Psychosocial Support Program for Public School Teachers

ConditionsMental Health Literacy School Mental Health Training of Teachers

Trial statusNot yet recruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

AgeNot listed

SponsorHospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if different formats of a school-based psychosocial support training program can improve teachers' ability to recognize and respond to students' mental health needs. The study will include teachers working in public schools in Brazil.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. Do teachers who receive the training improve their knowledge on how to better to identify and support students with mental health difficulties? 2. Do different formats of training (in-person, online, or self-paced) and the presence of supervision lead to different levels of improvement in this knowledge, in attitudes related to mental health, and helping behaviors?

Researchers will compare five versions of the program (in-person, online, and asynchronous formats, with or without supervision) to see which approach is more effective, acceptable, and feasible.

Participants will:

1. Take part in a training program delivered either in-person, online, or through self-paced materials; 2. In some groups, attend additional supervision sessions to discuss real-life cases; 3. Receive brief follow-up materials through mobile messages after the training 4. Complete online questionnaires at multiple time points (before the training, during the program, after completion, and at follow-up).

The study will measure changes in teachers' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to supporting students' mental health, as well as satisfaction with the program and its feasibility for large-scale implementation.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Public schools from the state education system of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, serving students in "Ensino Fundamental" and "Ensino Médio" (equivalent to grades 1-12), and belonging to "Polo 1", an administrative grouping defined by the Rio Grande do Sul State Department of Education that includes the following Regional Education Coordinators (Coordenadorias Regionais de Educação [CREs]): 1st, 2nd, 11th, 12th, 27th, and 28th CREs;

Schools with 10 or more teachers on staff;

Schools with a complete school management team, defined as having all three core management roles in place.

Teachers currently working in participating public schools;

Disqualifiers

Schools with fewer than 10 teachers on staff;

Schools without a complete school management team;

Youth and Adult Education Centers (Núcleos de Educação de Jovens e Adultos [EJA]);

Schools that began operating as full-time schools in 2026;

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

In-person School-Based Psychosocial Support Training
Online School-Based Psychosocial Support Training
Asynchronous School-Based Psychosocial Support Training
Supervision Sessions
Mobile-Based Reinforcement Materials

Treatment groups

2,925 Participants

are divided into 5 treatment groups

Locations

This trial has no locations

Sponsors and collaborators

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Lead sponsor

Child Mind Institute

Collaborator

Secretaria da Educação do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (SEDUC-RS)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov