Multimedia Program to Promote Positive Bus Behavior

说明(由申请者提供)：国家报告表明，在过去八年中，青少年使用药物的情况稳步增加。青少年吸毒的多重危险因素包括：(A)学业失败和(B)攻击性和对抗性行为。全校范围的行为干预是解决这些风险因素的一种有希望的方法。拟议的计划将通过设计一套全面的光盘和互联网程序来扩大这种全校范围的努力，以解决被忽视的学校经历的背景：校车。在监管水平较低的校车上，学生反社会行为主要表现为骚扰、欺凌、殴打、贩毒等。 第一阶段的原型成功地为公交车司机开发了一个交互式多媒体光盘程序和互联网站，重点放在三项技能上：(A)创造积极的公交车环境，(B)有效的扫描和监测，(C)有效地交付后果。第二阶段的开发将扩大互联网的使用，包括：(A)为巴士司机扩展组件；(B)供课堂教师使用的光盘和互联网程序，以向学生传授适当的巴士行为和程序；(C)供管理人员创建支持巴士行为管理的环境的材料；以及(D)供家长加强和支持学校努力的材料。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): National reports indicate a steady increase in youth substance use over the past eight years. Multiple risk factors for youth substance use include: (a) academic failure and (b) aggressive and oppositional behavior. School wide behavioral interventions represent a promising approach to addressing these risk factors. The proposed program will extend such school wide efforts by designing a comprehensive set of CD-ROM and Internet programs for a neglected context of the school experience: the school bus. On the school bus, where the level of supervision is low, student antisocial behavior manifests as harassment, bullying, assault, and drug dealing. The Phase I prototype successfully developed an interactive multimedia CD-ROM program and Internet site for bus drivers, focusing on three skills shown to have positive effects on student behavior: (a) creating a positive bus environment, (b) effective scanning and monitoring, and (c) effective delivery of consequences. Phase II development will expand the program for Internet use and include: (a) expanded components for bus drivers; (b) CD-ROM and Internet programs for use by classroom teachers to teach students appropriate bus behavior and procedures; (c) materials for administrators to create a supportive environment for bus behavior management, and (d) materials for parents to reinforce and support school efforts.