RCT of the Restorative Practices Intervention
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Intervention Schools (Schools Receiving RPI), Control Schools (Schools Not Receiving RPI)
In brief
The Restorative Practices Intervention (RPI), is a whole school environment intervention which is integrated into existing school practice (rather than 'added on') so does not compete with academic priorities; and it has some evidence supporting its effectiveness at improving school environment and promoting positive peer relationships. The specific aims of this investigator initiated study are to: 1. Assess the mechanisms of how RPI implementation influences the school environment; 2. Assess the effects of RPI on school staff perceptions of school climate and adolescents' reports of school connectedness, peer relationships, developmental outcomes (academic achievement and social competency) and problem behaviors (alcohol use, bullying, disciplinary referrals); 3. Assess the extent to which the positive effects of RPI on adolescents persist over time during the transition between middle and high school. For the first time utilizing rigorous scientific methods, this study has the potential to document whether a whole-school intervention like RPI, that can be integrated into existing school practice, can affect both developmental outcomes and problem behaviors and whether the effects persist during the transition from middle to high school.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02155296
- Run by
- RAND
- People needed
- 3516
- Starts
- 2014-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2019-01-12
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-04-03
Who can join
Age: 12 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- all students and staff in participating schools
You may not qualify if…
- anyone not in participating schools
Where it is running
- Bath Middle School — Bath, Maine, United States
- Boothbay school — Boothbay Harbor, Maine, United States
- Bucksport school — Bucksport, Maine, United States
- Bonny Eagle school — Buxton, Maine, United States
- Ridge View school — Dexter, Maine, United States
- Molly Ockett — Fryeburg, Maine, United States
- Gorham school — Gorham, Maine, United States
- Jefferson Village school — Jefferson, Maine, United States
- Mt. Jefferson school — Lee, Maine, United States
- Maranacook school — Readfield, Maine, United States
- Oak Hill school — Sabattus, Maine, United States
- Skowhegan school — Skowhegan, Maine, United States
- Windham school — South Windham, Maine, United States
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