Multimedia Tool for Psychology Graduate Student ASD Assessment Training

描述（由申请人提供）：摘要自闭症是一种发育障碍，导致儿童功能障碍，并可能对个人及其家庭产生破坏性影响。早期诊断是改善自闭症对儿童社会和沟通功能影响的关键因素。最近发现这种疾病的发病率相对较高，这突出了对诊断服务的需求，因此需要在从事儿童工作的专业人员的研究生和继续教育中增加获得这一主题的高质量培训的机会。多媒体计算机技术的创新和通过互联网访问基于计算机的程序和视频的便利性的改善，为加强当前的临床培训方法和增加临床医生和教育工作者获得当前基于研究的信息带来了巨大的希望。我们提出了一个创新的新资源，称为DiagnoseFirst，以帮助大学心理学学生学习更好地识别自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的标记。由于有关幼儿自闭症诊断培训的数据有限，最初的研究项目将比较传统的心理学研究生培训材料与拟议的心理学研究生视频多媒体演示的有效性，以准确区分患有ASD的幼儿与正常儿童和患有其他疾病的儿童。方差分析将被用来测试的研究假设，视频结合文字指导将提供一个增强的学习经验，目前的大学培训方法，识别自闭症的微妙症状。如果最初的数据支持使用多媒体呈现有关幼儿自闭症行为表现的临床信息，研究人员将寻求额外的资金来评估一个更全面的培训计划，该计划不仅可用于识别自闭症，还可用于区分所有年龄段儿童自闭症谱系内的行为差异。更大的研究计划的预期目标包括评估多媒体培训材料的有效性方面的材料是如何提出的，评估培训方案在不同的地理区域的国家的差异，从而在这些地区的儿童服务的预期差异，并继续开发最适当的使用计算机技术来传播有关自闭症的信息。该项目将改善自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童未来临床医生的培训。使用多媒体视频和内容指导的组合，一个名为DiagnoseFirst的产品将联合收割机结合北卡罗来纳州大学TEACCH中心在过去40年中开发的培训计划与互联网传输技术，以帮助大学心理学学生学习更好地识别ASD行为。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Summary Autism is a developmental disorder which causes impairments in the functioning of children and can have devastating effects on individuals and their families. Early diagnosis is a critical factor in ameliorating the affects of autism on children's social and communicative functioning. The recent discovery of the relatively high prevalence of this disorder has accentuated the demand for diagnostic services and consequently the need for increased access to quality training on this topic in the graduate and continuing education of professionals working with children. Innovations in multimedia computer technology and improvements in the ease of access to computer-based programs and videos via the Internet hold great promise for enhancing current clinical training methods and increasing access to current research-based information for clinicians and educators. We propose an innovative new resource called DiagnoseFirst to help university psychology students learn to better identify the markers for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Due to the limited amount of data regarding training specific to autism diagnosis in young children, the initial research project will compare the effectiveness of traditional' psychology graduate training materials with the proposed video multimedia presentation on psychology graduate students' abilities to accurately differentiate young children with ASD from normal children and children with other disorders often confused with ASD. Analysis of variance will be used to test the research hypothesis that video combined with text guidance will provide an enhanced learning experience over present university training methods for identifying the subtle symptoms of autism. If the initial data supports the use of multimedia presentation of clinical information about the behavior manifestations of autism in young children, the researchers will pursue additional funding to evaluate a more comprehensive training program that can be used to not only identify autism, but separate the differences in behaviors within the autism spectrum for children of all ages. The expected goals of the larger research program include evaluating effectiveness of multimedia training materials in terms of how the material is presented, evaluating the variance in training programs in different geographical areas of the country and thus the expected variance in services to children in those areas, and continuing to develop the most appropriate use of computer technology to disseminate information about autism. This project will improve training for future clinicians of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Using a combination of multimedia videos and content guidance, a product called DiagnoseFirst will combine training programs developed over the last 40 years by the University of North Carolina TEACCH Center with Internet delivery technology to help university psychology students learn to better recognize ASD behaviors.