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Teachers Leading the Front Lines - North Carolina (Tealeaf-NC)

Building Teachers Mental Health Skills to Support Students With Mental Health Needs in Elementary and Middle Schools in North Carolina: Program Implementation and Prospective Data Collection

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
5 Years to 99 Years
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Procedures mentioned: Questionnaires

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "Teachers observe chosen students' symptoms with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. (If the child has a positive total or subscale score, they are eligible for the study."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests a way for teachers to provide mental health care to children. It includes North Carolina schools, school staff, students in kindergarten through grade 8, and their guardians. Researchers will look at how the program is used, whether it helps, and whether it can last.

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to pilot test a novel, alternative, potentially sustainable system of teacher-delivered, task-shifted child mental health care. Participants: \~300 estimated Procedures: This is a RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) guided, mixed methods, clustered evaluation of Tealeaf-NC's Reach, Adoption \& Implementation (Primary Outcomes, implementation-based), as well as evaluating for preliminary indicators of Effectiveness \& Maintenance (Secondary Outcomes, clinically-based).

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Schools must be in North Carolina and have a principal who qualifies. Schools must have received Tealeaf or RE-SEED training in summer 2024 or 2025 after being assigned to a program by chance.
  • Principals, teachers, counselors, and guardians must be older than 18.
  • Principals, teachers, and counselors must work at a school in the study and must not be suspected or convicted of misconduct involving children or child abuse.
  • Teachers must mainly teach one class in kindergarten through grade 8 for at least 1 hour a day, at least 4 days a week.
  • Counselors must work as school counselors at a school in the study for at least 10 hours a week.
  • Students must be in kindergarten through grade 8 and taught by a teacher in the study.
  • Students must have a parent or guardian who can give permission and a score on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) that shows mental health concerns at a clinical level.
  • Guardians must be the guardian of a student in the study.

Who can't join

  • People or schools cannot join if they do not meet the requirements for their group.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Schools: * Have been trained in either Tealeaf or RE-SEED in Summer 2024 or 2025 after being randomized programmatically * Be a school in the State of North Carolina * Have an eligible principal Principals: * \>18 years old * Employed at an enrolled school * Not suspected or convicted of child-related misconduct or maltreatment Teachers: * \>18 years old * Employed at an enrolled school * Primary teaching responsibility for a single academic class (for a minimum of 1 hour per day and a minimum of 4 days per week) in any grade level Kindergarten to Grade 8 * Not suspected or convicted of child-related misconduct or maltreatment Counselors: * \>18 years old * Employed at an enrolled school * Hold a school counselor position at an enrolled school for at least 10 hours per week * Not suspected or convicted of child-related misconduct or maltreatment Students: * Enrolled in Kindergarten-Grade 8 * Student of an enrolled teacher * Has a parent or guardian who can provide consent * Positive/Clinical-level score on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Guardians: * \>18 years old * Guardian of enrolled student Exclusion Criteria: * Exclusion criteria will be set as each participant does not meet the inclusion criteria as set for their group.

Study sites (1)

NC