Online Training for a New Parent-Child Assessment Tool

描述（由申请人提供）：虽然高质素的父母教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一起工作的人普遍使用，以加强父母教育实践。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，可以供工作人员日常使用，并提供与干预有关的信息。为了满足这一需求，我们建议验证和完善互动育儿关键量表（KIPS），这是一个12个项目的照顾行为观察性评估。有了KIPS，提供者可以确定父母的优势和需求，做出明智的干预措施，跟踪进度并评估项目结果。培训的时间、成本、质量和可获得性是任何工具使用的重要障碍。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)使用来自验证研究的信息和专家小组的输入来完善KIPS；3)通过干预测试KIPS检测父母行为变化的能力；4)修订KIPS在线培训计划，以适应KIPS仪器的变化，并开发新功能以增强学习；5)建立KIPS在线实践库和再认证系统。构建效度将在400个家庭的代表性样本中进行研究；以及150个家庭样本的效度。KIPS仪器将根据因子分析、验证研究的结果、专家小组和现场用户的反馈进行改进。为了确定KIPS在项目评估中的价值，将在干预0、3、6和12个月时，随机抽取125个青少年养育项目的家庭样本，使用KIPS进行评估。在线培训计划将进行修订，以反映该仪器的变化。此外，将通过比较使用在线培训基本模型的30个提供者和使用自动定制版本的30个提供者的学习和满意度来研究包含自动定制功能的影响。此外，还将开发在线实践库，方便用户维护KIPS的可靠性。一个实际和有用的评估，加上一个在线培训和支持系统，可以促进KIPS的广泛使用。有了这种工具，家庭服务提供者可以帮助家庭建立响应式养育方式，促进成千上万儿童的健康发展和福祉。一项实际有效的观察性育儿评估，加上在线培训和支持系统，可以促进KIPS的广泛使用。有了这种工具，家庭服务提供者可以帮助家庭建立响应式养育方式，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.