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Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial of an Executive Functioning Intervention for Children's Mental Health Services

San Diego State University · with National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), University of California, San Diego · NCT06651086

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 6–99 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
672
US sites recruiting
2
Study start
December 15, 2024
Record last updated
April 20, 2026

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What the study is about

This project aims to follow up on a prior project examining the impact of training therapists in an executive functioning intervention Unstuck and On Target (UOT) adapted for community mental health settings. Study aims are to test the clinical and implementation effectiveness of training mental health therapists in Unstuck and On Target, an executive functioning intervention, relative to Unified Protocol for Children, a transdiagnostic intervention for emotional disorders. This includes examining the implementation of Unstuck and associated outcomes (e.g., effective delivery, expanded use of Unstuck beyond autism, the feasibility of Unstuck) and impact on changes in child executive functioning and behaviors.

Being studied: Unstuck and On Target; Unified Protocol for Children

Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder; Executive Functioning

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Mental Health Programs

  • Publicly-funded
  • Providing outpatient or school-based psychotherapy services to children
  • Have at least 8 mental health providers on staff

Therapists

  • Employed as staff or trainee at a participating program
  • Employed at the program for at least the next 12 months
  • Providing psychotherapy services to children
  • Has an eligible child on current caseload (see below)

Autistic Child/Caregiver Participants (enrolled in a dyad with a participating therapist):

  • Child age 6-12 years
  • Receiving services from an enrolled therapist
  • Documented or suspected* autism diagnosis
  • In the event of suspected autism diagnosis, the presence of elevated autism symptoms on the Social Responsiveness Scale-2nd Edition or the Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale-2nd Edition

Non-Autistic Child/Caregiver Participants (enrolled in a dyad with a participating therapist):

  • Child age 6-12 years
  • Receiving services from an enrolled provider
  • No history of documented or suspected autism diagnosis

Recruiting US locations

  • San Diego State University

    San Diego, CA 92182

    Site contact: Kelsey S Dickson, PhD · 858-966-7703 · kdickson@sdsu.edu

  • University of Colorado - Anschutz

    Aurora, CO 80045

    Site contact: Sarah Kennedy, PhD · 720-777-1234 · sarah.kennedy@cuanschutz.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Kelsey S Dickson, PhD · 858-966-7703 · kdickson@sdsu.edu
  • Hannah E Reynolds, MPH · hreynolds@sdsu.edu
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