Mental Illness Curriculum for Adolescents

描述(由申请者提供)：这项小型企业创新研究计划的目的是继续开发和评估青少年精神疾病课程，这是一种创新的多媒体课程，专为7至9年级的学生教师设计，用于教育青少年有关精神疾病的知识。课程包括互动光盘、教师指南、辅导指南和海报；四个主要内容单元介绍了青春期最常见的精神疾病类型：情绪障碍、焦虑障碍、饮食障碍和注意力缺陷多动障碍。该课程的目标是：1)提供全面的、以研究为基础的信息，以增加学生对精神疾病的原因、影响和治疗的了解；2)减少污名化的态度和行为；3)使教育工作者能够成功地向他们的学生介绍这些主题；以及4)促进教育工作者和学校辅导员之间的合作，以创造与儿童心理健康相关的支持性学校环境。在第一阶段，丹雅开发了教师指南内容和课程，创建了教师指南的设计模板，开发了光盘活动的内容，为情绪障碍模块编写了光盘活动，起草了顾问指南的内容，设计了海报的原型，并评估了情绪障碍模块的可行性。在第二阶段，丹雅计划最终确定第一阶段的产品，包括制作教师指南、辅导员指南、海报和光盘，扩大光盘以包括互动教育游戏，并对课程进行全面评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this Small Business Innovation Research proposal is to continue the development and evaluation of the Mental Illness Curriculum for Adolescents, an innovative, multimedia curriculum designed for teachers of students in grades 7 through 9 to educate adolescents about mental illness. The curriculum consists of an interactive CD-ROM, Teacher's Guide, Counselor's Guide, and posters; the four main content modules feature the most common types of mental illness in adolescence: Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Eating Disorders, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The goals of the curriculum are to: 1) Present comprehensive, research-based information to increase the knowledge of students about the causes, effects, and treatments of mental illnesses; 2) Reduce stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors; 3) Empower educators to successfully introduce these topics to their students; and 4) Promote collaboration among educators and school counselors to create a supportive school environment related to child mental health. During Phase I, Danya developed the Teacher's guide content and lessons, created a design template for the Teacher's Guide, developed content for the CD-ROM activities, programmed the CD-ROM activities for the Mood Disorders module, drafted content for the Counselor's Guide, designed prototypes of the posters, and evaluated the feasibility of the Mood Disorders module. During Phase II, Danya proposes to finalize the Phase I products, including producing the Teacher's Guide, Counselor's Guide, posters, and CD-ROM, amplify the CD-ROM to include an interactive educational game, and conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the curriculum.