Sexual Abuse Prevention for Special Education Students

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目将完成四个性虐待预防方案的开发（即，初中和高中，男性和女性）的青年智力迟钝和发育障碍（MRDD）。采用互动的形式，程序用户将开发所需的技能，以识别特定关系类型的背景下不适当的触摸行为，并以最大限度地减少性受害风险的方式对这些不适当的行为作出反应。该计划将采用基于规则的决策方法，并将包括屏幕上的评估和程序用户未能掌握的任何概念的立即补救。这种基于规则的设计将结合直接指导和掌握学习的原则，以满足MRDD青年的独特学习需求。由于这些“独立”计划将被设计为MRDD青少年独立使用，因此它们可以在各种环境中有效地使用，包括：特殊教育和/或资源室，图书馆，常规教室，医疗诊所，职业培训计划，住宅服务和家庭住宅。互动节目将通过光盘和因特网/内联网提供。项目评估将采用随机等待列表对照设计，其中200名MRDD个体将被随机分配接受干预或等待列表对照条件。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will complete the development of four sexual abuse prevention programs (i.e., middle & high school, male & female) for youth with mental retardation and developmental disabilities (MRDD). Employing an interactive format, program users will develop the skills needed to recognize inappropriate touching behavior within the context of specific relationship types and to respond to these inappropriate behaviors in ways which minimize the risk of sexual victimization. The program will employ a rule-based decision-making approach and will include on-screen assessment and immediate remediation of any concepts that program users fail to master. This rule-based design will incorporate principles of Direct Instruction and mastery learning to address the unique learning needs of MRDD youth. Because these "stand-alone" programs will be designed for independent use by youth with MRDD, they can be used efficiently and effectively across a wide variety of settings including: special education and/or resource rooms, libraries, regular-classrooms, medical clinics, vocational training programs, residential services, and family homes. The interactive programs will be delivered via CD-ROM and over the Internet/Intranet. Program evaluation will employ a randomized wait-list control design in which 200 MRDD individuals will be randomly assigned to receive the intervention or to a wait-list control condition.