon, United States, 97401
        • Oregon Social Learning Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

10 years to 15 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Clinical Diagnosis of Emotional and Behavioral Disturbance

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Support for students with EBD
The purpose of the On Track intervention is to address a need raised by a day-treatment school in Lane County: Support for students transitioning from the day-treatment school (Lane School) to their district middle schools. Eligible students are currently attending Lane School, in middle school (Grades 6-8), with or at risk for Emotional Disturbance, and are preparing to transition to their district schools.
Other Names:
  • SWIFT
No Intervention: Control
Participants continue with services as usual

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Successful School Transition
Time Frame: 12 months
Evidence of academic and social success in transition from treatment school to district school
12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Rohanna Buchanan, PhD, Oregon Social Learning Center

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

November 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 9, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 11, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

October 12, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

December 14, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 10, 2015

Last Verified

December 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IES R324A110370

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