Promoting Cognitive Development from Infancy in a Northern Plains Tribe

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目将探讨可能的解决方案，以新兴的证据，语言延迟在大量的婴儿和幼儿从北方平原部落。它建立在一个长期的婴儿发展研究计划的基础上，利用社区顾问和焦点小组的方法来审查部落中发育迟缓的患病率和相关因素的调查结果，并选择干预措施进行试点测试。它的目的是准备和手册的材料，最终将用于一个文化和经验支持的干预策略的随机对照试验。公共卫生相关性：这个项目解决了一个问题的关键意义的努力，以解决表现不佳的美国印第安学生的语言发展程度在入学，这是直接关系到父母与子女的互动和语言环境，在他们的家庭。它旨在加强校园与社区的合作，以推动基础研究转化为对美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民社区的干预。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will explore possible solutions to emerging evidence for language delay in substantial numbers of infants and toddlers from a northern plains tribe. It builds on a long-term program of research on infant development by utilizing community consultants and focus group methodologies to review findings on the prevalence and correlates of developmental delay in the tribe and to select interventions for pilot testing. It is designed to prepare and manualize materials that will ultimately be used in a randomized controlled trial of a culturally and empirically supported intervention strategy. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project addresses a question of key significance in efforts to address the underperformance of American Indian students-the extent of their language development at school entry, which is directly related to parent-child interaction and the language environments in their homes. It seeks to strengthen campus-community collaborations to advance the translation of basic research into intervention in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.