Translating Autism Intervention for Mental Health Services via Knowledge Exchange

描述(由申请者提供)：该职业发展奖的目标是为申请者提供必要的高级培训和技能，以开发独立的研究计划，开发方法，将针对自闭症谱系障碍儿童的基于研究的行为干预措施转化为公共精神健康服务体系。通过应用知识交流过程的多学科模型，申请者将拥有开发和测试心理健康干预方案的技能，该方案根据儿童和家庭的临床特征，在公共精神卫生环境中为自闭症儿童个性化基于研究的干预。通过培训活动，申请者将(1)发展在公共精神卫生环境中接受服务的自闭症学龄儿童的儿童和家庭特征方面的专门知识，以便为这一人群量身定制和个体化干预措施；(2)从多个学科获得协作知识交流模式的培训，这些培训将用于制定基于针对自闭症学龄儿童的研究性干预措施的心理健康干预方法和应用这种干预方法的培训模式；(3)获得定性和定量方法方面的技能，可用于审查日常护理和大规模实施试验，(4)获得在临床医生培训中使用创新技术的经验；(5)接受科研伦理方面的培训。作为这一职业发展奖的一部分而提出的研究计划分为三个阶段。第一阶段将侧重于确定(1)在公共精神卫生环境中接受服务的自闭症儿童及其家人的特征，以便使基于研究的干预措施个体化，以便在这些环境中使用；(2)来自多个学科的精神卫生服务提供者的培训需求。第二阶段将使用协作知识交流框架来开发针对自闭症儿童的心理健康干预方案和针对该方法的临床医生培训模式。第三阶段将涉及实施所制定的培训模式的可行性和可接受性研究。该奖项下的研究将作为未来R01大型研究的先导数据，该研究旨在考察在公共精神卫生环境中为自闭症儿童实施基于研究的行为干预对儿童和家庭层面结果的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this career development award is to provide the applicant with the advanced training and skills necessary to develop an independent program of research developing methods to translate research- based behavioral interventions for children with autistic spectrum disorders into the public mental health service system. By applying multidisciplinary models of knowledge exchange processes, the applicant will have the skills to develop and test a mental health intervention protocol that individualizes research-based interventions for children with ASD in public mental health settings based on child and family clinical characteristics. Through the training activities, the applicant will (1) develop expertise in the child and family characteristics of school-age children with ASD served in public mental health settings in order to tailor and individualize interventions for this population, (2) obtain training in models of collaborative knowledge exchange from multiple disciplines that will be used in the process of developing a mental health intervention approach based on the research-based interventions for school-age children with ASD and a training model to apply this intervention approach, (3) acquire skills in qualitative and quantitative methodology that can be applied to both examining usual care and for large-scale implementation trials, (4) obtain experience using innovative technology in clinician training, (5) receive training in ethical conduct of scientific research. The research plan that is proposed as part of this career development award is organized in three phases. Phase 1 will focus on characterizing (1) children with ASD and their families served in the public mental health settings in order to individualize research-based interventions for use in these settings and (2) the training needs of mental health service providers from multiple disciplines. Phase 2 will use a collaborative knowledge exchange framework to develop a mental health intervention protocol for children with ASD and a clinician training model for this approach. Phase 3 will involve a feasibility and acceptability study of the implementation of the training model developed. Research under this award will serve as pilot data for future R01 large-scale studies examining the impact on child and family level outcomes of implementing research- based behavioral interventions for children with ASD in public mental health settings.