Multimedia Divorce Adjustment for Young Children

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请建议开发儿童保育，这是一个互动的多媒体节目，旨在帮助学龄儿童（6至8岁）有效地适应父母的离婚。该计划被概念化为更大的KidCare套件的扩展，KidCare套件是NIDA资助的一系列与离婚相关的多媒体教育计划，目前正在Inflexxion开发。该方案将包括一套供儿童独立使用的多媒体儿童模块，以及供父母使用的配套手册。该计划将依靠互动的位移场景，通信电报，和其他发展适当的心理教育策略，以帮助儿童获得与改善离婚调整相关的信息和技能。 第一阶段涉及概念验证研究，以证明产品的可行性。第二阶段将涉及一个功能齐全的幼儿护理计划的生产和可用性测试，一个衡量满意度的验收测试，以及一个比较计划相对于基于组和无治疗对照的有效性的现场测试。如果证明是有效的，儿童护理幼儿方案将大大提高儿童及其家庭获得离婚相关方案的机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application proposes development of KidCare for Young Children, an interactive, multimedia program intended to help young school-age children (six-to-eight years old) effectively adjust to their parents' divorce. The program is conceptualized as an extension to the larger KidCare suite, a NIDA-funded series of divorce-related multimedia education programs currently under development at lnflexxion. The program will contain a set of multimedia child-modules for independent use on the part of children, as well as a companion handbook for parents. The program will rely on interactive displacement scenarios, communication telegrams, and other developmentally appropriate psycho-educational strategies to help children acquire the information and skills associated with improved divorce adjustment. Phase I involved proof of concept research to demonstrate product feasibility. Phase II will involve production and usability testing of a fully functional KidCare for Young Children program, an acceptance test measuring satisfaction levels, and a field test comparing program efficacy relative to group-based and no-treatment controls. If proven effective, KidCare for Young Children will significantly enhance the accessibility of divorce-related programming to children and their families.