Intervention for Individuals w/FAS--Community Projects

研究表明，产前接触酒精的儿童在社交和社交方面存在问题 同伴关系。许多研究表明，产前接触病毒的儿童社交能力较差。 技能，如未能考虑到他们行为的后果，难以理解社交线索， 不分青红皂白的社交行为，在社交场合难以沟通。适足的发展 社交技能很重要，因为技能差的孩子在同龄人中会得到负面的声誉。 伴随着社会排斥和从事犯罪行为的更高可能性。对……的认可 布鲁因项目：早期社会技能发展对产前酒精暴露儿童的重要性 伙伴(CDC/U84-CCU920158)是使用经验派生的父母辅助的社交技能发起的 培训方法。随机对照研究的结果是，治疗组的儿童 在与其他孩子的游戏中表现出显著的质量提高，更多的知识 关于适当的社交行为，提高整体社交技能，减少问题行为 与对照组比较。此外，在3个月的随访中，他们继续表现出改善。 鉴于这一干预计划的成功，我们现在建议将其引入当地的心理健康 并与该机构合作，以确定如何最好地调整和实施干预措施 社区。通过这种方式，我们希望在基于大学的研究和社区之间架起一座桥梁 实施。在社区成功实施后，我们建议传播这一社会 采用培训培训者模式的技能干预方法，将提供给其他心理健康人员 州和国家层面的专业人士。

Research has shown that children with prenatal alcohol exposure have problems in socialization and peer relationships. In a number of studies, prenatally exposed children have been shown to have poor social skills such as failure to consider the consequences of their actions, difficulty understanding social cues, indiscriminant social behavior, and difficulty communicating in social contexts. The developmentof adequate social skills is important because the child with poor skills acquires a negative reputation among peers concomitant with social rejection and a higher probability of engaging in delinquent acts. In recognitionof the importance of early social skill development for children with prenatal alcohol exposure, Project Bruin Buddies (CDC/U84-CCU920158) was initiated using an empirically derived parent assisted social skills training approach. Results of the randomized controlled study were that children in the treatment group showed a significant improvement in the quality of their play with other children, a greater knowledge regarding appropriate social behaviors, improved overall social skills, and a reduction in problem behaviors compared to the control group. Furthermore, they continued to show improvement at 3-month follow up. Given the success of this intervention program, we now propose to introduce it to a local mental health agency and to work with that agency to determine how best to adapt and implement the intervention in the community. In this way,we hope to bridge the transitionbetween university based research and community implementation. Following successful community implementation, we propose to disseminate this social skills intervention approach using a train-the-trainer model that will be offered to other mental health professionals on a state and nationallevel.