Empowering Youth With School Discipline Referrals as Peer Coaches
ConditionDisruptive Behavior
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age10-15
SponsorUniversity of Southern California
About this trial
The study will examine the effects of Peer Coach Training (PCT), a strengths-based behavioral intervention for discipline-referred middle-school youth who might benefit when trained to act as change agents for their peers. Successful completion of this study will provide support for implementing PCT in school communities to empower youth in prosocial peer engagement.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Youth who have received at least one disciplinary referral between the first day of school and recruitment
Disqualifiers
Youth who have not received any disciplinary referrals between the first day of school and recruitment
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Peer Coach Training (PCT)
- Delayed control
Treatment groups
150 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
University of Southern California
Lead sponsor
Medical University of South Carolina
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov