Future Leaders Program: Testing a Youth Leadership, Engagement, and Mindfulness Program

The current study tests the feasibility and effectiveness of a youth intervention designed to provide meaningful leadership opportunities through the acquisition of leadership skills as well as mindfulness practice, LEAP: Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness. The goal of this project is to determine whether the Leadership, Engagement, and youth Action Program with Mindfulness (LEAP) curriculum, which was developed with youth, is a feasible and effective intervention for fostering leadership and well-being. The investigators seek to understand whether LEAP can support wellbeing for youth as a strategy to increase youth mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) health.

NCT Number	NCT06736522
Lead Sponsor	Boston University Charles River Campus Collaborators: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Conditions	Adolescent Behavior Problem, Mental Health Wellness 1
Enrollment	504 participants
Start Date	2024-12-16
Primary Completion	2028-03 (estimated)
Study Completion	2028-03 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2026-06-04