Relationship Education for Parents of Children w/ Autism

本小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段拨款提案的目的是概述丹雅国际公司的步骤。（Danya）将开发自闭症儿童父母关系教育（REPCA），这是一种创新的技能建设资源，适用于10至14岁患有HFA或AS的儿童和青少年的家庭的基于经验的教育方法和干预措施。REPCA将由几个相互关联的组成部分组成，旨在创建一个连贯和全面的课程。为了确保该项目的成功，REPCA努力实现以下目标：1）提高患有HFA/AS儿童的父母对社会发展和 关系问题的出现; 2）为父母提供必要的工具和信息，以最好地教育青少年与HFA/AS关于亲密关系; 3）改善父母？4）提供高度灵活的、基于经验的教育资源，可以很容易地被特定的用户群体所适应，例如父母、倡导团体内的辅助专业人员或在小组或单独会议中与家庭合作的心理健康专业人员。在第一阶段期间，丹雅将产生内容的介绍和第一章在父母？的指南和相应的视频片段，并提供大纲的其余章节的工作手册，辅导员？的指南和视频片段。在第一阶段试点研究成果的基础上， 是否需要完成其他章节的内容和家长的活动？的指导，促进者？的指南，并拍摄其余的视频场景，并进行广泛的成果评估。该产品将与社区的公共卫生相关，因为它有可能增加患有HFA/AS儿童的父母对HFA/AS背景下关系的了解;教这些父母如何与他们的孩子沟通关系;并为倡导者提供一种工具，帮助教育他们工作的患有HFA/AS儿童的父母在HFA/AS背景下的关系和亲密关系。

The purpose of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant proposal is to outline the steps that Danya International, Inc. (Danya), will take to develop Relationship Education for Parents of Children with Autism (REPCA,) an innovative, skill-building resource that adapts empirically based education approaches and interventions for families of children and teens ages 10 through 14 who have HFA or AS. REPCA will consist of several interrelated components that will be designed to create a cohesive and comprehensive curriculum. To ensure the success of this project, REPCA strives to meet the following objectives: 1) improve the knowledge of parents of children with HFA/AS about social development and the emergence of relationship issues; 2) provide parents with the tools and information necessary to best educate youth with HFA/AS about intimacy; 3) improve parents? perceived self-efficacy to discuss the heirarchy of social relationships with their children; and 4) provide a highly flexible, empirically based educational resource that can be easily adapted by specific user groups, such as parents, paraprofessionals within advocacy groups, or mental health professionals who work with families in groups or individual sessions. During the Phase I period, Danya will generate content for the introduction and the first chapter in the parent?s guide and corresponding video segments, and provide outlines of the remaining chapters in the workbook, facilitator?s guide, and video segments. Building on the results of the Phase I pilot study, Phase II will entail completing content for the other chapters and activities for the parent?s guide, facilitator?s guide, and filming of the remaining video scenarios and conduct an extensive outcome evaluation. This product will be relevant to the public health of the community for its potential to increase the knowledge of parents of children with HFA/AS about relationships in the context of HFA/AS; teach these parents how to communicate about relationships with their child; and supply advocates with a tool to help to educate parents of children with HFA/AS with whom they work about relationships and intimacy in the context of HFA/AS.