Web Program Promoting Collaborative Care for Youth ADHD

描述（由申请人提供）：ADHD是儿童时期最常见的神经行为障碍，也是影响学龄儿童的最普遍的慢性健康状况之一。学龄儿童中ADHD的患病率在4%到12%之间。大约有350万儿童符合多动症的标准，但这些儿童中只有大约50%得到了充分的诊断和治疗。虽然我们对多动症了解很多，但要将这些知识有效地运用到日常实践中，还有很多工作要做。许多多动症儿童没有得到充分治疗的一个原因是，制定一个全面的方法来解决和管理多动症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孤立努力。然而，促进综合努力的重要性是至关重要的，因为当干预措施涉及对儿童整体环境的系统评价和综合时，就能取得积极成果。该项目的目标是评估家长、教师和多动症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项目，旨在满足和整合这些不同的需求。该项目将用于管理学校工作人员和患有多动症儿童的家长。该项目将侧重于提供行为技术和工具，以促进学校和家庭之间有效合作策略的发展，并促进目标的实现，以最大限度地提高学业和个人成功。在第一阶段，对教师、家长和中学生进行需求评估。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。家长和老师也审查了该计划，并对内容的具体方面进行了评论。家长和老师对该计划的有用性、适用性和相关性进行了评估，所有的可行性标准都得到了满足。在第二阶段，该计划将得到充分发展。这将包括增加一个平台和界面，允许家长和老师之间的沟通，并分享共同的目标和策略。随着整个项目的发展，将对家长和老师进行实地测试，以衡量该项目有效教育用户的能力，并促进解决与多动症有关的问题的能力。测试后，该程序将准备进行市场营销。公共卫生相关性：注意缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）是儿童时期最常见的神经行为障碍，也是影响学龄儿童的最普遍的慢性健康状况之一。虽然对这种疾病了解很多，但在寻找资源以解决综合护理方法和有效促进教师和家长之间的沟通方面存在差距。这个SBIR项目的结果将是开发一个基于网络的多媒体项目，该项目侧重于行为和通信技术和工具，以促进家庭与学校的合作，从而为患有多动症的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.