REU Site: Treatment-Related Research for Children with Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems

该项目由SBE理事会的本科生研究经验（REU）站点计划资助。它既具有科学效益，又具有社会效益，它将研究和教育结合在一起。这个REU现场计划的目标是为本科生提供深入的实践经验，重点是获得有社会，情感和行为问题（SEB）的儿童的临床研究技能。学生将学习如何运用科学方法来提出假设，并学习如何设计和开展SEB儿童治疗相关问题的研究。学生们还接受了研究道德行为方面的培训。学生由全职博士级别的教师指导，他们有很强的研究项目。教员吗?专业知识包括为患有seb的儿童和青少年提供服务，与父母有关的压力和参与儿童服务？s SEB，影响SEB学校服务的因素，父母、提供者、教师和儿童对SEB服务的决策，以及生活在农村或服务不足地区的SEB儿童和家庭的综合卫生系统。由于我们的REU网站将包括来自代表性不足的群体或不同背景的学生（即农村，第一代，少数民族或文化少数民族，女性）的参与，我们有机会潜在地帮助这些学生的职业轨迹，包括丰富他们的研究生院前景，职业道路和职业选择。参加该REU的本科生有四个目标：(1)在SEB青年治疗相关研究领域获得独立项目的经验；(2)有教育经历和研究经历，这将使他们成为更好的数据科学家；(3)获得申请和进入一流研究领域研究生院所需的技能指导；(4)获得临床研究成果从科学到实践、从实践到科学的独特经验。研究和教育两类活动将使这些目标得以实现。由学生和他们的导师进行的研究将促进对SEB儿童的治疗和治疗相关问题的理解。通过与导师定期和频繁的接触，学生可以学习研究过程的各个方面，包括假设制定、科学文献的整合和分析、研究设计、数据收集、数据分析和研究成果的展示。学生们还参加以统计学、研究方法为重点的研讨会，并为研究生院申请过程做准备。为了最大限度地接触多个研究领域，他们参加由教师导师介绍最新研究数据的研讨会。学生们在介绍研究成果方面接受了相当多的培训，并有机会和财政支持，在区域和国家会议上介绍他们的研究成果，重点是学校心理健康、治疗和与SEB青年有关的治疗问题。学生和导师一起提交研究报告，在同行评审的学术期刊上发表。

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the SBE Directorate. It has both scientific and societal benefits, and it integrates research and education. The goal of this REU site program is to provide undergraduate students with an in-depth, hands-on experience focused on gaining clinical research skills for children with social, emotional, and behavioral problems (SEB). Students are trained in the application of the scientific method to develop hypotheses, and trained on how to design and conduct research studies on treatment-related issues for children with SEB. Students are also trained in the ethical conduct of research. Students are mentored by full-time, Ph.D.-level faculty members who have strong programs of research. Faculty members? expertise includes services for children and adolescents with SEBs, parent-related stress and engagement in services for children?s SEB, factors impacting school services for SEB, decision-making for SEB services among parents, providers, teachers, and children, and integrated health systems for children and families with SEB living in rural or underserved settings. As our REU site will include participation of students from underrepresented groups or diverse backgrounds (i.e., rural, first-generation, ethnic or cultural minority, women), we have an opportunity to potentially assist the career trajectories of these students, including enriching their graduate school prospects, career paths, and career options. There are 4 aims for undergraduate students who participate in this REU: (1) gain experience conducting an independent project in the realm of treatment-related research for youth with SEB; (2) have educational experiences alongside research experiences that will allow them to become better data scientists; (3) be mentored in the requisite skills to apply to and get into top-notch graduate schools in research-related fields; and (4) gain unique experience transferring clinical research findings from science to practice and from practice to science. Two types of activities, research and educational, will allow these aims to be met. The research conducted by students with their mentors will advance understanding of treatments and treatment-related issues for children with SEB. With regular and frequent contact with mentors, students learn all aspects of the research process, including hypothesis formulation, integration and analysis of scientific literature, research design, data collection, data analysis, and the presentation of research findings. Students also attend seminars focused on statistics, research methods, and preparing for the graduate school application process. To maximize exposure to multiple areas of research, they attend seminars in which faculty mentors present data from recent research. Students receive considerable training in the presentation of research findings and have opportunities and financial support to present their findings at regional and national conferences focused on school mental health, treatments, and treatment-related concerns for youth with SEB. Students and mentors work together to submit research reports for publication in peer-reviewed academic journals.