Principle-Guided Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents (FIRST): study protocol for a randomized controlled effectiveness trial in outpatient clinics

Table 1 Summary of assessment schedule for youth and caregiver data

Measure	Baseline	During therapy	Quarterly^a	Post-treatment^b	Informant
Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist/Youth Self Report	X		X		Caregiver and youth
Behavior and Feelings Survey	X	Weekly	X		Caregiver and youth
Functional Top Problems Assessment	X	Weekly	X		Caregiver and youth
Positive and Negative Affect Schedule	X	Weekly	X		Caregiver and youth
Coping Questionnaire	X	Weekly	X		Caregiver and youth
MINI-KID-P	X			X	Caregiver
UCLA PTSD-RI-5	X		X		Caregiver and youth
Youth Participant Background Form	X				Caregiver
Additional Services	X		X		Caregiver
Therapeutic Alliance Scale for Children/Parents		Monthly		X	Caregiver and youth
Parent and Child Satisfaction Scale				X	Caregiver and youth

^aThe quarterly schedule includes assessments occurring at approximately 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, and 18 months since baseline. ^bGiven that length of treatment is not fixed, the post-treatment assessment co-occurs with whichever quarterly assessment is scheduled after the date of discharge for each youth

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