ADULT SCIENCE EDUCATION--BRIDGING THE GAP

德克萨斯州成瘾科学教育中心（TASEC） 大学将填补一个空白，在弥合信息差距之间 从事与阿达木哈有关的活动的教育工作者/科学家， 马达加斯加国家顶级域名 为此，将在以下方面建立伙伴关系： 德克萨斯州酒精和药物滥用委员会， 非营利媒体导向的酒精中毒和药物研究通讯 中心 目标人群将是受影响最大的人群。 化学品滥用、成瘾和精神疾病：受害者、受害者的 受害者家属、受害者雇主和必须 意识到或处理这些疾病的后果（神职人员， 公共住房，刑事司法，缓刑，社会工作者，顾问， 等）。 教学方法将包括：动态，互动研讨会 多媒体演示格式;实验讲习班， 观众参与录像和互动电脑演示; 专题讨论会和讲习班的简短录像带， 向更广泛的受众分发;继续教育审查，有时 为那些需要专业知识的人提供随附的录像带包 认证;和互动的计算机为基础的程序，其中包括 研讨会和讲习班上介绍的材料。 的有效性 信息交流和利用将通过预先规划和 由科学教育评估设计的课程后问卷 专家，并通过1年，2年和3年的随访选定的参与者。 该方案的两个创新方面是：1）强调增强能力， 选择受众向他人传授新的研究成果（成瘾 辅导员通常是受害者家庭的教育者，因为教育是 恢复的重要组成部分），以及2）培训实验室科学家， 公共教育和媒体展示技能，通过专门的 奥斯汀的研讨会和全国各地的ADAMHA资助的研究中心。 这些方面提供了强大的教育网络和自我复制 这是大学里已经存在的重要技能。 TASEC将 除了对其他科学家进行媒体培训外， 技能和通俗语言介绍。 以大学为基础的中心 将对德克萨斯州的公民在神经科学，化学品滥用， 成瘾和精神疾病，但有能力复制其 通过培训其他国家的科学家来增强自己的实力。 的 德克萨斯州的承诺体现在大学的 对主要研究者和共同研究者薪金的承诺 和释放时间，并通过部分匹配的资金，为TASEC的 德克萨斯州酒精和药物滥用委员会

The establishment of a Texas Addiction Science Education Center (TASEC) at the University will fill a void in bridging the information gap between educators/scientists performing ADAMHA-related activities and the adult general public. This will be done by setting up partnerships among University faculty, the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and the non-profit media-oriented Alcoholism and Drug Research Communications Center. The target population will be those who are most impacted by chemical abuse, addictive and mental diseases: victims, victims' families, victims' employers, and individuals in organizations which must be aware of or deal with the consequences of these disorders (clergy, public housing, criminal justice, probation, social workers, counselors, etc.). Methods of instruction will include: dynamic, interactive symposia with a multimedia presentation format; experimental workshops in which audiences participate in video and interactive computer demonstrations; abbreviated videotape versions of the symposia and workshops, for distribution to wider audiences; continuing education reviews, sometimes with accompanying videotape packages for those who require professional accreditation; and interactive computer-based programs which cover material presented in the symposia and workshops. The effectiveness of information exchange and utilization will be evaluated by pre-program and post-program questionnaires designed by a science education evaluation specialist, and by 1-, 2-, and 3-year follow-ups of selected participants. Two innovative aspects of the TASEC will be 1) an emphasis on empowering select audiences to teach others about new research findings (addiction counselors are usually educators of victims' families, since education is an important part of recovery), and 2) training laboratory scientists in public education and media presentation skills, through specialized workshops in Austin and ADAMHA-funded research centers around the nation. These aspects provide powerful education networking and self-replication of important skills which already exist at the University. The TASEC will focus on Texas audiences, except for training of other scientists on media skills and lay-language presentation. Thus the University-based center will highly impact the citizens of Texas on neuroscience, chemical abuse, addiction and mental diseases, yet have the ability to replicate its strengths through the training of scientists in other states. The commitment of the state of Texas is illustrated by the University's commitment to the principal investigator and co-investigators' salaries and release time, and by partially-matched funding for the TASEC by the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.