Can team charters and handoff protocols boost school ADHD programs?
NCT ID NCT06180681
First seen Jun 30, 2026 · Last updated Jul 01, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether adding team-building tools—like team charters, communication handoffs, and performance monitoring—to an existing school-based ADHD program (the Collaborative Life Skills Program) makes it work better. Researchers will compare the enhanced program to the standard one across 24 schools, involving children ages 7-11 with ADHD symptoms. The goal is to see if these strategies improve how well the program is delivered and how much it helps children.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Team-building strategies (Team Charters, Communication Training, Performance Monitoring) added to the Collaborative Life Skills Program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could make school-based ADHD programs more effective and easier for schools to adopt and sustain.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage implementation study with 144 children, so results may not apply broadly. The added team strategies may not improve outcomes enough to justify extra effort.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 144 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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7 to 11 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Youth ages of 7-11 years (2-5th grade) who are attending a participating school 2. Child referred by a school mental health provider (SMHP) with apparent ADHD-related problems, 3. ≥6 symptoms (item score ≥2) of Inattention or Hyperactivity-Impulsivity on the pooled parent and teacher Child Symptom Inventory 4. ≥3 on the Impairment Rating Scale by parent and teacher (cross-situational impairment) 5. Caretaker and teacher consent to participate in treatment and child provides assent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. No presence of conditions that are incompatible with this study's treatment including: severe visual or hearing impairment, severe language delay or intellectual impairment, psychosis, pervasive developmental disorder 2. Child is in an all-day special education classroom (children in these classrooms are frequently receiving intensive behavior modification programs such that the intervention would be expected to require modification for use in these settings) 3. Parent/primary caregiver or child does not read or speak English or Spanish. Note: Participants will need to be able to read/speak English or Spanish because all measures are in English or Spanish, and the intervention will be conducted in English or Spanish. Parents will be given the option of having a research staff member assist them in completing the assessment measures. 4. Children planning to change (start or stop) psychotropic medication Note: Children taking medication will be required to meet all entry criteria, including impairment criteria, thus indicating a need for the intervention. Children taking medication for attention or behavior are eligible as long as their medication regimens are stable.
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Locations
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IN STEP Children's Mental Health Center
RECRUITINGSan Diego, California, 92123, United States
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