Collaborative Life Skills Tool for ADHD
(CLS-D Trial)
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
The purpose of this study is to integrate digital health (dHealth) technology into the Collaborative Life Skills Program (CLS), an established, school-based behavioral intervention for students with ADHD, to make the program accessible to schools that serve students from low-socioeconomic (SES) backgrounds. Existing evidence-based interventions for students with ADHD are often inaccessible in schools with limited resources to support implementation. By adapting CLS to include a dHealth tool-CLS-D-investigators aim to improve the feasibility of intervention implementation in schools with limited resources and mitigate disparities in access to evidence-based interventions among students with ADHD who are from low-SES backgrounds.
Will I have to stop taking my current medications?
The trial information does not specify whether participants need to stop taking their current medications.
Is the Collaborative Life Skills Tool for ADHD safe for humans?
How is the Collaborative Life Skills Tool for ADHD different from other treatments?
The Collaborative Life Skills (CLS) program is unique because it integrates school, parent, and student treatments, delivered by school-based mental health providers, and includes booster sessions to maintain benefits over time. This approach focuses on collaboration between home and school environments, which is not typically emphasized in other ADHD treatments.12467
What data supports the effectiveness of the treatment Collaborative Life Skills dHealth tool (CLS-D) for ADHD?
Research shows that the Collaborative Life Skills (CLS) program, which is similar to CLS-D, helps improve ADHD symptoms and functioning in children by involving schools, parents, and students in a coordinated effort. Studies have documented beneficial effects of CLS on ADHD symptoms and related impairments, even after the program ends.12468
Who Is on the Research Team?
Miguel Villodas, PhD
Principal Investigator
Department of Psychology, College of Sciences, San Diego State University
Linda Pfiffner, PhD
Principal Investigator
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
This trial is for students in grades 2-5 with attention and behavior issues, enrolled in San Diego or San Francisco Bay area schools that offer free/reduced lunch. It includes their caregivers, school mental health professionals, and teachers. Excluded are those with severe language delays, psychosis, pervasive developmental disorders, global intellectual impairments, significant sensory impairments or other disabilities related to ADHD.Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
Timeline for a Trial Participant
Discovery and Design
Focus groups with SMHPs, teachers, students, and parents to inform CLS adaptations and dHealth tool development
Test and Refine
Iterative usability testing and open trials to refine the CLS-D prototype
Evaluation
Pilot randomized trial to evaluate the feasibility and promise of CLS-D
Follow-up
Collection of follow-up data on student outcomes
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Interventions
- Collaborative Life Skills dHealth tool (CLS-D)
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
San Diego State University
Lead Sponsor
University of California, San Francisco
Collaborator