The goal of this 2-arm cluster randomized clinical trial is to test whether an evidence-based staff training and coaching model specifically designed as a response to legal system-involved youths' and frontline staff's mental health needs can improve the safety and suicide outcomes, mental health challenges, and wellness and facility climate for youth and staff in facilities assigned to the intervention condition. Staff in facilities assigned to the intervention are eligible to receive evidence-based programming in suicide detection and prevention (Shield of Care; SOC) and wellness skill-building (Skills for Life) through training and personalized coaching. Multiple training sessions will be offered to small groups of staff in-person in residential facilities and paired with personalized in-person and virtual coaching. Staff and youth in all facilities will be asked to complete periodic surveys assessing experiences in the facility, suicide and safety knowledge and risk, and their mental health and wellness. Researchers will compare outcomes of staff in youth in facilities assigned to the intervention compared to facilities in the training-as-usual condition.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
1,000
Staff in facilities assigned to the intervention are eligible to receive evidence-based programming in suicide detection and prevention (Shield of Care; SOC) and wellness skill-building (Skills for Life) through training and personalized coaching. Multiple training sessions will be offered to small groups of staff in-person in residential facilities and paired with personalized in-person and virtual coaching.
New York University
New York, New York, United States
Decreases in Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (Davis, 1992) and suicide subscale of Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (Grisso et al., 2001)
Change in suicide ideation, thoughts, and behaviors
Time frame: 1 year
Decreases on Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview (Nock et al., 2007)
Change in self-harm thoughts and behaviors
Time frame: 1 year
Decreases on internalizing and externalizing subscales of Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (Grisso et al., 2001)
Change in mental health correlates of suicide
Time frame: 1 year
Decreased burnout and increased job efficacy on the Professional Quality of Life measure (Stramm, 2016) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory
Change in staff burnout and job efficacy
Time frame: 1 year
Change in responses on the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (Watson et al., 2007)
Change in staff mental health
Time frame: 1 year
Increased suicide knowledge and response skills from Tennessee's state-wide gatekeeper training (Schut & Lockman, 2013)
Change in suicide knowledge and response skills
Time frame: 1 year
Increased self-harm knowledge response skills from Tennessee's state-wide gatekeeper training (Schut & Lockman, 2013)
Change in self-harm knowledge and response skills
Time frame: 1 year
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