Preventing School Exclusion and Opioid Misuse: Effectiveness of the Inclusive Skill-building Learning Approach (ISLA)

ConditionsMiddle Schools School Exclusion School Community Teaching Practices Opioid and Other Substance Misuse

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age8-15

SponsorUniversity of Oregon

About this trial

This project will test the effectiveness of the Inclusive Skill-building Learning Approach (ISLA) in reducing the use of exclusionary discipline, improving teacher practice and student outcomes, and decreasing substance misuse using a randomized controlled trial in 60 middle schools across six states.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

None

students who cannot comprehend written or spoken English or written or spoken Spanish, or

students who are eligible for alternate assessment for statewide achievement testing.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

Instructional Skill-Building Learning Approach (ISLA)

Treatment groups

5,076 Participants

are divided into 4 treatment groups

Locations

Soquel Union Elementary School District95010, CapitolaCalifornia, United States

Riverbend School District95991, Yuba CityCalifornia, United States

Salem-Keizer School District97301, SalemOregon, United States

Sponsors and collaborators

University of Oregon

Lead sponsor

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov