Interactive Training for Partners of At-Risk Children

描述(由调查员提供)：拟议的互动计划将为5-10岁高危儿童的父母提供行为育儿技能培训。将开发以技能为基础的模块(监测；制定规则；有效利用激励措施；有效后果；处理阻力；解决问题)。它旨在满足受教育程度有限的用户，它将包括自定进度的教程、逼真的视频建模小插曲和支持性表彰。内容将针对父母用户的性别和关系状态(单身/情侣)。基于能力的教学设计将包括基于视频的测验。当内容被学习时，该计划将促进用户的进步。如果需要，它将审查和重新测试用户最初没有理解的任何元素。拟议中的计划将使父母受益，他们的时间表或态度会增加传统育儿课程的自然减员的可能性。此外，这种方法将使在没有育儿培训课程的社区向父母提供高质量的计划成为可能。 对于第一阶段的原型，将在光盘上开发关于制定规则和有效后果的模块，并以单亲女性的随机样本进行评估。在第二阶段，将为三个群体(男性和女性单亲父母；夫妇)开发用于光盘和互联网的所有六个模块，然后在一个更大的随机试验中进行评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by investigator): The proposed interactive program will offer behavioral parenting skills training for parents of at-risk children who are 5-10 years old. Skill-based modules (Monitoring; Making Rules; Effective Use of Incentives; Effective Consequences; Dealing with Resistance; Problem Solving) will be developed. Designed to accommodate users with limited education, it will include self-paced tutorials, realistic video modeling vignettes, and supportive testimonials. Content will be targeted to parent-user's gender and relationship status (singles/couples). A competency-based instructional design will include video-based quizzes. The program will advance users when content is learned. If needed, it will review and re-quiz users on any elements not initially comprehended. The proposed program will benefit parents with schedules or attitudes that increase the likelihood of attrition from traditional parenting classes. Additionally, this approach will make possible, delivery of a high-quality program to parents in communities where parenting training classes are not available. For the Phase I prototype, modules on Making Rules and Effective Consequences will be developed on CD-ROM and evaluated with a randomized sample of single female parents. In Phase II, all six modules will be developed, for CD-ROM and Internet, targeting three populations (male and female single parents; couples), and then evaluated in a larger randomized trial.