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ArticleImplementation science communications2026

A pilot Roll-Out Implementation Optimization trial of an adjunctive intervention to improve teacher and caregiver uptake and adherence to a behavioral intervention for externalizing problems in preschool: a study protocol of Parent-Educator Action Response (PEAR).

Sarah R Eisenman, Jocelin Vanegas, Colleen Cicchetti, Scott N Compton, Walter S Gilliam, Iheoma U Iruka, Aaron R Lyon, Lauren S Wakschlag, Justin D Smith, Andrea E Spencer and 1 more

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Testing a Brief, Engagement Focused Intervention for Parents and Educators in Preschool: Parent-Educator Action Response

TypeinterventionalSponsorAnn & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoRan2025 to 2027Enrolled48ConditionsAttention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior DisordersArmsParent-Educator Action Response (PEAR), Daily Report Card
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Sarah R EisenmanAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jocelin VanegasAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Colleen CicchettiAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Scott N ComptonAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Walter S GilliamBuffet Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA.
Iheoma U IrukaThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Aaron R LyonUniversity of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Lauren S WakschlagNorthwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, Chicago, IL, USA.
Justin D SmithSpencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Andrea E SpencerAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Courtney A Zulauf-McCurdyAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. czulaufmccurdy@luriechildrens.org.

Funding

Iteratively developing and testing a brief, engagement focused intervention for parents and educators: Parent Education Action Response (PEAR)K23MH129575 · NIMH · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Courtney Anne Zulauf-McCurdy · 2023 to 2026
$469k
NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH129575NIMH NIH HHS L30 MH141709
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Abstract

backgroundBehavioral interventions are well-established treatments for emerging externalizing problems in preschool. However, caregivers and teachers face barriers to implementing behavioral interventions across home and school. The current study aims to improve joint teacher and caregiver uptake and adherence to a behavioral intervention by testing a new adjunctive intervention co-developed with early childhood constituents, Parent-Educator Action Response (PEAR). PEAR consists of group-based motivational interviewing, psychoeducation, and action planning sessions for preschool teachers and caregivers of a preschooler with elevated externalizing problems, followed by a meeting with each caregiver-teacher dyad to agree upon a plan for supporting improvements in the child's externalizing problems.

methodsWe will use a pilot Roll-Out Implementation Optimization (ROIO) design, with three clusters over 18 months to implement and evaluate PEAR. Participants will be approximately 24 preschool teachers and 24 caregivers of a preschool child. All participants will receive PEAR, delivered by a licensed clinical psychologist and supported by a bilingual community health worker. Throughout the study period, participants will be asked to implement the Daily Report Card (DRC), an evidence-based behavioral intervention for externalizing problems. Implementation of the DRC at home and preschool, the primary outcome, will be measured weekly for eight weeks. Additional outcomes will be measured at baseline, post-PEAR, and follow-up (4 weeks post-PEAR). DISCUSSION: This is one of the first pilot ROIO trials and trials in the preschool setting to study a new adjunctive intervention to improve both teacher and caregiver uptake and adherence to behavioral interventions for preschool externalizing problems. Findings are likely to generalize to other public health adjunctive interventions in community settings.

trial registrationclinicaltrials.gov NCT07203014 on 10-02-2025.

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Adjunctive interventionExternalizing problemsPilot ROIOPreschool

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PMCPMC13235087

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