Psychosocial Support Program for Public School Teachers
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorHospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if different formats of a school-based psychosocial support training program can improve teachers' ability to recognize and respond to students' mental health needs. The study will include teachers working in public schools in Brazil.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. Do teachers who receive the training improve their knowledge on how to better to identify and support students with mental health difficulties? 2. Do different formats of training (synchronous online or self-paced) and the presence of supervision lead to different levels of improvement in this knowledge, in attitudes related to mental health, and helping behaviors?
Researchers will compare three versions of the program (synchronous online with supervision sessions, synchronous online without supervision sessions, and asynchronous format) to see which approach is more effective, acceptable, and feasible.
Participants will:
1. Take part in a training program delivered online or through self-paced materials; 2. In some groups, attend additional supervision sessions to discuss real-life cases; 3. Receive brief follow-up materials through mobile messages after the training 4. Complete online questionnaires at multiple time points (before the training, during the program, after completion, and at follow-up).
The study will measure changes in teachers' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to supporting students' mental health, as well as satisfaction with the program and its feasibility for large-scale implementation.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Public schools from the state education system of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, serving students in "Ensino Fundamental" and "Ensino Médio" (equivalent to grades 1-12), and belonging to "Polo 1" or "Polo 2", administrative groupings defined by the Rio Grande do Sul State Department of Education that includes the following Regional Education Coordinators (Coordenadorias Regionais de Educação [CREs]): 1st, 2nd, 11th, 12th, 27th, and 28th CREs (Polo 1) and the 4th, 7th, 15th, 16th, 23rd, 25th, 39th CREs (Polo 2);
Schools with 10 or more teachers on staff;
School staff currently working in participating public schools;
Able and willing to participate in all stages of the intervention and scheduled assessments;
Disqualifiers
Schools with fewer than 10 teachers on staff;
Youth and Adult Education Centers (Núcleos de Educação de Jovens e Adultos [EJA]);
Schools that began operating as full-time schools in 2026;
Schools not belonging to Polo 1 or 2 of the state education system of Rio Grande do Sul;
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Online School-Based Psychosocial Support Training
- Asynchronous School-Based Psychosocial Support Training
- Supervision Sessions
- Mobile-Based Reinforcement Materials
Treatment groups
2,970 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsLocations
Sponsors and collaborators
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Lead sponsor
Child Mind Institute
Collaborator
Secretaria da Educação do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (SEDUC-RS)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov