REU Site: Treatment-Related Research for Children with Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems

该项目由SBE董事会的本科生研究经验（REU）网站计划资助。它具有科学和社会效益，并整合了研究和教育。这个REU网站计划的目标是为本科生提供深入的，实践的经验，重点是获得临床研究技能的儿童与社会，情绪和行为问题（SEB）。学生接受培训，在科学方法的应用，以发展的假设，并就如何设计和进行研究与SEB儿童治疗相关的问题的培训。学生还接受了研究道德行为的培训。学生由全职博士指导-具有强大研究计划的高级教员。教职员工？专业知识包括为患有SEB的儿童和青少年提供服务，与父母有关的压力和参与儿童服务？的SEB，影响SEB学校服务的因素，家长，供应商，教师和儿童之间的SEB服务的决策，以及生活在农村或服务不足环境中的SEB儿童和家庭的综合卫生系统。由于我们的REU网站将包括来自代表性不足的群体或不同背景的学生的参与（即，农村，第一代，少数民族或文化，妇女），我们有机会帮助这些学生的职业轨迹，包括丰富他们的研究生院前景，职业道路和职业选择。 有4个目标，本科生谁参加这个REU：（1）获得经验进行一个独立的项目，在治疗相关的研究领域的青年与SEB;（2）有教育经验的同时，研究经验，使他们成为更好的数据科学家;（3）在必要的技能指导申请，并进入一流的研究生院在研究相关领域;（4）获得将临床研究成果从科学转化为实践、从实践转化为科学的独特经验。研究和教育这两类活动将有助于实现这些目标。由学生与他们的导师进行的研究将促进对SEB儿童治疗和治疗相关问题的理解。通过与导师的定期和频繁接触，学生学习研究过程的各个方面，包括假设制定，科学文献的整合和分析，研究设计，数据收集，数据分析以及研究结果的呈现。学生还参加研讨会，重点是统计，研究方法，并为研究生院申请过程做准备。为了最大限度地接触多个研究领域，他们参加研讨会，其中教师导师提出了最近的研究数据。学生在研究结果的介绍方面接受了大量的培训，并有机会和财政支持在区域和国家会议上介绍他们的研究结果，重点是学校心理健康，治疗和与SEB青年治疗相关的问题。学生和导师一起提交研究报告，以便在同行评审的学术期刊上发表。

This project is funded from the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites program in the SBE Directorate. It has both scientific and societal benefits, and it integrates research and education. The goal of this REU site program is to provide undergraduate students with an in-depth, hands-on experience focused on gaining clinical research skills for children with social, emotional, and behavioral problems (SEB). Students are trained in the application of the scientific method to develop hypotheses, and trained on how to design and conduct research studies on treatment-related issues for children with SEB. Students are also trained in the ethical conduct of research. Students are mentored by full-time, Ph.D.-level faculty members who have strong programs of research. Faculty members? expertise includes services for children and adolescents with SEBs, parent-related stress and engagement in services for children?s SEB, factors impacting school services for SEB, decision-making for SEB services among parents, providers, teachers, and children, and integrated health systems for children and families with SEB living in rural or underserved settings. As our REU site will include participation of students from underrepresented groups or diverse backgrounds (i.e., rural, first-generation, ethnic or cultural minority, women), we have an opportunity to potentially assist the career trajectories of these students, including enriching their graduate school prospects, career paths, and career options. There are 4 aims for undergraduate students who participate in this REU: (1) gain experience conducting an independent project in the realm of treatment-related research for youth with SEB; (2) have educational experiences alongside research experiences that will allow them to become better data scientists; (3) be mentored in the requisite skills to apply to and get into top-notch graduate schools in research-related fields; and (4) gain unique experience transferring clinical research findings from science to practice and from practice to science. Two types of activities, research and educational, will allow these aims to be met. The research conducted by students with their mentors will advance understanding of treatments and treatment-related issues for children with SEB. With regular and frequent contact with mentors, students learn all aspects of the research process, including hypothesis formulation, integration and analysis of scientific literature, research design, data collection, data analysis, and the presentation of research findings. Students also attend seminars focused on statistics, research methods, and preparing for the graduate school application process. To maximize exposure to multiple areas of research, they attend seminars in which faculty mentors present data from recent research. Students receive considerable training in the presentation of research findings and have opportunities and financial support to present their findings at regional and national conferences focused on school mental health, treatments, and treatment-related concerns for youth with SEB. Students and mentors work together to submit research reports for publication in peer-reviewed academic journals.