Protect Yourself! Abuse Prevention for People with Intellectual Disabilities

描述（由申请人提供）：智力残疾（ID）的个人比一般人群更容易受到虐待。越来越多的ID患者在社区中独立生活，既有好处，也有风险。许多有身份证的人受到身体，性和言语虐待。在ID患者中发现的一些特征-注意力持续时间短，抽象概念困难，过度顺从的个性，学习和记忆缺陷-增加了滥用的可能性及其负面后果。鉴于ID个人独特的学习需求，迫切需要专门为ID男性和女性量身定制的虐待预防计划。该项目的目标是制定一个全面的预防计划-保护自己！为智障人士预防虐待--这将是专门为这一点而设计的 并满足他们独特的学习需求。在第一阶段，将制作一个DVD原型，涵盖共享课程的前两个单元和学习伙伴培训的第一个单元。在第二阶段，将开发完整的交互式多媒体DVD，供智障人士及其学习伙伴使用。最后的综合性预防虐待方案将包括九个单元，这些单元以针对这一人群的基于研究的预防方法为基础，最后产品将进行商业包装，包括DVD上的视频材料和附带的工作手册。 完成的程序将是高度互动的，并利用具体的材料，使用适当和不适当的行为的视频模型，提供材料的角色扮演机会，经常重复 关键概念，并提供视觉而不是基于文本的提示。该计划的一个独特之处将是使用学习伙伴（例如，直接支持人员，家长，倡导者），以帮助ID的人学习和实践计划中提供的信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) are at higher risk for abuse than the general population. Increasing numbers of people with ID are living independently in the community with both its benefits and its risks. Many individuals with ID are subjected to physical, sexual, and verbal abuse. Some of the characteristics found in people with ID - short attention span, difficulties with abstract concepts, overly compliant personalities, learning and memory deficits -- increase the likelihood of abuse and its negative consequences. Given the unique learning needs of individuals with ID, there is a pressing need for abuse prevention programs specifically tailored for both men and women with ID. The goal of this project is to develop a comprehensive prevention program - Protect Yourself! Abuse Prevention for People with Intellectual Disabilities -- that will be designed specifically for this population and address their unique learning needs. In Phase I a prototype DVD will be developed that covered the first two units of the shared curriculum and the first unit of the Learning Partner training. In Phase II the complete interactive, multimedia DVD will be developed for use by people with ID and their learning partner (LP). The final comprehensive abuse prevention program will consist of nine modules based on research-based prevention approaches for this population the final product will be commercially packaged and include both video material on a DVD and an accompanying workbook. The completed program will be highly interactive and utilize concrete materials, use video models of appropriate and inappropriate behaviors, provide opportunities for role-playing of the materials, frequently repeat key concepts, and provide visual rather than text-based cues. A unique feature of the program will be the use of a learning partner (e.g., direct support staff, parent, advocate) to help the person with ID learn and practice the information provided in the program.