Training Parents to Advocate for Students with TBI

描述（由申请人提供）：每年约有30，000名儿童因创伤性脑损伤（TBI）而在社会，行为，身体和认知功能方面发生重大变化。有效的家长宣传服务，以解决创伤性脑损伤的影响，导致成功的学校经验和成果。然而，这些父母往往没有能力为子女争取适当的教育服务，导致教育需求得不到满足。拟议的方案将在五个关键的宣传技能方面对父母进行培训：（a）有效沟通;（B）查明/总结问题;（c）制定目标和确定优先次序;（d）收集信息和资源;（e）获得社会支助。 第一阶段项目将为创伤性脑损伤学生的家长开发一个互动式多媒体光盘，重点是有效的沟通技巧，用于倡导对创伤性脑损伤小学年龄儿童社会行为的关注。第二阶段的发展将扩大内容，以包括：（a）四项额外的宣传技能，（B）额外的关注领域（即，身体/医疗问题、学术、组织技能、高中后规划和社会融合），以及（c）根据学生年龄定制信息的能力（例如，小学或中学）。此外，一个网上聊天室将向在自己学校运用宣传技能的家长提供社会支持。 拟定商业应用： 这个互动多媒体（IMM）计划将为家长提供关键技能培训，以在学校倡导TBI儿童。 IMM格式的好处包括：行之有效;成本低;个性化，自定进度的掌握学习;客观跟踪用户的进展;和培训材料的可用性，无论忙碌繁忙的时间表。 光盘产品的市场包括所有学龄儿童创伤性脑损伤的父母，以及提供创伤性脑损伤相关服务的教育和康复专业人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Each year, approximately 30,000 children are left with significant alterations in social, behavioral, physical, and cognitive functioning as a result of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Effective parental advocacy for services to address the effects of TBI leads to successful school experiences and outcomes. However, these parents are often ill-equipped to advocate for appropriate educational services for their child, resulting in educational needs being unmet. The proposed program will train parents in five critical advocacy skills: (a) effective communication; (b) identifying/summarizing the problem; (c) goal setting and prioritizing; (d) gathering information and resources; and (e) accessing social support. The Phase I project will develop an interactive multimedia CD-ROM for parents of students with TBI, focusing on effective communication skills used to advocate for concerns regarding social behavior in elementary school-aged children with TBI. Phase II development will expand content to include (a) the four additional advocacy skills, (b) additional areas of concern (i.e., physical/medical issues, academics, organizational skills, post-high school planning, and social integration), and (c) the ability to tailor information by student age (e.g., elementary or secondary). In addition, a web-based chat room will provide social support to parents applying the advocacy skills in their own schools. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: This interactive multimedia (IMM) program will provide parents training in key skills needed to advocate for children with TBI in the schools. The benefits of the IMM format include: proven effectiveness; low cost; individualized, self-paced mastery learning; objective tracking of the users' progress; and availability of training materials regardless of busy parent schedules. The market for the CD-ROM product includes all parents of school aged children with TBI, as well as education and rehabilitation professionals providing TBI-related services.