Digital Family Check-Up Program to Improve Child Mental Health and Prevent Family Violence Comparing Online Support With and Without Telehealth Coaching in Schools

What this Trial Is About

This research is focused on improving child mental health through a family-centered digital health program called the Family Check-Up Online. This program is based on over 25 years of research and aims to reduce child depression, anxiety, and behavior problems by enhancing family relationships and parenting skills. The study evaluates how this digital intervention works when delivered by school providers, comparing a coached version with telehealth support to an uncoached version. Participants will be divided into groups where some receive the Family Check-Up Online with telehealth coaching from a parenting coach, while others use the digital program alone without coaching. The intervention includes assessments, computer-generated feedback, and modules addressing stress management, positive parenting, rules and consequences, school success support, and communication. The study also involves interviews with school providers and parents to understand how best to implement and maintain the program within school support systems. Families in the study will be followed over six months, during which researchers will measure changes in child depression, anxiety, parenting skills, communication, and school success support based on parent reports. The study will track family engagement, program usage, and provider training effects to understand which factors influence outcomes. This trial aims to inform how the program can be integrated into schools and potentially commercialized for wider use.

SBIR/ STTR Family Check-up Online