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Examining Whether Project Support Works

Randomized Controlled Trial of Project Support

Who can join

Ages 6 to 13 · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

* Family is seeking trauma-focused services for their child;
* Child is between 6 - 13 years old;
* Caregiver agreed to be contacted for volunteer research opportunities;
* Caregiver and child can communicate in English or Spanish;
* Child has been living with caregiver for the last 6 months or longer;
* Family is able to participate in services delivered via telehealth.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Child or caregiver has a diagnosis that would impair their ability to participate in or benefit from services (e.g., traumatic brain injury, developmental disability, psychosis);
* Child is in Foster Care or Department of Social Services custody;
* The caregiver is unwilling or unable to give informed consent and/or the child is unwilling and unable to give assent.

About the study

This study will involve a randomized, controlled trial with two parallel groups, Project Support and a treatment as usual control group. Families with a child on the waitlist for trauma-focused services will be invited to participate. Participation involves completing a baseline assessment of family functioning and trauma characteristics. Participants will then be randomized to either Project Support or the treatment as usual control group. All participants will be invited to complete the post-test assessment 4-6 weeks after the baseline assessment, prior to beginning trauma-focused services.

What is being tested

• Project Support (behavioral)
• Case Management Services (behavioral)

Sponsor: Medical University of South Carolina · Participants: 100 · Started: Nov 4, 2025

Contact the study team

• Caitlin Rancher, PhD · Phone: 843-608-0491

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06963554

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.