Teaching Skills to Toddlers: A Program for Caregivers

描述（申请人提供）：在早期教学中应用行为和发展原理可以显著改变早期诊断和治疗的自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）儿童的发展轨迹。此外，尽管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动的父母培训包。我们的目标是创建一个有效的，视频丰富的教学项目，培训护理人员基本的行为和发展原则，并将这些原则应用于患有自闭症的幼儿。我们正在提议开发和试点测试“幼儿教学技能：护理人员计划”，这是一套视频节目，将为患有自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）的幼儿的护理人员提供高质量的基本原则和循证治疗应用指导。与可用的培训材料,通常的形式编写手册和需要大量的教育、文化和复杂性,以及关闭专业监督,除了包括财务成本的父母,我们计划开发系列是1。)用户友好广泛的不同层次的教育,2)可以使用的直接监督专家,和3)在互联网上免费提供。虽然最终产品的范围将更广，但在这个项目中开发的试点材料将侧重于交流和社会互动。在这个试点项目中，我们将把重点放在使用这些材料作为早期干预的补充，尽管未来还会有其他应用。在项目期间，我们将根据家长和卫生保健提供者的持续投入，创建计划8个方案中的前4个，测试家长对方案的接受程度和清晰度，并对方案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.