Partners in School: Promoting Continuity across Home and School for Children with Autism by Improving Parent-Teacher Communication during the Transition to School

候选人的职业目标是成为一名以学校为基础的心理健康服务研究人员，促进家庭- 在不同社区的学校伙伴关系。她的研究的首要目标是最大限度地提高连续性， 自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的儿童，确保家长和教师在进行 在家庭和学校采用相同的循证实践（EBP）。短期研究目标为 （1）通过调整以证据为基础的健康传播培训，使其适用于教育， （2）在过渡期内，运用这种方法改善家长与教师的沟通， 自闭症儿童学校对这一指导性的以患者为导向的研究职业发展的补充 (K23)奖项要求支持候选人在关键生命事件（孩子出生）期间的研究生产力 预定于11/17/20）。她的产假，加上新生儿护理，可能会影响 家长奖补充资金将用于聘请研究助理（RA），谁将是工具 持续招募、筛选和安排焦点小组。第二个项目计算机也是 考虑到RA和候选人可能位于不同的位置（即，远程工作），并将需要 轻松访问项目文件。鉴于COVID-19的必要预防措施，电子设备正在重新- 寻找研究对象参加虚拟焦点小组（目标1），并为 可行性和可接受性试验（目标2）。最后，请咨询数据分析师的工资支持- 在目标2中提出的混合方法分析的定量组成部分中，详细 计划已经在候选人和她的主要导师Jeremy Veenstra之间合作开发- VanderWeele，MD，以确保在补充期结束时恢复全部生产力（1/1/20- 12/31/20）。补充期将分为四个季度。研究和培训活动将 在随后的每个季度逐步增加，直到2021年12月获得全部生产力。那里 是来自纽约州精神卫生研究基金会的强有力的机构支持， 医学研究所和哥伦比亚瓦盖洛斯内外科医学院精神病学系。 研究所和系将为候选人提供研究行政支持，设备， 设施、信息系统和技术支持，以确保她恢复全面生产力，并重新 以研究职业轨迹为主。这一计划的行动方针将保证候选人符合- 完成了最初在母奖中提出的第一年和第二年的研究和培训目标。的 候选人是一个理想的补充接受者，因为她已经在她的研究取得了很大的进展 她说："我们的目标和培训活动，以及额外的资金将尽量减少中断她的研究进展。的 候选人在过去的关键生活事件中表现出对研究事业的坚定承诺。如裁决─ 艾德，这补充将提供支持，以成功地在她的K23和过渡到研究独立。

The candidate's career goal is to be a school-based mental health services researcher who promotes family- school partnerships in diverse communities. The overarching goal of her research is to maximize continuity for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by ensuring that parents and teachers are aligned in conducting the same evidence-based practices (EBPs) across home and school. Her short term research objectives are to: (1) refine Partners in School by adapting an evidence-based health communication training for use in edu- cational settings; and (2) apply this approach to improve parent-teacher communication during the transition to school for children with ASD. A supplement to this Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development (K23) Award is requested to support the candidate's research productivity during a critical life event (child birth scheduled for 11/17/20). Her maternity leave, in conjunction with newborn care, may affect progress on the parent award. The supplemental funds will be used to hire a research assistant (RA), who will be instrumental in sustaining recruitment, screening, and scheduling of the focus groups. A second project computer also is requested, given that the RAs and candidate may be in different locations (i.e., working remotely) and will need to easily access project files. Given the precautions necessary for COVID-19, electronic devices are being re- quested for research subjects to participant in the virtual focus groups (Aim 1), as well as provide data for the feasibility and acceptability pilot test (Aim 2). Finally, salary support for a data analyst is requested for consulta- tion and support in the quantitative component of the mixed methods analyses proposed in Aim 2. A detailed plan has been collaboratively developed between the candidate and her primary mentor, Jeremy Veenstra- VanderWeele, MD, to ensure a return to full productivity at the end of the supplemental period (1/1/20- 12/31/20). The supplemental period will be broken into four quarters. The research and training activities will be gradually added with each subsequent quarter until full productivity is obtained by December of 2021. There is strong institutional support from the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene at the New York State Psychi- atric Institute and the Department of Psychiatry at the Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. The Institute and Department will provide the candidate with the research administrative support, equipment, facilities, information systems, and technology support to ensure that she returns to full productivity and re- mains on a research career trajectory. This planned course of action will guarantee that the candidate com- pletes the research and training goals for Year 1 and Year 2 as originally proposed in the parent award. The candidate is an ideal recipient of a supplement because she has already made great progress on her research aims and training activities, and the additional funds will minimize disruptions to her research progress. The candidate has demonstrated strong commitment to a research career during past critical life events. If award- ed, this supplement will provide the support to succeed in her K23 and transition to research independence.