Skill Development of Staff, Use of Standardized Assessment Tools
Conditions
Keywords
technology transfer, skill development, organizational change
Brief summary
1. Assess the impacts of implementing a juvenile assessment, referral, placement, and treatment planning (J-ARPP) protocol, and of different strategies for transferring J-ARPP technology, on service utilization of youth entering the juvenile justice system. 2. Assess the impacts of implementing J-ARPP, and of different strategies for transferring J-ARPP technology, on measures of organizational readiness and motivation, and staff attitudes about assessment and service. 3. Assess the impacts of implementing J-ARPP, and of different strategies for transferring J-ARPP technology, on measures of systems integration. 4. Assess fidelity to the J-ARPP protocol and the relationship between fidelity to the J-ARPP protocol and service utilization of youth entering the juvenile justice system.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALBooster Sessions
Provides onsite booster sessions for one year to the group after participating in standard care
BEHAVIORALTraining
memorandums, staff meetings
Sponsors
University of Maryland
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
George Mason University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* all offices
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Service utilization | 18 months |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed