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Improving Student Mental Health Through a Universal Trauma-Informed Intervention

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · with Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) · NCT07842432

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 12–15 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
960
US sites recruiting
3
Study start
October 8, 2026
Record last updated
October 19, 2026

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What the study is about

The goal of this trial is to identify the most effective ways for schools to deliver RAP Club, a universal school-based mental health intervention. RAP Club is an evidence-based group program designed to help 8th grade students manage stress, regulate emotions, and make healthy decisions. This study investigates two factors related to program implementation: type of program facilitator (teacher vs. school-based clinician) and level of facilitator supervision (standard vs. enhanced). The investigators will test four conditions that represent all combinations of these two factors. The main questions this study aims to answer are:

  • Which combination of facilitator type and supervision level is most effective for improving student mental health?
  • How much does each of the four conditions cost, and how cost-effective, practical, and acceptable is each?

The investigators will work with 32 public schools. Each school will deliver two RAP Club groups with approximately 15 students per group. One group will be led by a school clinician and the other by a teacher. One of these facilitators will be randomized to receive weekly group supervision and the other to receive enhanced supervision, which also includes observation and coaching. The investigators will collect survey data on student mental health at baseline, after RAP Club, at 4-month follow-up, and at 12-month follow up when students are in 9th grade. The investigators will also collect academic data, program delivery data (e.g., attendance), and feedback from students, facilitators, and principals.

Being studied: RAP Club Delivered by a School Clinician; RAP Club Delivered by a Teacher; Standard Supervision; Enhanced Supervision

Conditions: Anxiety Symptoms; Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms; Depressive Symptoms; Behavioral Problems

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Students

  • Eighth-grade students enrolled in a participating Baltimore City Public School who are not in a self-contained special education classroom

School Leaders

  • Principals or vice principals from participating schools

RAP Club Facilitators

  • School-based mental health providers or school staff members who deliver RAP Club at a participating school

Exclusion Criteria

  • Students in self-contained special education classrooms are not eligible for participation because RAP Club has not been tailored to students in self-contained special education learning needs.
  • Students in foster care are not eligible for participation unless and until the study receives approval from the Social Services Administration for participation.

Recruiting US locations

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Dahlia Aljuboori, MBChB, MHS · 810-336-6737 · dahlia.aljuboori@jhmi.edu
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