Clinical trial NCT01583127: Examining Variation in the Impact of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Official title: Examining Variation in the Impact of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Problem Behavior
Keywords: Problem Behavior
Lead sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
name: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
name: U.S. Department of Education
First posted: 2012-04-23
Enrollment: 32986
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 5
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: To conduct a randomized controlled trial of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, which is a school-based prevention program aimed at reducing behavior problems in children.

Detailed description: To conduct a group randomized controlled trial of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. PBIS is a popular school-based prevention program aimed at reducing behavior problems in children. Staff are trained to implement behavioral focused prevention programs to address issues related to student conduct and discipline problems.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Public Elementary Schools
* All children attending the schools and staff employed were eligible for inclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Primary outcomes:
measure: Teacher ratings
timeFrame: 5 time points over 4 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: student discipline data
timeFrame: 5 time points over 5 years
measure: school climate
timeFrame: 5 time points over 5 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Baltimore
country: United States
facility: Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
state: Maryland
Study officials:
affiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
name: Catherine P Bradshaw, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Bradshaw CP, Pas ET, Bloom J, Barrett S, Hershfeldt P, Alexander A, McKenna M, Chafin AE, Leaf PJ. A state-wide partnership to promote safe and supportive schools: the PBIS Maryland Initiative. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2012 Jul;39(4):225-37. doi: 10.1007/s10488-011-0384-6.
citation: Bradshaw CP, Koth CW, Thornton LA, Leaf PJ. Altering school climate through school-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: findings from a group-randomized effectiveness trial. Prev Sci. 2009 Jun;10(2):100-15. doi: 10.1007/s11121-008-0114-9.
citation: Bradshaw, C. P., Mitchell, M. M., & Leaf, P. J. (2010). Examining the effects of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports on student outcomes: Results from a randomized controlled effectiveness trial in elementary schools. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 12, 133-148.
citation: Bradshaw, C.P., Koth, C.W., Bevans, K.B., Ialongo, N., & Leaf, P.J. (2008). The impact of school-wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) on the organizational health of elementary schools. School Psychology Quarterly, 23(4), 462-473.
citation: Waasdorp TE, Bradshaw CP, Leaf PJ. The impact of schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and supports on bullying and peer rejection: a randomized controlled effectiveness trial. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012 Feb;166(2):149-56. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.755.
citation: Stuart EA, Bradshaw CP, Leaf PJ. Assessing the generalizability of randomized trial results to target populations. Prev Sci. 2015 Apr;16(3):475-85. doi: 10.1007/s11121-014-0513-z.
citation: Bradshaw CP, Waasdorp TE, Leaf PJ. Effects of school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports on child behavior problems. Pediatrics. 2012 Nov;130(5):e1136-45. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-0243. Epub 2012 Oct 15.