Options for Navigating Talking About Risk and Adolescent Choices

Emotion Regulation Intervention to Prevent Substance Use Among Youth in the Child Welfare System

This study will examine the effectiveness of ON-TRAC (Options for Navigating Talking about Risk and Adolescent Choices), which is an online substance use prevention program that also teaches emotion regulation skills. 200 adolescents, 12-15 years of age, will be randomized to ON-TRAC or a wait list comparison group (who will be offered the intervention at the end of their study participation) to determine impact on substance use, emotion regulation abilities, mental health symptoms, and other risk behavior outcomes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Contact with the Rhode Island child welfare system
• Caregiver who is a parent/guardian of a child who experienced maltreatment
• Caregiver who speaks English or Spanish
• Caregiver who does not have developmental delays
• Adolescent who is between 12-15 years of age
• Adolescent who is fluent in English
• Adolescent who has active follow-up with the Rhode Island child welfare system due to an indicated finding of abuse or neglect in the past year

Exclusion Criteria:

• Adolescent who cannot read at a 4th grade level
• Adolescent who has a sibling who has participated in the program
• Adolescent who has developmental delays
• Adolescent who lacks parental consent for the study