Preventing Substance Abuse in Special Education Students

描述(由调查员提供)：该项目的总体目标是创建一个旨在防止非法使用和滥用的互动程序 精神发育迟滞和发育残疾青年的物质 (IMRDD)。患有MRDD的年轻人想要像他们一样，并被他们的 非禁用对等体。研究表明，MRDD年轻人更倾向于使用 非法物质对社会(即同行)压力的反应比他们的 非禁用对等体。此外，约有一半的MRDD患者 使用物质(包括酒精)的人可被描述为物质 施虐者。滥用药物的MRDD患者也会遭受同样的痛苦 与健康相关的社会、经济和情感后果 MRDD。 该项目将开发四种独立的针对性别的光盘材料 针对初中和高中患有MRDD的青少年的虐待预防计划 年龄层次。在每个计划中，需要具备以下社交和行为技能 (A)认识到、(B)应对和(C)远离药物使用风险 情景将通过一个互动的无文本程序来教授 整合了图形、动画和视频组件。直接指令(DI) 将采用方法来促进所有人对节目内容的掌握 程序用户。在前后测试设计中，40名MRDD高中男生将 评估该计划。 建议的商业应用： 这项计划满足了一个独特的需求：预防精神发育迟滞和发育残疾青年的药物滥用(MRDD)。该产品将吸引MRDD患者以及为这一人群提供服务的任何人(例如，学校、医疗诊所、父母、高危青少年服务机构、培训中心、职业和住宿服务)。

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.