Clinical trial NCT02330835: Multimedia Program to Promote Positive Bus Behavior
Official title: Multimedia Program to Promote Positive Bus Behavior
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: PHASE2
Conditions: Student Behavior
Keywords: school
bus
school bus
driver
training
behavior
management
interactive
computer
Lead sponsor: Oregon Center for Applied Science, Inc.
Sponsor class: INDUSTRY
First posted: 2015-01-05
Enrollment: 710
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 5
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL

Brief summary: This project evaluated a multimedia student behavior management program for school bus drivers and school administrators.

Detailed description: We developed a comprehensive multimedia training program for transportation departments. In the Driver's Seat: A Roadmap to Managing Student Behavior on the Bus guides transportation departments in creating and maintaining a safe, responsible, and positive environment on the bus through drivers' use of effective student behavior management techniques. The program teaches skills for the bus context based on the principles of positive behavior supports and the foundational work of Sprick and colleagues (Sprick, 1990; Sprick, Garrison, \& Howard, 2002; Sprick, Sprick, \& Garrison, 1992). In the Driver's Seat was designed as a stand-alone DVD-based training program for school bus drivers of elementary schools, using video examples presenting real driver and student interactions on the bus. A computer-based program for transportation supervisors supplemented the driver training materials and included information for supervisors about developing and maintaining department-wide transportation policies, as well as an overview of the bus driver training materials and instructions for their use.

The components of the In the Driver's Seat bus driver training program could be implemented by a transportation team without the need of an expert and could be used to train new personnel or review and refresh veteran personnel's skills. The DVD-based component was designed for use by a transportation supervisor or driver trainer in a group setting with drivers and augmented the material presented in the drivers' program.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Bus drivers and administrators will be 18 or older.
* All subjects must be employed by elementary or middle schools.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Excluded from the study will be bus drivers and administrators not in elementary schools
* Staff who are not bus drivers or administrators for elementary or middle schools will also be excluded.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Attitudes and beliefs regarding bus climate
timeFrame: up to 60-day follow up
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Self-efficacy in managing misbehavior
timeFrame: Session 1 (Day 1) posttest, Session 2 (Day 2) posttest, 30-day follow-up, 60-day follow-p
measure: Perceived student misbehaviors
timeFrame: Session 1 (Day 1) posttest, Session 2 (Day 2) posttest, 30-day follow-up, 60-day follow-p
measure: Knowledge
timeFrame: Session 1 (Day 1) posttest, Session 2 (Day 2) posttest, 30-day follow-up, 60-day follow-p
measure: Intention-behavior
timeFrame: Session 1 (Day 1) posttest, Session 2 (Day 2) posttest, 30-day follow-up, 60-day follow-p
measure: Student referrals
timeFrame: Session 1 (Day 1) posttest, Session 2 (Day 2) posttest, 30-day follow-up, 60-day follow-p
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Eugene
country: United States
facility: Oregon Center for Applied Science
state: Oregon
Study officials:
affiliation: Oregon Center for Applied Science
name: Lynne H Grilley Swartz, MPH, CHES
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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