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员，促进家庭-- 不同社区的学校伙伴关系。她研究的首要目标是最大限度地保持 通过确保家长和老师在引导方面保持一致，为患有自闭症谱系障碍的儿童 同样的循证实践(EBP)遍及家庭和学校。她的短期研究目标是 为了：(1)通过调整基于证据的健康沟通培训来完善学校的合作伙伴，以用于教育-- 国家环境；以及(2)应用这种方法来改善过渡期间的家长-教师沟通 自闭症儿童学校。对这种以患者为导向的研究生涯发展的补充 (K23)奖励是为了支持候选人在关键的人生事件(分娩)期间的研究效率 计划于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一名研究助理(RA)，该助理将发挥作用 在维持重点小组的招募、筛选和日程安排方面。第二台项目计算机也是 要求，因为RAS和候选人可能在不同的位置(即远程工作)，并且需要 以方便地访问项目文件。鉴于新冠肺炎需要采取的预防措施，电子设备正在被重新部署 要求研究对象参与虚拟焦点小组(目标1)，并为 可行性和可接受性试点试验(目标2)。最后，需要为数据分析师提供薪资支持，以获得咨询-- 对目标2中提出的混合方法分析的定量部分的支持和支持。 这位候选人和她的主要导师杰里米·维恩斯特拉合作制定了一项计划-- VanderWeele，MD，以确保在补充期结束时(1/1/20- 12/31/20)。补充期将分为四个季度。研究和培训活动将 在接下来的每个季度逐步增加，直到2021年12月达到完全生产率。那里 是来自纽约州心理卫生研究基金会的强有力的机构支持- 哥伦比亚Vagelos内科和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，以确保她恢复充分的生产力并重新- 主要研究人员的职业发展轨迹。这一计划的行动过程将保证候选人- 完成家长奖中最初提出的第一年和第二年的研究和培训目标。这个 候选人是补充剂的理想接受者，因为她在研究方面已经取得了很大进展 目标和培训活动，额外的资金将最大限度地减少对她研究进展的干扰。这个 应聘者在过去的关键生活事件中表现出对研究事业的坚定承诺。如获奖- 埃德，这份补充材料将为她在K23课程中取得成功并过渡到研究独立提供支持。

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.