Preventing Substance Abuse in Special Education Students

描述（由研究者提供）：本项目的总体目标是 创建一个互动程序，旨在防止使用和滥用非法 精神发育迟滞和发育残疾青年中的药物 （IMRDD）。患有MRDD的年轻人希望被他们所喜欢并接受 非残疾人。研究表明，MRDD青年更倾向于使用 非法物质对社会（即，压力比他们 非残疾人。此外，大约一半的MRDD患者 使用物质（包括酒精）的人可以被定性为物质 施虐者滥用药物的MRDD患者遭受同样的痛苦 健康相关的，社会，经济和情感的后果，因为人们没有 MRDD。 该项目将开发四个单独的针对性别的光盘 针对初中和高中MRDD青少年的虐待预防计划 年龄层次。在每个项目中，所需的社会和行为技能， (a)认识、（B）应对和（C）规避物质使用风险 情况将通过一个互动的无文本程序， 包含图形、动画和视频组件。直接指令（DI） 将采用一种方法来促进所有人掌握计划内容 程序用户。40名MRDD高中男生在前/后测试设计中将 评估方案。 拟议的商业应用： 该计划满足了一个独特的需求：预防精神发育迟滞和发育障碍（MRDD）的青少年滥用药物。该产品将对MRDD患者和为该人群服务的任何人（例如，学校、诊所、家长、高危青年服务、培训中心、职业和居民服务。

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): The overall goal of this project is to create an interactive program designed to prevent use and abuse of illicit substances among youth with mental retardation and developmental disabilities (IMRDD). Young people with MRDD want to be like, and be accepted by their non-disabled peers. Research has shown that MRDD youth are more apt to use illicit substances in response to social (i.e., peer) pressure than their non-disabled peers. Additionally, approximately half of individuals with MRDD who use substances (including alcohol) may be characterized as substance abusers. Individuals with MRDD that abuse substances suffer the same health-related, social, economic, and emotional consequences as people without MRDD. This project will develop four stand-alone gender-specific CD-ROM substance abuse prevention programs for youth with MRDD at middle school and high school age levels. Within each program, the social and behavioral skills required for (a) recognition of, (b) response to, and (c) retreat from substance use risk situations will be taught via an interactive text-free program that incorporates graphic, animation, and video components. Direct Instruction (DI) methodology will be employed to facilitate mastery of program content for all program users. Forty MRDD high school males in a pre/post test design will evaluate the program. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: This program fills a unique need: Substance abuse prevention for youth with mental retardation and developmental disabilities (MRDD). This product will be attractive to people with MRDD, and anyone serving this population (e.g., schools, health clinics, parents, services for at-risk youth, training centers, vocational and residential services.