Educational Opportunities for Youth in Foster Care

寄养青少年的教育机会

• 批准号: 6737314
• 负责人: William Vincent Griffin
• 金额: $ 13.57万
• 依托单位: INDEPENDENT LIVING RESOURCES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-02-15 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6737314
• 关键词: DVD /CD ROM; Internet; academic achievement; behavioral /social science research tag; caregivers; child foster care /adoption; clinical research; education cost /financing; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; educationally disadvantaged; focus groups; human subject; interview; motivation; questionnaires; rural area; university; urban area

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): SBIR Phase I - Post Secondary Educational Opportunities for Youth in Foster Care This project will produce and pilot the use of a multimedia integrated informational system (DVD and text, CD Rom, and Web-based site) that specifically targets foster youths and their caregivers/foster parents regarding available opportunities for planning, applying, and paying for post secondary educational opportunities. This application is focused on foster youths in their middle and high school years (7th-12th grades) and providing those youths with information and resources that can enable them to make post secondary educational opportunities a reality. The materials developed will promote advocacy for post secondary educational support by youths themselves and the adults who shelter, advise, and mentor them. The use of each of the media approaches (DVD and text, CD-Rom, Internet Website) for reaching these target groups will be tracked and data gathered to determine the ability of these groups to access and use computers, the Internet, and multimedia materials in a range of settings (urban and rural). Data will be gathered to assist in determining the feasibility of using the latest multimedia approaches to reach a diverse population that might be limited in its ability to access the entry portals for these technologies. A feasibility study will be conducted during Phase I to pilot test a prototype multimedia package for preparing foster care youths and their caregivers to utilize information on accessing vocational/college programs after high school (post secondary educational opportunities). Data will be gathered on the target groups' understanding, ability, and history of accessing computers, DVD and CD-Rom hardware, and the Internet. Early access to information and resources will serve to raise expectations among foster youths and the adults surrounding them that some form of post secondary education is an achievable goal. The higher rate of health and mental health problems experienced by foster youths after they have left care has been correlated with low educational outcomes. Foster youths have greater difficulty transitioning to the community after care than youths transitioning from home in the general population. This project is intended to enhance these youths chances of surviving in a more healthy way after transition.

描述(由申请者提供)：SBIR第一阶段--寄养机构中的青年接受中学后教育的机会这个项目将制作并试行使用多媒体综合信息系统(DVD和文本、CD-Rom和基于网络的网站)，专门针对寄养青年及其照顾者/养父母，提供规划、申请和支付中学后教育机会的机会。这项申请的重点是寄养初中和高中(7-12年级)的青年，并为这些青年提供信息和资源，使他们能够实现高等教育机会。编写的材料将促进青年本身和为他们提供庇护、建议和指导的成年人倡导提供中学后教育支持。将跟踪接触这些目标群体的每种媒体方法(DVD和文本、光盘、因特网网站)的使用情况，并收集数据，以确定这些群体在一系列环境(城市和农村)中获取和使用计算机、互联网和多媒体材料的能力。将收集数据，以协助确定利用最新的多媒体方法接触到可能在进入这些技术的门户网站方面能力有限的不同人群的可行性。将在第一阶段进行一项可行性研究，以试行一个原型多媒体包，使寄养青少年及其照顾者能够利用高中毕业后获得职业/大学方案的信息(中学后教育机会)。将收集有关目标群体访问计算机、DVD和CD-Rom硬件以及互联网的理解、能力和历史的数据。及早获得信息和资源将有助于提高寄养青年和他们周围的成年人的期望，即某种形式的中学后教育是可以实现的目标。寄养青年在离开照料后遇到较高的健康和精神健康问题的比率较高，这与教育成果较低有关。在一般人口中，寄养青年在得到照顾后更难过渡到社区，而不是从家里过渡到社区。这个项目的目的是增加这些年轻人在过渡后以更健康的方式生存的机会。