CASA and GAL Volunteer and Program Staff Academy

CASA 和 GAL 志愿者和项目人员学院

• 批准号: 7389245
• 负责人: William Vincent Griffin
• 金额: $ 68.88万
• 依托单位: INDEPENDENT LIVING RESOURCES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-01 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7389245
• 关键词: Academy; Adolescent; Adolescent Development; Advocate; Awareness; Case Study; Child Welfare; Computer software; Continuing Education; Development; Effectiveness; Elements; Evaluation; Evaluation Studies; Family; Feedback; Focus Groups; Fostering; Hand; Health; Home environment; Housing; Independent Living; Individual; Internet; Knowledge; Lead; Learning; Life; Measures; Multimedia; Music; Outcome; Perception; Personal Satisfaction; Phase; Placement; Process; Programmed Learning; Purpose; Recommendation; Reporting; Research Activity; Risk; Role; Rural; Sampling; Self Perception; Services; Standards of Weights and Measures; Substance abuse problem; System; Technology; Testing; Training; Training Programs; Trauma; Visual; Work; Youth; abuse neglect; addiction; base; court; design; experience; interactive multimedia; programs; prototype; satisfaction; skills; sound; volunteer; young adult

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this project is to develop, produce, and evaluate nine modules of a ten-module multimedia-training program for Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and Guardian ad Litem (GAL) volunteers and program staffs. The program, called CASA/GAL Academy, will be delivered both on the Web and DVD, providing CASA/GAL volunteers and staffs with two home-based technologies for receiving high quality and comprehensive continuing education courses. Volunteers and staffs can register for courses through their CASA/GAL programs or individually and complete them to meet training requirements. In Phase I, we developed the content and measures for one of ten modules on dealing with adolescents in relation to information needed by family or juvenile court judges to make informed disposition decisions. We fully developed the Representing Adolescents in Court module testing prototypes of both DVD and Website versions. The program is designed to give volunteers information about youths in transition to adulthood in simple and practical terms. The program uses an interactive multimedia format utilizing case studies that are drawn from situations involving a family or juvenile court involved youth and a Guardian ad Litem. The Phase II evaluation study will further assess CASA/GAL volunteers and program staffs through their evaluation of the nine additional modules and development of enhanced knowledge and skills for working with adolescents. Project Narrative This project could have a significant impact on the well-being of adolescents' who are involved with the child welfare and court systems by assisting court volunteers to more clearly determine the needs of youth who are at risk of placement or continued neglect and abuse. The project would provide information on adolescents and their developmental status and needs. This information would lead to higher quality court reports and more appropriate developmentally related recommendations. These reports are crucial in informing courts (judges) and assisting them in handing down appropriate and necessary dispositional orders.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目的目的是为法院指定特别辩护人 (CASA) 和诉讼监护人 (GAL) 志愿者和项目工作人员开发、制作和评估十个模块的多媒体培训计划中的九个模块。该计划名为 CASA/GAL Academy，将以网络和 DVD 形式提供，为 CASA/GAL 志愿者和工作人员提供两种在家接受高质量、全面的继续教育课程的技术。志愿者和工作人员可以通过其 CASA/GAL 计划或单独注册课程并完成课程以满足培训要求。在第一阶段，我们为处理青少年问题的十个模块之一制定了内容和措施，涉及家庭或少年法庭法官做出明智的处置决定所需的信息。我们完全开发了在法庭上代表青少年模块测试 DVD 和网站版本的原型。该计划旨在以简单实用的方式向志愿者提供有关青少年向成年过渡的信息。该计划采用交互式多媒体格式，利用案例研究，这些案例研究来自涉及青少年的家庭或少年法庭以及诉讼监护人的情况。第二阶段评估研究将通过对九个附加模块的评估以及青少年工作相关知识和技能的发展，进一步评估 CASA/GAL 志愿者和项目工作人员。项目叙述 该项目可以通过协助法院志愿者更清楚地确定面临安置或持续忽视和虐待风险的青少年的需求，对参与儿童福利和法院系统的青少年的福祉产生重大影响。该项目将提供有关青少年及其发展状况和需求的信息。这些信息将带来更高质量的法庭报告和更合适的与发展相关的建议。这些报告对于告知法院（法官）并协助他们下达适当和必要的处置令至关重要。