Web Program Promoting Collaborative Care for Youth ADHD

描述(申请人提供)：ADHD是最常见的儿童神经行为障碍，也是影响学龄儿童的最普遍的慢性健康问题之一。学龄儿童中ADHD的患病率从4%到12%不等。大约有350万儿童符合ADHD的标准，但其中只有大约50%的儿童得到了适当的诊断和治疗。虽然对ADHD的了解很多，但要将这些知识有效地应用到日常实践中，还可以做更多的工作。许多ADHD儿童没有得到充分治疗的一个原因是，制定一种全面的方法来解决和管理ADHD可能是非常具有挑战性的。绝大多数努力涉及学校系统、家长和治疗提供者的单独努力。然而，鉴于干预措施涉及对儿童的整体环境进行系统评估和整合，才能取得积极成果，因此，促进综合努力至关重要。该项目的目标是评估父母、教师和ADHD青少年的教育和心理社会需求，并开发和测试一个基于网络的多媒体程序，旨在满足和整合这些不同的需求。该计划将为学校工作人员和患有ADHD儿童的父母提供管理服务。该计划将侧重于提供行为技术和工具，以促进学校和家庭之间合作的有效战略的制定，并促进实现最大化学业和个人成功的目标。在第一阶段，对教师、家长和中学生进行了需求评估。发展和临床心理学领域的专家协助审查了该计划的科学和教育内容。家长和老师也对节目进行了审查，并对内容的具体维度进行了评论。家长和教师对该计划的有用性、适用性和与他们的需求的相关性进行了评估，所有可行性标准都得到了满足。在第二阶段，该计划将得到全面开发。这将包括增加一个平台和界面，使家长和教师之间能够进行交流，并分享共同的目标和战略。随着整个计划的发展，将在家长和教师身上进行实地测试，以衡量该计划有效教育用户和促进解决通常与ADHD有关的问题的能力。在测试之后，该计划将为市场做准备。公共卫生相关性：注意缺陷多动障碍(ADHD)是儿童最常见的神经行为障碍，也是影响学龄儿童的最常见的慢性健康疾病之一。虽然对这种疾病有很多了解，但在寻找解决综合护理方法和有效促进教师和家长之间沟通的资源方面存在差距。这个SBIR项目的结果将是开发一个基于网络的多媒体方案，侧重于行为和交流技术和工具，以促进家庭与学校的合作，从而为ADHD儿童在学校和社区中茁壮成长创造一种机制。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): ADHD is the most common neurobehavioral disorder of childhood and among the most prevalent chronic health conditions affecting school-aged children. The prevalence of ADHD in school-aged children ranges from 4-12 percent. Approximately 3.5 million children meet the criteria for ADHD, yet only about 50 percent of these children are adequately diagnosed and treated. While a lot is known about ADHD, a lot more can be done to effectively put this knowledge into everyday practice. One reason that many ADHD children are not adequately treated is that it can be very challenging to formulate a comprehensive approach to addressing and managing ADHD. The vast majority of efforts involve isolated efforts by school systems, parents, and treatment providers. The importance of facilitating an integrated effort, however, is paramount given that positive outcomes are achieved when interventions involve a systematic appraisal and integration of the child's total environment. The goal of this project is to assess the educational and psycho-social needs of parents, teachers, and ADHD youth and to develop and test a web-based multi-media program designed to meet and integrate these varied needs. The program will be designed for administration to school staff and parents with ADHD children. The program will focus upon providing behavioral techniques and tools that facilitate the development of effective strategies for collaboration between school and home and to promote the implementation of targeted goals for maximizing academic and personal success. In Phase I, needs assessments were conducted with teachers, parents, and middle-school youth. Experts in the fields of developmental and clinical psychology assisted in reviewing the scientific and educational content of the program. Parents and teachers also reviewed the program and commented upon specific dimensions of the content. Parents and teachers evaluated the program on usefulness, applicability and relevance to their needs and all feasibility criteria were met. In Phase II, the program will be fully developed. This will include adding a platform and interface that allows for communication between parents and teachers and the sharing of common goals and strategies. Following development of the full program it will be field-tested on parents and teachers to measure the ability of the program to effectively educate users and facilitate the ability to address issues commonly associated with ADHD. Following testing the program will be prepared for marketing. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurobehavioral disorder of childhood and among the most prevalent chronic health conditions affecting school-age children. While much is known about the disorder, gaps exist in finding resources that address an integrated approach to care and effectively promote communication between teachers and parents. The outcome of this SBIR project will be to develop a multi-media web-based program that focuses on behavioral and communications techniques and tools to facilitate home-school collaboration thus creating a mechanism for a child with ADHD to thrive in school and the community.