Recruiting

Advocacy Training

Sponsor:

Vanderbilt University

Code:

NCT07710300

Conditions

Students With Disabilities and/or Family Members With Students With Disabilities That Have a Section 504 Plan

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Treatment

Materials-only control condition

Study Details

Brief summary:

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

Conditions

Students With Disabilities and/or Family Members With Students With Disabilities That Have a Section 504 Plan

Study ID

NCT07710300

Start date

Jul 1, 2026

Status verified date

Jul, 2026

Completion date

Sep 1, 2028

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep 1, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 12+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

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

Study Design

Enrollment

160 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

other: Intervention group

Treatment

other: Waitlist-control group

Interventions

Treatment

Training program about Section 504 for individuals with disabilities and/or family caregivers of an individual with disabilities.

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 measure

  • 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 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Meghan M Burke, Dr.

615-343-1014meghan.burke@vanderbilt.edu

Locations

It is all on zoom (so anyone in the country can join)

Recruiting

Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203

Contacts

Zoom

6155851420meghan.burke@vanderbilt.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Vanderbilt University

Last update posted

Jul 17, 2026

Last verified

Jul, 2026

Keywords

  • Disability
  • Section 504
  • Section 504 plans

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Vanderbilt University on 2026-07-17.