Purpose

The current study tests the feasibility and effectiveness of a youth intervention designed to provide meaningful leadership opportunities through the acquisition of leadership skills as well as mindfulness practice, LEAP: Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness. The goal of this project is to determine whether the Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness (LEAP) curriculum, which was developed with youth, is a feasible and effective intervention for fostering leadership and well-being. The investigators seek to understand whether LEAP can support wellbeing for youth as a strategy to increase youth mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health.

Conditions

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 14 Years
Eligible Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • Adolescents ages 14 and older in grades 9-12 during the Fall/Winter or in grades 9-11 during the Spring - Enrolled in a partner site in Massachusetts or Illinois - Adolescents are only included with parent consent and youth assent if they are under the age of 18. Adolescents at least 18 years old can provide consent.

Exclusion Criteria

  • They participated in the pilot phase (UG3) - They cannot commit to participation in the full study (e.g., attendance at all intervention sessions) - They are not in grades 9-12 at a partner site - Parent/guardian has a preferred consent language other than English or Spanish.

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description
Individually Randomized Group Treatment Trial Design
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Masking
Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking Description
Outcomes assessors will be masked to study condition.

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Experimental
Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness
The Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness intervention (LEAP) consists of 14 sessions focused on youth leadership and mindfulness.
  • Behavioral: Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness
    The Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness intervention (LEAP) was designed and co-created with youth to improve youth well-being by enhancing leadership opportunities and by developing mindfulness in day-to-day life. LEAP seeks to foster these improvements in youth and to increase youth mental, emotional, and behavioral health. Youth voice is incorporated into the intervention, with facilitators leading the first 7 sessions, and youth leading the remainder.
    Other names:
    • LEAP
Active Comparator
EnvisionIT
EnvisionIT is a college and career-readiness program designed for students in grades 6-12. The EnvisionIT program will be delivered over 14 sessions, and focus on skills and career/college readiness.
  • Behavioral: EnvisionIT
    Participants in this arm will receive 14 sessions of EnvisionIT training, focused on preparing students with essential skills including digital literacy through competency in information technology, financial literacy, English language arts skills, and college and career readiness. All sessions will be delivered by facilitators trained in EnvisionIT.

Recruiting Locations

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Boston University Charles River Campus

Study Contact

Jennifer Greif Green, PhD
617-353-3253
jggreen@bu.edu

Detailed Description

The LEAP study will determine whether a 14-session program designed to provide leadership and mindfulness skills to youth is an effective and feasible intervention. The curriculum consists of 14 two-hour sessions delivered after school. The comparison group will take part in EnvisionIT, a college and career readiness program designed for students in grades 6 through 12. EnvisionIT aims to prepare students with essential skills including digital literacy, and college and career readiness. The comparison group will also have 14 two-hour group sessions. Both LEAP and EnvisionIT will be delivered by trained facilitators. All participants in LEAP and EnvisionIT will be assessed at four time points; facilitators will also complete interviews post-intervention and provide feedback on data fidelity and acceptability following each session. This record reports on the UH3 phase of the grant.

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