Testing a Measurement Feedback App to Improve Data Quality, Supervision & Outcomes in Beha
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether a smartphone-based data collection and feedback application ("Footsteps") improves the quality of behavioral data collected by one-to-one aides and leads to better youth mental health outcomes in school-aged youth (ages 4-17) who receive one-to-one support in schools.
| Condition(s) | Autism, Challenging Behavior, ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder |
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| Status | Recruiting |
| Phase | NA |
| Study type | Interventional |
| Summary | The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether a smartphone-based data collection and feedback application ("Footsteps") improves the quality of behavioral data collected by one-to-one aides and leads to better youth mental health outcomes in school-aged youth (ages 4-17) who receive one-to-one support in schools. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does the Footsteps app improve aides' data collection quality (i.e., consistency, timeliness, and completeness)? 2. Does Footsteps use lead to improved youth behavioral health outcomes (e.g., SDQ, YTP scores)? 3. Does Footsteps improve communication and supervision processes between aides and clinical supervisors? Researchers will compare aides using Footsteps to those using a "data collection only" control app to see if Footsteps |
| Who can participate | Inclusion Criteria: * Aides must be working with at least one client in school who meets the following criteria: 1) between 3-17 years, 2) has a diagnosis associated with a challenging behavior (e.g., autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder) as indicated on their treatment plan, and 3) receiving 1:1 aide support. * Supervisors must be employed by a community behavior health agency and supervise a participating aide. The investigators will recruit supervisors in dyads and not triads (i.e., no supervisors with two \[or more\] aides) to ensure there are 30 supervisor-aide dyads in total). Exclusion Criteria: * Aides who participated in the pilot trial of the Footsteps will be excluded from participating to recruit a sample naïve to Foo |
| Ages | 18 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Yes |
| Lead sponsor | University of Pennsylvania |
| Locations | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Start date | 2026-04-08 |
| NCT ID | NCT07042347 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07042347 |