Online Training for a New Parent-Child Assessment Tool

描述（由申请人提供）：虽然高质量的养育被广泛认为是儿童健康发展的关键，但没有评估工具被那些与家庭合作以加强养育实践的人普遍使用。长期以来，为有幼儿的家庭服务的项目一直在寻求一种对照顾者行为的评估，这种评估足够简单，便于工作人员日常使用，并提供与干预相关的信息。为了满足这一需求，我们建议验证和完善互动式育儿量表（KIPS），一个12项观察性评估的育儿行为。有了KIPS，提供者可以确定养育的优势和需求，进行知情的干预，跟踪进展和评估计划的成果。培训的时间、成本、质量和可用性是任何仪器使用的重要障碍。为了促进KIPS的广泛传播，我们将开发一个方便的在线培训和支持系统，以低成本和一致的质量开发和维护可靠的KIPS评分。第二阶段的具体目标是：1）对KIPS进行进一步的心理测量研究; 2）利用验证研究的信息和专家小组的投入完善KIPS; 3）测试KIPS通过干预发现育儿行为变化的能力; 4）修订KIPS在线培训计划，以适应KIPS仪器的变化，并开发新功能以加强学习;（5）开发KIPS在线实践库和再认证系统。结构效度将在400个家庭的代表性样本中进行研究;标准效度将在150个家庭的样本中进行研究。将根据因素分析、验证研究的结果以及专家小组和实地用户的反馈意见，完善知识产权调查工具。为了确定KIPS在项目评估中的价值，将在干预的0个月、3个月、6个月和12个月使用KIPS对青少年父母项目中的125个家庭进行随机抽样评估。将修订在线培训计划，以反映仪器的变化。此外，将通过比较使用在线培训基本模式的30个提供者与使用自动定制版本的30个提供者的学习和满意度，研究纳入自动定制功能的影响。此外，还将开发一个在线实践库，以便用户可以方便地维护KIPS的可靠性。一个实用和有用的评估，加上一个在线培训和支持系统，可以促进广泛使用知识和信息处理系统。有了这样一个工具，家庭服务提供者可以帮助家庭建立响应性的养育方式，促进成千上万儿童的健康发展和福祉。一个实用和有效的观察育儿评估，加上在线培训和支持系统，可以促进广泛的KIPS的使用。有了这样一个工具，家庭服务提供者可以帮助家庭建立响应性的养育方式，促进成千上万儿童的健康发展和福祉。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Though quality parenting is widely recognized as key to a child's healthy development, no assessment tool has gained common use by those working with families to strengthen parenting practices. Programs serving families with young children have long sought an assessment of caregiver behavior that is simple enough for routine use by their staff and that provides information relevant to intervention. To address this need, we propose to validate and refine the Keys to Interactive Parenting Scale (KIPS), a 12-item observational assessment of caregiving behavior. With KIPS, providers can identify parenting strengths and needs, make informed interventions, track progress and evaluate program outcomes. The time, cost, quality and availability of training are important hurdles to any instrument's use. To promote wide dissemination of KIPS, we will develop a convenient online training and support system that develops and maintains reliable KIPS scoring at low cost, and consistent quality. The Phase II Specific Aims are: 1) Conduct further psychometric studies of KIPS; 2) Refine KIPS using information from the validation studies and input from a panel of experts; 3) Test KIPS' ability to detect changes in parenting behavior with intervention; 4) Revise the KIPS online training program to accommodate changes made in the KIPS instrument and develop new features to enhance learning; and 5) Develop an online practice library and recertification system for KIPS. Construct validity will be studied in a representative sample of 400 families; and criterion validity in a sample of 150 families. The KIPS instrument will be refined based on results from factor analyses, validation studies, feedback from a panel of experts and users in the field. To determine KIPS' value in program evaluation, a random sample of 125 families in an adolescent parenting program will be assessed using KIPS at 0, 3, 6 and 12 months of intervention. The online training program will be revised to reflect the instrument's changes. Additionally, the impact of including automated customization features will be studied by comparing learning and satisfaction of a group of 30 providers using the basic model of the online training, to a group of 30 providers using the automatically customized version. Additionally, an online practice library will be developed so users can conveniently maintain KIPS reliability. A practical and useful assessment, coupled with an online training and support system, can promote wide KIPS use. With such a tool, family service providers can help families build responsive parenting, promoting healthy development and well-being for thousands of children. A practical and valid observational parenting assessment, coupled with an online training and support system, can promote wide KIPS use. With such a tool, family service providers can help families build responsive parenting, promoting healthy development and well-being for thousands of children.