Integrated Smart Speaker/Mobile Application to Promote Positive Parenting Among Caregivers of Youth with Challenging Behaviors

项目摘要/摘要 大量证据支持使用行为养育策略来减少对儿童的干扰 行为障碍。有经验支持的行为父母培训方案可以教父母如何 使用这些有效的育儿策略，但许多障碍干扰了父母获得这些支持 以及他们经常使用有效的育儿策略，如高额的专业服务和物流成本 以及日常生活的负担。智能扬声器和移动技术使开发和传播 以更低的成本和父母喜欢的形式向家庭提供循证育儿支持，克服 参与障碍，扩大覆盖范围，并为家长提供现场支持，以实施 有效的育儿策略。父母需要一种资源来获得值得信赖的、科学有效的育儿方式 以可理解的格式提供的信息，可帮助他们制定和实施个性化行为 为他们的孩子制定计划。父母面临着无数的障碍，即使是最强的也要始终如一地实施 行为计划，包括记住要坚持到底，跟踪细节，并保持 所有相关方(共同父母、青少年)之间的沟通。这些障碍正是这种因素 智能扬声器和移动技术通常能够解决的问题，提供有效的现场支持 家长在实施目标育儿策略中的作用。在此第一阶段应用程序中，我们建议开发和 确定集成智能扬声器和移动/网络应用程序“FamilyNet”的可行性，旨在帮助 父母利用行为父母培训中的最佳实践来创建和实施个性化的行为计划 为了他们的孩子。FamilyNet系统将帮助家庭创建行为计划，然后跟踪 合规性、时间表、激励措施和其他细节，以帮助父母贯彻和维护 他们创建的程序。将在第一阶段项目中开发初步概念验证原型，并 对35个12-15岁具有挑战性行为的青年家庭进行了试点测试。如果第一阶段项目满足其 基准(原型已开发，家庭能够使用该界面并报告认为它有帮助)，我们将 在第二阶段开发完整的产品。这个全面构建的育儿资源将利用第一阶段的基础设施， 纳入第一阶段参与者的反馈，并添加其他功能，如扩展 目标行为、环境(例如，多个家庭)和角色(例如，来自教师的数据和对 治疗师)。在第二阶段，我们还将对全能的FamilyNet系统进行更强有力的经验测试 随机试验，以评估其对育儿实践和儿童行为的影响。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT A substantial body of evidence supports the use of behavioral parenting strategies in reducing child disruptive behavior disorders. Empirically supported behavioral parent training protocols exist to teach parents how to employ these effective parenting strategies, but many obstacles interfere with parents' access to these supports and their regular use of effective parenting strategies, such as high cost of professional services and the logistics and burdens of daily life. Smart speaker and mobile technologies enable the development and dissemination of evidence-based parenting supports to families at lower cost and in formats that parents prefer, overcoming barriers to engagement, expanding reach, and providing in-situ supports to parents for their implementation of effective parenting strategies. Parents need a resource for obtaining trustworthy, scientifically valid parenting information in a digestible format that can assist them in developing and implementing individualized behavior plans for their children. Parents face numerous barriers to consistent implementation of even the strongest behavior plans, including remembering to follow through, keeping track of the details, and maintaining communication among all relevant parties (co-parents, youth). These barriers are exactly the kinds of factors that smart speaker and mobile technologies are often able to address, providing effective in-situ support to parents in implementing target parenting strategies. In this Phase I application, we propose to develop and establish feasibility of an integrated smart speaker and mobile/web application, “FamilyNet”, designed to help parents utilize best practices in behavioral parent training to create and implement personalized behavior plans for their children. The FamilyNet system will assist families in creating the behavior plan, and then will track compliance, timelines, incentives, and other details to assist parents in following through and maintaining the program that they have created. An initial proof of concept prototype will be developed in the Phase I project and pilot-tested with 35 families of youth ages 12-15 with challenging behaviors. If the Phase I project meets its benchmarks (prototype is developed, families are able to utilize the interface and report finding it helpful), we will develop the full product in Phase II. This fully built parenting resource will utilize the Phase I infrastructure, incorporate feedback from Phase I participants, and add additional features such as extending the number of target behaviors, settings (e.g. multiple households), and roles (e.g. data from teachers and feedback to therapists). In Phase II, we will also conduct a stronger empirical test of the FamilyNet system with a fully powered randomized trial to evaluate its effects on parenting practices and child behavior.