Core Competency Model for Corrections
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Core Competency Model for Corrections (CCM-C) Self-Directed Violence Prevention Training.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice. Basic parameters: 18 years — 99 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
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Official title
Development and Implementation of a Self-Directed Violence (SDV) Prevention Training Program for the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections
Overview
The overall goal of this project is to design, implement, and revise the Core Competency Model for Corrections (CCM-C), an evidence-based Self-Directed Violence (SDV) prevention training program for correctional mental health providers in the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections (DAC). The proposed specific aims are: Aim 1: To create the CCM-C training program. Aim 2: To assess preliminary training effectiveness. Aim 3: To gather training program quality improvement feedback from corrections stakeholders.
Detailed description
Investigators will conduct a pilot feasibility and preliminary effectiveness evaluation of the Core Competency Model for Corrections (CCM-C; Cramer et al., 2022). This training approach involves psycho-educational content, self-assessment tools, interactive exercises to address 10 clinical care and practitioner-focused skill sets for suicide and self-injury risk assessment and management. The protocol employs a waitlist control sequential cross-over design and mixed-method evaluation approach targeting 50-100 NC correctional behavioral health clinicians (BHCs). Through an ongoing academic-community partnership, investigators will employ a Corrections Advisory Panel (CAP) to provide expert review of training. The CAP will comprise six NC-DAC BHCs and 4-6 external BHCs with experience in correctional behavioral health. Two training groups will each provide three assessments via an online self-report evaluation battery gathering information regarding participant demographics; SDV prevention knowledge, attitudes, and perceived skills; incarceration-related attitudes; and perceived importance of and intention to use SDV prevention practices.
Interventions
- Other Core Competency Model for Corrections (CCM-C) Self-Directed Violence Prevention Training
The Core Competency Model (CCM; Cramer et al., 2013, 2019) is an evidence-based educational training program for BHCs in suicide prevention core suicide prevention skills. The ten core competencies are: (1) Manage personal attitudes and reactions to suicide; (2) Maintain a collaborative stance toward the client; (3) Elicit evidence-based risk and protective factors; (4) Focus on current suicide plan and intent of suicidal ideation; (5) Determine risk level; (6) Enact a collaborative evidence-bas
Primary outcome measures
- Feasibility of the CCM-C training intervention [Time frame: Immediately post-training]
- Acceptability [Time frame: Immediately post-training]
- Appropriateness [Time frame: Immediately post-training]
- Usability [Time frame: Immediately post-training]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- Perceived self-directed violence prevention skills [Time frame: Immediately post-training]
- Willingness to intervene with a suicidal person [Time frame: Immediately post-training]
- Beliefs about incarcerated persons engaging in self-directed violence [Time frame: Immediately post-training]
- Self-directed violence prevention knowledge [Time frame: Immediately post-training]
- Perceived importance of training [Time frame: Immediately post-training]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Behavioral Health Clinician (BHC)
- 18 years of age or older
- Living in the U.S.
- Currently employed by the NC DAC
Exclusion criteria
- Decisional or cognitive impairments that preclude being able to consent to study participation
- Being a member of the study correctional advisory panel (CAP)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Crossover
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections — Raleigh
Publications
- Cramer RJ, Kaniuka AR, Peiper LJ. The core competency model for corrections: An education program for managing self-directed violence in correctional institutions. Psychol Serv. 2022 Nov;19(4):658-670. doi: 10.1037/ser0000624. Epub 2022 Feb 7. PMID 35130009
- Prowten SD, Cacace SC, Moxie J, Peters A, Corral A, Bowman M, Peiper LJ, Cramer RJ. Core competency model self-directed violence prevention training program for corrections: a hybrid feasibility-effectiveness trial. BMC Public Health. 2025 Aug 5;25(1):2655. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-23853-3. PMID 40764547
- Peiper LJ, Cramer RJ, Cacace SC, Peters A, Corral AR, Post AF, Prowten SD, Moxie J. Development and implementation of a self-directed violence prevention training program for correctional behavioral health providers: a clinical trial study protocol. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2024 Aug 8;10(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s40814-024-01533-0. PMID 39118161
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06359574 · IRB-24-0209