Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP): An Innovative Web-based Tool for Long-term Practice Improvement

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare whether mental health therapists trained by a Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP) or those trained in traditional face-to-face training differ on learning key family therapy domains, including competencies, agency readiness, and client outcomes. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Will 75 FTTIP mental health therapists show improvement in all core family therapy competencies that are not inferior to 75 providers receiving traditional in person family therapy training?
* Will 150 families (child, parent, dyad) receiving CIFFTA family therapy show adequate retention in treatment therapeutic alliance and significant pre-post treatment improvements on family environment and presenting problems?
* Will 15 agency leaders receiving FTTIP agency readiness consultations show more pre and post change in agency readiness and knowledge than 15 leaders receiving agency engagement as usual?

Participants will participate in:

* Complete pre and post surveys
* 20 hours of training in an evidenced based family therapy treatment
* 24 weeks of biweekly coaching to implement the treatment
* 24 weeks of implementation of the treatment with one family
* Agency leaders will complete 2 weeks of organizational readiness engagement

Researchers will compare the Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP) and traditional face-to-face training to see if FTTIP is not inferior to traditional training in key domains, including competencies, agency readiness, and client outcomes in mental health therapists.

Conditions

• Traditional Face to Face Training
• Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP)

Interventions

OTHER

Training on CIFFTA competencies using Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP)

An Innovative Web-based Tool to train mental health therapists in family therapy competencies with animated families and provided recorded video responses to receive feedback from trainers.

OTHER

Training on CIFFTA competencies using Training and Coaching as Usual (TCAU).

Therapists receive training using the traditional face to-face training method for 2.5 days followed by coaching.

OTHER

Culturally Informed and Flexible Family-Based Treatment for Adolescents (CIFFTA).

CIFFTA has three major components: Family Therapy, Individual Therapy, and Psycho-educational Modules, delivered over 16 weeks in a two session (60 minutes each) per week format. One session will typically be a family session which may include Family Therapy or Psychoeducational modules designed for the family or parents alone. The other session is typically with the adolescent alone which may include individual treatment or Psycho-educational modules designed for the adolescent.

OTHER

Agency Readiness Consultation- Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP)

The FTTIP agency readiness work begins with a pre-recorded FTTIP introduction webinar presented separately to each agency which presents overall goals of the project and the different FTTIP components, and key decisions agencies often make when seeking to sustain a new EBT.

OTHER

Agency Engagement and Orientation as Usual

Work with the agency leaders will consist of the traditional engagement of the leadership so that they agree to collaboration with the study team, with the training team, and with the study procedures.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Training and Implementation Associates

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• David Santisteban, PhD · Training and Implementation Associates

• Daniel Santisteban, PhD · Training and Implementation Associates

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-04-01

Primary Completion

2024-03-31

Completion

2024-03-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations