The Impact of a School-Based, Trauma-Informed CBT Intervention for Young Women
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Enrolling by invitation
Summary
- Conditions
- Anxiety
- Anxiety Disorders
- Behavioral Symptoms
- Depression
- Mental Disorders
- Stress Disorders Post Traumatic
- Stress Disorders, Traumatic
- Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
- Wounds and Injuries
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentMasking: None (Open Label)Masking Description: Treatment individuals will be provided information about the trial and consented into the study as part of WOW program materials (note: program participation is not conditional on participation in the research). Control individuals will not be provided information about the study, but may be provided information if they inquire about programming. Due to the intervention type, it is not possible to mask the identity of treatment participants from the provider or from participants. However, the provider will not be informed of the identity of the control group.Primary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Younger than 125 years
- Gender
- Only males
Description
The University of Chicago Crime Lab and Education Lab are partnering with the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, and Youth Guidance to implement a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of Youth Guidance's Working on Womanhood program across two cohorts: Cohort 1, receiving programmi...
The University of Chicago Crime Lab and Education Lab are partnering with the City of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools, and Youth Guidance to implement a randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of Youth Guidance's Working on Womanhood program across two cohorts: Cohort 1, receiving programming during academic years 2017-18 and 2018-19, and Cohort 2, receiving programming during academic years 2018-19 and 2019-20. For Cohort 1, incoming 9th, 10th, and 11th grade female students in 10 Chicago Public Schools high schools (as of Fall 2017) will be screened for eligibility and randomized to either a treatment group that will be offered to receive WOW services over two academic years, or to a control group that will not be offered to receive WOW services over two academic years. For cohort 2, only incoming 9th graders (as of Fall 2018) will be randomized, in the same manner. Control group students will still be eligible to receive other status quo school and community supports. Outcomes of interest will be measured using administrative data and a comprehensive student survey. WOW is a trauma-informed, in-school group counseling and clinical mentoring program developed by non-profit Youth Guidance. Informed by CBT, WOW helps girls challenge unhelpful thoughts and build self-esteem and self-efficacy to make positive and healthy decisions. WOW aims to reduce depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms, and improve academic and behavioral outcomes. WOW delivers a 26-lesson curriculum via weekly small-group counseling sessions during the school day. The curriculum is designed around five core values: self-awareness, emotional intelligence, healthy relationships, visionary goal setting, and leadership, and delivered by masters-level social workers and counselors. WOW counselors may also provide individual counseling and referrals to other services. The WOW program fills a critical gap in the existing set of programs available to these students, by providing services that cater to the unique needs of young women in our most under-resourced high schools.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03376633
- Collaborators
- Northwestern University
- Youth Guidance
- Chicago Public Schools
- U.S. Department of Justice
- Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
- Polk Bros. Foundation
- The Reva & David Logan Foundation
- DePaul University
- Laura and John Arnold Foundation
- MacArthur Foundation
- Investigators
- Not Provided
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