Navigation and Parent Peer Support to Promote Access
Mental Disorder, Child, Mental Health, Family Health
About this trial
This is an interventional health services research trial for Mental Disorder, Child focused on measuring Patient Navigation, Mental Health Services
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
PPN provider:
- Over the age of 18 years
- Has experience in providing PPN services to families
- Has lived experience of having a child with mental health challenges
- Employed by the collaborating Family Run Organization
Parents/Caregivers:
- Over the age of 18 years,
- Have a child aged 1-13 with significant mental health symptoms and impairment but who has had no formal mental health treatment
Child:
- Aged 1-13 years
- Has significant mental health symptoms and impairment
- Has had no formal mental health treatment
Exclusion Criteria:
PPN provider:
- None
Parent:
- His or her child is in crisis needing more intense levels of care
- His or her child has been living continuously with parent for less than one year
Child:
- In crisis needed more intense levels of care
- Has been living continuously with parent for less than one year
Sites / Locations
- University of Colorado School of MedicineRecruiting
- Oregon Family Support Network
- Allegheny Family NetworkRecruiting
- Uplift WyomingRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Parent Peer Navigation (PPN) by Family Run Organization
Resources provided by Family Support Organization
In this arm, families receive PPN services from a trained provider with lived experience whose role is to effectively engage parents/caregivers in necessary treatment for their children by helping them connect with assessment, treatment and community-based resources and prepare them to independently navigate the child serving system, community-based resources, and ongoing opportunities for support once the PPN is no longer involved. PPN providers use the foundational competencies and skills to educate, inform and support families who are just entering the child-serving systems due to emerging behavioral health issues of their child.
The active comparator is service provided by Family Support Organizations (FSOs), which provide information and resources for families about disabilities, special education and other services as well as workshops and parent support groups. Unlike PPN services, FSO staff members are not "veteran caregivers" of a child with mental health challenges, do not provide personalized service delivery, do not provide a comprehensive assessment of family needs, and do not prepare families to make use of services through support for their initial and continued involvement in them. Finally, whereas PPNs participate in comprehensive training and coaching, training for FSO staff tends to be more general and consists primarily of being aware of local resources to which families may be referred.