Multimedia Tool for Psychology Graduate Student ASD Assessment Training

描述(由申请人提供)：自闭症是一种发育障碍，会导致儿童功能障碍，并可能对个人及其家庭产生破坏性影响。早期诊断是改善自闭症对儿童社交和沟通功能影响的关键因素。最近发现这一疾病的患病率相对较高，这加剧了对诊断服务的需求，因此需要更多地在从事儿童工作的专业人员的研究生教育和继续教育中获得关于这一主题的高质量培训。多媒体计算机技术的创新和通过互联网访问基于计算机的程序和视频的简便性的改善，为改进当前的临床培训方法和增加临床医生和教育工作者获取当前基于研究的信息的机会带来了巨大的希望。我们提出了一个名为诊断优先的创新资源，以帮助大学心理学学生学习更好地识别自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)的标记物。由于针对青少年儿童自闭症诊断的培训数据有限，初步研究项目将比较传统心理学研究生培训材料和拟议的心理学研究生视频多媒体演示的有效性，以提高他们准确区分自闭症儿童与正常儿童和经常被混淆为自闭症的其他障碍儿童的能力。方差分析将被用来检验这一研究假设，即视频和文本指导相结合将提供比目前大学培训方法更好的学习体验，以识别自闭症的细微症状。如果最初的数据支持使用多媒体呈现有关自闭症儿童行为表现的临床信息，研究人员将寻求额外的资金，以评估一项更全面的培训计划，该计划不仅可以用来识别自闭症，还可以区分所有年龄段儿童自闭症谱系内的行为差异。更大规模的研究计划的预期目标包括评估多媒体培训材料在材料呈现方式方面的有效性，评估该国不同地理区域培训计划的差异，从而评估这些地区对儿童服务的预期差异，以及继续开发最适当的计算机技术来传播有关自闭症的信息。该项目将改善对未来患有自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)儿童的临床医生的培训。使用多媒体视频和内容指导相结合的产品，名为DiagnoseFirst的产品将结合北卡罗来纳大学TEACCH中心过去40年开发的培训项目和互联网交付技术，帮助大学心理学专业的学生学习更好地识别自闭症行为。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Summary Autism is a developmental disorder which causes impairments in the functioning of children and can have devastating effects on individuals and their families. Early diagnosis is a critical factor in ameliorating the affects of autism on children's social and communicative functioning. The recent discovery of the relatively high prevalence of this disorder has accentuated the demand for diagnostic services and consequently the need for increased access to quality training on this topic in the graduate and continuing education of professionals working with children. Innovations in multimedia computer technology and improvements in the ease of access to computer-based programs and videos via the Internet hold great promise for enhancing current clinical training methods and increasing access to current research-based information for clinicians and educators. We propose an innovative new resource called DiagnoseFirst to help university psychology students learn to better identify the markers for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Due to the limited amount of data regarding training specific to autism diagnosis in young children, the initial research project will compare the effectiveness of traditional' psychology graduate training materials with the proposed video multimedia presentation on psychology graduate students' abilities to accurately differentiate young children with ASD from normal children and children with other disorders often confused with ASD. Analysis of variance will be used to test the research hypothesis that video combined with text guidance will provide an enhanced learning experience over present university training methods for identifying the subtle symptoms of autism. If the initial data supports the use of multimedia presentation of clinical information about the behavior manifestations of autism in young children, the researchers will pursue additional funding to evaluate a more comprehensive training program that can be used to not only identify autism, but separate the differences in behaviors within the autism spectrum for children of all ages. The expected goals of the larger research program include evaluating effectiveness of multimedia training materials in terms of how the material is presented, evaluating the variance in training programs in different geographical areas of the country and thus the expected variance in services to children in those areas, and continuing to develop the most appropriate use of computer technology to disseminate information about autism. This project will improve training for future clinicians of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Using a combination of multimedia videos and content guidance, a product called DiagnoseFirst will combine training programs developed over the last 40 years by the University of North Carolina TEACCH Center with Internet delivery technology to help university psychology students learn to better recognize ASD behaviors.