Online Training for a New Parent-Child Assessment Tool

描述(由申请人提供)：尽管优质的育儿方式被广泛认为是儿童健康发展的关键，但没有观察性评估工具获得家庭服务提供者的广泛接受。事实上，许多家庭服务项目长期以来一直在寻找一种实用的和临床相关的工具。该项目旨在实地测试互动育儿关键量表(KiPS)，这是一种新开发的实用亲子互动评估工具，专门为服务于有年幼子女的家庭的提供者而设计。KIPS改编了一些来自已被证实的亲子互动研究量表的条目，并根据当前的研究综述和提供者的投入来指导附加条目的开发。初步研究表明，KIPS为照顾者行为提供了可靠、有效和临床相关的评估。有了一个评估亲子互动的实用工具，提供者可以确定育儿优势和需求，进行知情干预，监测家庭进展并评估项目结果。该项目的具体目标是：1)培训家庭服务提供者可靠地管理初级保健服务；2)与家庭服务机构中的提供者一起实地测试新开发的初级保健服务；3)评估初级保健服务的实用性和实用性；4)评估实地管理初级保健服务的可靠性；以及5)完善初级保健服务培训程序。将招募20个家庭服务提供者和100个家庭，通过提供者调查和重点小组评估KiPS原型的实用性和实用性。为了评估现场的可靠性，我们将比较供应商和专家之间的评分。在第二阶段，我们的目标是开发一个在线培训系统。将实用和临床有用的工具与在线培训相结合，可以在可接受的费用下促进初级保健方案的广泛传播。有了一个实用的亲子评估工具，提供者可以建立响应性的育儿行为，防止负面的螺旋式下降，并促进健康的亲子互动的永续循环。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Though quality parenting is widely recognized as key to children's healthy development, no observational assessment instrument has gained wide acceptance by family service providers. In fact many family service programs have long sought a practical & clinically relevant tool. This project aims to field test the Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale (KIPS), a newly developed practical parent-child interaction assessment tool specifically designed for use by providers who serve families with young children. KIPS adapts some items from a proven parent-child interaction research scale, and the development of additional items was guided by current research review and provider input. Preliminary studies suggest that KIPS offers a reliable, valid, and clinically relevant assessment of caregiver behavior. With a practical tool to assess parent-child interaction, providers can identify parenting strengths and needs, make informed interventions, monitor family progress and evaluate program outcomes. The Specific Aims of this project are to: 1) Train family service providers to administer KIPS reliably; 2) Field test the newly developed KIPS with providers in family service settings; 3) Assess utility and practicality of KIPS; 4) Assess reliability of KIPS administered in field, and 5) Refine the KIPS training process. Twenty family service providers and 100 families will be recruited to assess the utility and practicality of the KIPS prototype through provider surveys and focus groups. To assess field reliability, we will compare the scoring between providers and experts. In Phase II, we aim to develop an online training system. The combination of a practical and clinically useful instrument coupled with an online training can promote wide dissemination of KIPS at an acceptable cost. With a practical parent-child assessment tool, providers can build responsive parenting behaviors, prevent negative downward spirals, and promote perpetuating cycles of healthy parent-child interaction.