Randomized Controlled Trial Testing a Training Program About Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
For patients and families
In plain language
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: Treatment, Materials-only control condition.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Students With Disabilities and/or Family Members With Students With Disabilities That Have a Section 504 Plan. Basic parameters: from 12 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
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Understanding and Improving Access to Section 504 Among Students With Disabilities
Overview
The goal of this training program is to learn if the intervention (i.e., training program) can improve access to Section 504 among students with disabilities and family caregivers. If students with disabilities and/or family caregivers are educated and empowered about Section 504, then there may be improved access to higher-quality of Section 504 plans. We aim to answer the following question: Is the training program effective? If there is a comparison group: We (our research team) will compare the intervention group to a waitlist-control group to discern differences in advocacy, empowerment, and knowledge and, subsequently, higher quality Section 504 plans and greater access to services. Participants will: * Attend an online class for an hour and a half each week for 6 weeks * Complete a pre-survey * Complete a formative evaluation after each program session * Complete a summative evaluation after the entire advocacy program * Complete a post-survey after completing the advocacy program * Complete a follow-up survey * Submit a copy of their child's (or their) Section 504 plan after providing consent
Interventions
- Other Treatment
Training program about Section 504 for individuals with disabilities and/or family caregivers of an individual with disabilities. - Other Materials-only control condition
Materials-only then access to advocacy training around Section 504 plans for individuals with disabilities and/or family caregivers of individuals with disabilities. Will have advocacy training 6 months after the control group.
Primary outcome measures
- Knowledge of Section 504 [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the training program at six weeks]
- Advocacy Activities Scale [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the training program at six weeks]
- Empowerment [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the training program at six weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Quality of the Section 504 plan [Time frame: From enrollment to six months after the end of the training program]
- Service access [Time frame: From enrollment to six months after the end of the training program]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: The participant must be willing to complete the research measures and the training program as well as meet one of the two following criteria:
- be a student aged 12-21 who receives Section 504 supports during K-12 school
- be the caregiver of a child who receives Section 504 supports during K-12 school
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- It is all on zoom (so anyone in the country can join) — Nashville
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07710300 · 90DPGE0101 · 90DPGE0101