Teaching Skills to Toddlers: A Program for Caregivers

描述（由申请人提供）：将行为和发展原则应用于早期教学可以显著改变早期诊断和治疗自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的发展轨迹。此外，虽然父母培训是许多早期干预计划的一部分，但很少有标准化或手册化的父母培训包。我们的目标是创建一个有效的，丰富的视频，教学计划，培训照顾者的基本行为和发展原则，并在这些原则的应用与ASD幼儿。我们建议开发和试点测试“幼儿教学技能：照顾者计划”，这是一套视频节目，将为自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）幼儿的照顾者提供高质量的循证疗法的基本原则和应用指导。与现有的培训材料相比，这些材料通常是书面手册的形式，需要大量的教育，识字和复杂性，以及密切的专业监督，除了包括父母的经济成本，我们计划开发我们的系列，以便它是1。对不同教育水平的广泛人群都是用户友好的，2.）可以在最低限度的直接专家监督下使用，以及3.）在互联网上免费提供。虽然最后产品的范围将更广，但本项目拟编写的试验材料将侧重于沟通和社会互动。对于这个试点项目，我们将把重点放在使用这些材料作为早期干预的补充，尽管未来还设想了其他应用。在项目期间，我们将与家长和医疗保健提供者的持续投入，创建计划的8个项目中的前4个，测试该计划对家长的可接受性和清晰度，并对该计划对家长压力和自我效能的影响进行试点测试。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The application of behavioral and developmental principles to early teaching can dramatically alter the developmental trajectory of children with early-diagnosed and treated Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Furthermore, although parent training is part of many early intervention programs, there are few standardized or manualized training packages for parents. Our aim is to create an effective, video enriched, teaching program, to train caregivers in basic behavioral and developmental principles, and in the application of these principles to young children with ASD. We are proposing to develop and pilot test "Teaching Skills to Toddlers: A Program for Caregivers," a set of video programs that will deliver high quality instruction in basic principles and applications of evidence-based therapies for caregivers of young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). In contrast to available training materials, which are generally in the form of written manuals and require substantial education, literacy and sophistication, as well as close professional supervision, in addition to including a financial cost to parents, we plan to develop our series so that it is 1.) user-friendly to a wide range of people with different levels of education, 2.) possible to use with a minimum of direct expert supervision, and 3.) provided free of charge on the internet. Although the final product will be broader in scope, the pilot materials to be developed in this project will focus on communication and social interaction. For this pilot project, we will focus on the use of the materials as a supplement to early intervention, although other applications are envisioned for the future. In the project period, we will, with ongoing input from parents and health care providers, create the first 4 of the projected 8 programs, test the acceptability and clarity of the program to parents, and conduct a pilot test of the effect of the programs on parent stress and self-efficacy.