Supporting Teachers And childRen in Schools (STARS) trial

Conditions

Child psychopathology Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Parker K, Nunns M, Xiao Z, Ford T, Stallard P, Kuyken W, Axford N, Ukoumunne OC.

2025-05-031 citations

10.1186/s12874-025-02574-6

Training teachers in classroom management to improve mental health in primary school children: the STARS cluster RCT

Tamsin Ford, Rachel Hayes, Sarah Byford, Vanessa Edwards, Malcolm Fletcher et al. (18 authors)

Public Health Research2019-03-0126 citations

10.3310/phr07060

The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Incredible Years<sup>®</sup>Teacher Classroom Management programme in primary school children: results of the STARS cluster randomised controlled trial

Tamsin Ford, Rachel Hayes, Sarah Byford, Vanessa Edwards, Malcolm Fletcher et al. (17 authors)

Psychological Medicine2018-07-1860 citations

10.1017/s0033291718001484

Understanding influences on teachers' uptake and use of behaviour management strategies within the STARS trial: process evaluation protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Hansford L, Sharkey S, Edwards V, Ukoumunne O, Byford S, Norwich B, Logan S, Ford T.

2015-02-105 citations

10.1186/s12889-015-1486-y

Supporting teachers and children in schools: the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Incredible Years teacher classroom management programme in primary school children: a cluster randomised controlled trial, with parallel economic and process evaluations.

Ford T, Edwards V, Sharkey S, Ukoumunne OC, Byford S, Norwich B, Logan S.

2012-08-3021 citations

10.1186/1471-2458-12-719

Interventions

Intervention group: The Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management (TCM) programme, the teacher will attend a one-day session per month over six months Control group: Teaching as u

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Teachers, parents and children in primary, state run, mainstream schools in Devon, Torbay or Plymouth with at least one single year group class of 15 or more pupils in Reception or Years 1-4. This will provide a sample of children aged 4-9 years at recruitment. 2. The nominated teacher must have classroom responsibility for a single year group class for a minimum of four days per week

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Schools that have only mixed year group classes 2. All classes have fewer than 15 children 3. Are under 'special measures', are privately funded or are without a substantive head teacher 4. Teachers on contracts of less than three years 5. Children with so little use of spoken English that they are unable to complete the measures, even with support 6. Children whose parent(s) do not have a sufficient use of English to enable them to give consent for their child to participate or answer questionnaires, even with assistance

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire - teacher and parent rated at baseline, 8 months, 18 months and 30 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Teacher rated measures: 1. Assessments of Pupil Progress 2. Adapted Pupil Behaviour Questionnaire 3. Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale 4. Maslach Burnout Inventory- General Survey 5. Everyday Feeling Questionnaire Child completed measure: How I Feel About My School Observer rated measures: 1. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT II) 2. Teacher-Pupil Observation Tool (TPOT) Economic Evaluation measures: Child and Adolescent Service Use Schedule (CA-SUS) self report questionnaire All measures recorded at baseline, 8 months, 18 months and 30 months with the exception of WIAT II which is recorded on one occasion with subsample, TPOT at baseline and 8 months with subsample, CA-SUS interview with subsample at 18 months and 30 months.	—

Measure

Time frame

Teacher rated measures: 1. Assessments of Pupil Progress 2. Adapted Pupil Behaviour Questionnaire 3. Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale 4. Maslach Burnout Inventory- General Survey 5. Everyday Feeling Questionnaire Child completed measure: How I Feel About My School Observer rated measures: 1. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT II) 2. Teacher-Pupil Observation Tool (TPOT) Economic Evaluation measures: Child and Adolescent Service Use Schedule (CA-SUS) self report questionnaire All measures recorded at baseline, 8 months, 18 months and 30 months with the exception of WIAT II which is recorded on one occasion with subsample, TPOT at baseline and 8 months with subsample, CA-SUS interview with subsample at 18 months and 30 months.

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Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed