RecruitingNot Applicable

Examining Whether Project Support Works

United States100 participantsStarted 2025-11-04

Plain-language summary

This study will involve a randomized, controlled trial with two parallel groups, Project Support and a treatment as usual control group. Families with a child on the waitlist for trauma-focused services will be invited to participate. Participation involves completing a baseline assessment of family functioning and trauma characteristics. Participants will then be randomized to either Project Support or the treatment as usual control group. All participants will be invited to complete the post-test assessment 4-6 weeks after the baseline assessment, prior to beginning trauma-focused services.

Who can participate

Age range6 Years – 13 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Family is seeking trauma-focused services for their child; * Child is between 6 - 13 years old; * Caregiver agreed to be contacted for volunteer research opportunities; * Caregiver and child can communicate in English; * Child has been living with caregiver for at the last 6 months or longer; * Family is able to participate in services delivered via telehealth. Exclusion Criteria: * Child or caregiver has a diagnosis that would impair their ability to participate in or benefit from services (e.g., traumatic brain injury, developmental disability, psychosis); * Child is in Foster Care or Department of Social Services custody; * The caregiver is unwilling or unable to give informed consent and/or the child is unwilling and unable to give assent.

What they're measuring

Parenting self-efficacy assessed by the Tool to Measure Parenting Self-Efficacy (TOPSE)

Timeframe: Baseline to Post-test (6 weeks)

Supportive parenting assessed by the Parent Behavior Inventory

Timeframe: Baseline to Post-test (6 weeks)

Attendance to trauma-focused treatment intake session coded from clinical records

Timeframe: 4 months after Post-test

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06963554

SponsorMedical University of South Carolina

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2027-11-01

Contact for this trial

Caitlin Rancher, PhD

843-608-0491 rancher@musc.edu

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Plain-language summary

Who can participate

Age range6 Years – 13 Years

SexALL

See this in plain English?

AI-rewrites the medical criteria so a patient or caregiver can understand them. Always confirm with the trial site.

What they're measuring

Parenting self-efficacy assessed by the Tool to Measure Parenting Self-Efficacy (TOPSE)

Timeframe: Baseline to Post-test (6 weeks)

Supportive parenting assessed by the Parent Behavior Inventory

Timeframe: Baseline to Post-test (6 weeks)

Attendance to trauma-focused treatment intake session coded from clinical records

Timeframe: 4 months after Post-test