WRAPAROUND FIDELITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM

描述(由申请者提供)：本第一阶段小型企业技术转让(STTR)提案的目的是开发和评估综合忠诚度评估系统(WFAS)，该系统是一种多方法方法，用于评估有严重情感和行为问题的儿童和青少年及其家庭的个性化护理规划和管理的质量。世界金融分析系统将由两个单元组成，每个单元由一套独立但重叠的措施组成。第一个模块将投放市场，供研究人员、评估者和机构认证实体使用，以确定符合环绕式服务模型(WSM)的程度。第二个模块将支持内部质量改进活动，从而向参与实施WSM的培训员、主管和计划人员进行营销。目前的研究项目将实施和评估WFAS原型的心理测量学、可靠性和有效性，其中将包括对照顾者、青少年、提供者以及儿童和家庭团队成员的访谈；外部评估者将采用的实践观察措施，以评估团队会议期间高质量总结标准的遵从性；记录审查工具，用于评估综合过程的书面记录和对规定模式的忠诚度指标；以及项目管理者和社区利益相关者访谈。在这一项目的第一阶段，我们还将开发和评估两种网络支持使用世界金融分析系统的原型的可行性；(1)世界金融分析系统信息和传播的网络门户；以及(2)实施世界金融分析系统其中一项措施的计算机培训计划。成功开发适用于此服务模式的可靠、有效且用户友好的保真度评估系统，将为更广泛的服务系统中的提供商、主管、项目管理员和关键利益相关方的决策提供参考。世界金融分析系统还将向外地提供部署保真度测量的模式，该模式被认为是对循证做法的核心执行支助。鉴于目前这一领域缺乏此类措施，忠诚度评估系统和拟议的实施支持技术将对公共机构、行为健康方案和研究和评估实体具有重要的商业应用价值，并将支持改善服务不足的儿童和家庭人口的健康和功能成果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) proposal is to develop and evaluate the Wraparound Fidelity Assessment System (WFAS), a multi-method approach to assessing the quality of individualized care planning and management for children and youth with serious emotional and behavioral problems and their families. WFAS will consist of two modules, each consisting of a set of independent but overlapping measures. The first module will be marketed for use by researchers, evaluators, and agency certification entities to determine degree of conformance to the wraparound service model (WSM). The second module will support internal quality improvement activities and thus be marketed to trainers, supervisors, and program personnel involved in implementing WSM. The current research project will implement and evaluate psychometrics, reliability, and validity of a prototype of the WFAS, which will consist of interviews with caregivers, youths, providers, and members of the child and family team; a practice observation measure to be employed by external evaluators to assess conformance to standards of high- quality wraparound during team meeting sessions; a record review instrument for assessing the written record of the wraparound process and indicators of fidelity to the prescribed model; and program administrator and community stakeholder interviews. During the course of Phase I of this STTR project, we will also develop and evaluate the feasibility of prototypes for two web-based supports for using the WFAS; (1) a web portal for WFAS information and dissemination, and (2) a computer-based training program for implementing one of the WFAS measures. Successful development of a reliable, valid, and user-friendly fidelity assessment system for this service model will inform decision-making by providers, supervisors, program administrators, and key stakeholders in the broader service system. The WFAS will also provide a model to the field for deploying fidelity measurement, recognized as a core implementation support to evidence-based practices. Given the lack of such measures in the field currently, the fidelity assessment system and the proposed supportive technologies for implementation will have significant commercial application for public agencies, behavioral health programs, and research and evaluation entities, and will support improved health and functioning outcomes for an underserved population of children and families.