Interactive Multimedia Training Program for First Steps to Success Intervention

描述(由申请人提供)：在过去的十年里，越来越多的行为高危儿童对最低限度但必要的学校要求没有反应，小学环境已经不堪重负。至关重要的是，通过儿童行为专家、家长、学校教职员工和同龄人之间的合作伙伴关系安排，通过早期、协调的干预措施，让行为高危儿童在他们的学校生涯中尽快摆脱这一轨迹或途径。拟议的项目将通过编写培训材料来满足这一持续需求，以促进传播以证据为基础的通向成功的第一步(FSS；Walker、Kavanagh、Stiller、Golly、Severson和Feil，1997)干预措施，旨在实现K-3年级行为高危儿童的二级预防目标和结果。FSS是一种精选的早期干预方法，适用于在学校职业生涯开始阶段经历中到严重行为问题的儿童。拟议项目的总体目标是开发互动多媒体培训方案，以有效实施FSS干预。第一阶段项目将制作一个互动原型DVD-ROM(Alpha版)，用于培训教练在学校进行FSS干预，并与学生、教师和家长合作实施该计划。FSS概念和技能的子集将在原型中使用各种方法呈现，包括视频、文本、动画、音频旁白和互动编程。我们将与学校专业人员(例如，心理学家、辅导员、助教、社会工作者)在焦点小组中征求对课程设计和组成部分的反馈。原型DVD-ROM培训计划将通过评估40名学校专业人员的使用情况来评估其一般可用性、消费者满意度、获得的知识以及关于FSS实施的自我效能。与公共卫生相关：挑战性行为模式严重强调教师的课堂管理技能，扰乱同伴关系，导致社会孤立和与离经叛道的同伴团体建立联系，并越来越多地出现在年幼的儿童中。至关重要的是，对正在出现行为问题的儿童实施早期干预计划，而不是在异常模式已经确立且更难补救后进行干预。拟议开发一个旨在培训行为教练的计算机互动方案，将提供标准化和高质量的培训，并以成本效益高和容易获得的方式提供。建议的方案将满足培训的强烈需求，实施成功的第一步早期干预方案。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In the past decade, elementary school settings have been overwhelmed by increasing numbers of behaviorally at-risk children who are unresponsive to the minimal but necessary demands of schooling. It is of critical importance to get behaviorally at-risk children off this trajectory or pathway as soon as possible in their school careers through early, coordinated interventions that are delivered via collaborative partnership arrangements between child behavior experts, parents, school staff, and peers. The proposed project will address this continuing need by developing training materials to facilitate the dissemination of the evidence- based First Step to Success (FSS; Walker, Kavanagh, Stiller, Golly, Severson, and Feil, 1997) intervention that is designed to achieve secondary prevention goals and outcomes for behaviorally at-risk children in grades K-3. The FSS is a selected early intervention approach that is appropriate for children who experience moderate-to- severe behavior problems in the beginning stages of their school careers. The overall aim of the proposed project is to develop an interactive multimedia training program for effectively implementing the FSS intervention. The Phase I project will produce an interactive prototype DVD- ROM (Alpha version) for training coaches to conduct the FSS intervention in schools, and work with students, teachers, and parents to carry out the program. A subset of FSS concepts and skills will be presented in the prototype using a variety of methods including video, text, animated graphics, audio narration, and interactive programming. We will solicit feedback about the program design and components in focus groups with school professionals (e.g., psychologists, counselors, teaching assistants, social workers). The prototype DVD-ROM training program will be assessed for general usability, consumer satisfaction, knowledge gained, and self- efficacy regarding FSS implementation by evaluating its use with 40 school professionals. Public Health Relevance: Challenging behavior patterns severely stress the classroom management skills of teachers, disrupt peer relations, lead to social isolation and affiliation with deviant peer groups, and are increasingly being seen in younger children. It is critically important to implement early intervention programs with children who are developing behavior problems rather than intervening after aberrant patterns are well-established and more difficult to remediate. The proposed development of a computer-based interactive program designed to train behavioral coaches will provide a standardized and high-quality training that is delivered in a cost-effective and accessible manner. The proposed program will fulfill a strong demand for training in the implementation of the First Step to Success early intervention program.