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

该项目由SBE董事会的本科生研究经验（REU）网站计划资助。有科学和社会效益，我们的计划和该计划提供学生（即，学者）与智力丰富的研究，学术和专业活动。儿童的社会、情感和行为问题（SEB）对社会的代价是深远的（即，每年花费在青年人身上的费用估计为2470亿美元，因此，培训青年学者，改善对这些青年人的照顾，对个人和社会都有好处。该计划有四个主要影响。 首先，这个项目大大提高了该国一些最聪明的学者的轨迹。其次，该计划丰富了教师和研究生导师的工作，提高他们的能力，塑造来自不同背景的学者，并将这些不同的观点融入他们的研究。第三，通过具有不同观点的年轻科学家和教师之间的合作，参与的学者和导师为传统思维方式注入了新的活力，通过演讲和出版物影响了该领域，并发展了治疗相关研究领域。第四，该计划增加了参与学者和学者有价值研究的知名度。以前的REU学者提到，参加这个REU一直是他们在确定自己的职业生涯中最重要的经验。这个REU网站是一个结构良好的计划，每年为9名学生组成的队列，他们对社会，情绪和行为问题（SEB）儿童的治疗相关研究感兴趣。有五个目标：（1）进行个人，指导研究项目;（2）建立与SEB青年治疗相关的研究基础知识;（3）获得专业发展技能;（4）获得连接科学和实践的机会;和（5）增强多样化的观点。该网站提供为期1周的在线方向以及独立的研究培训，指导和课程经验，在为期7周的密集夏季学院。这种独特的经验是由高素质的，生产力教师在临床心理学，社会学，健康心理学，综合初级保健和学校心理健康领域谁拥有涉及本科生治疗相关研究的跟踪记录。此外，来自不同学科和代表性不足背景的导师网络加强和深化了与学术和研究重要主题有关的辅导。该计划提高了学生进行独立研究的能力，并学习其他基础研究技能，以增加他们进入研究生院和研究职业的机会。此外，许多由本科生学者领导的项目已经或即将出版，为SEB儿童的治疗相关研究领域提供信息和创新。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

This project is funded by the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites Program in the SBE Directorate. There are scientific and societal benefits to our program and this program provides students (i.e., scholars) with intellectually enriching research, academic, and professional activities. The cost of children’s social, emotional, and behavioral problems (SEB) to society is profound (i.e., with annual costs estimated at $247 billion across youth with various SEB), so training young scholars intent on improving care for these youth benefits both individuals and society. There are 4 broad impacts of this program. First, this program significantly enhances the trajectory of some of the country’s brightest scholars. Second, this program enriches the work of faculty and graduate student mentors by improving their ability to shape scholars from diverse backgrounds and by integrating these diverse perspectives into their research. Third, through collaborations among junior scientists and faculty with diverse perspectives, participating scholars and mentors breathe new life into traditional ways of thinking, impact the field via presentations and publications, and grow the field of treatment-related research. Fourth, this program increases the visibility of participating scholars and scholars’ valuable research. Previous REU scholars have mentioned that participating in this REU has been the single most important experience that they have had in determining their career. This REU site is a well-structured program for a cohort of nine students each year who are interested in treatment-related research for children with social, emotional, and behavioral problems (SEB). There are 5 aims: (1) Conduct individual, mentored-research projects; (2) Build foundational knowledge on treatment-related research for youth with SEBs; (3) Gain professional development skills; (4) Obtain opportunities to bridge science and practice; and (5) Enhance diverse perspectives. The site offers a 1-week online orientation as well as independent research training, mentoring, and coursework experiences during a 7-week intensive summer institute. This unique experience is led by highly qualified, productive faculty in clinical psychology, sociology, health psychology, integrative primary care, and school mental health fields who have a track record of involving undergraduates in treatment-related research. Additionally, a network of mentors from a variety of disciplines and underrepresented backgrounds enhance and deepen mentoring related to important topics in academia and research. This program increases students' ability to conduct independent research studies and learn other foundational research skills to increase their chances of admission into graduate school and a career in research. Additionally, many of the projects led by undergraduate scholars have been or will be published, informing and innovating the fields of treatment-related research for children with SEB.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.