Translating Autism Intervention for Mental Health Services via Knowledge Exchange

描述（由申请人提供）：该职业发展奖的目标是为申请人提供必要的高级培训和技能，以开发独立的研究项目，开发方法，将基于研究的自闭症谱系障碍儿童的行为干预措施转化为公共精神卫生服务系统。通过应用知识交流过程的多学科模型，申请人将具备开发和测试心理健康干预方案的技能，该方案基于儿童和家庭临床特征，为公共心理健康机构中的自闭症儿童提供个性化的基于研究的干预措施。通过培训活动，申请人将(1)发展在公共精神卫生机构服务的ASD学龄儿童的儿童和家庭特征方面的专业知识，以便为这一人群量身定制和个性化干预措施；(2)获得多学科协作知识交流模式方面的培训，这些培训将用于开发基于研究性ASD学龄儿童心理健康干预方法和应用该干预方法的培训模式；(3)获得定性和定量方法方面的技能，可用于检查常规护理和大规模实施试验；(4)在临床医生培训中获得使用创新技术的经验；(5)接受科学研究伦理行为的培训。作为职业发展奖励的一部分，研究计划分为三个阶段。第一阶段将重点描述：(1)在公共精神卫生机构中服务的自闭症儿童及其家庭，以便在这些机构中使用个性化的基于研究的干预措施；(2)来自多学科的精神卫生服务提供者的培训需求。第二阶段将使用协作性知识交流框架，为自闭症儿童制定心理健康干预方案，并为此制定临床医生培训模式。第三阶段将涉及对所制订的培训模式的实施进行可行性和可接受性研究。该奖项下的研究将作为未来R01大规模研究的试点数据，研究在公共精神卫生机构中对患有自闭症的儿童实施基于研究的行为干预对儿童和家庭水平结果的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this career development award is to provide the applicant with the advanced training and skills necessary to develop an independent program of research developing methods to translate research- based behavioral interventions for children with autistic spectrum disorders into the public mental health service system. By applying multidisciplinary models of knowledge exchange processes, the applicant will have the skills to develop and test a mental health intervention protocol that individualizes research-based interventions for children with ASD in public mental health settings based on child and family clinical characteristics. Through the training activities, the applicant will (1) develop expertise in the child and family characteristics of school-age children with ASD served in public mental health settings in order to tailor and individualize interventions for this population, (2) obtain training in models of collaborative knowledge exchange from multiple disciplines that will be used in the process of developing a mental health intervention approach based on the research-based interventions for school-age children with ASD and a training model to apply this intervention approach, (3) acquire skills in qualitative and quantitative methodology that can be applied to both examining usual care and for large-scale implementation trials, (4) obtain experience using innovative technology in clinician training, (5) receive training in ethical conduct of scientific research. The research plan that is proposed as part of this career development award is organized in three phases. Phase 1 will focus on characterizing (1) children with ASD and their families served in the public mental health settings in order to individualize research-based interventions for use in these settings and (2) the training needs of mental health service providers from multiple disciplines. Phase 2 will use a collaborative knowledge exchange framework to develop a mental health intervention protocol for children with ASD and a clinician training model for this approach. Phase 3 will involve a feasibility and acceptability study of the implementation of the training model developed. Research under this award will serve as pilot data for future R01 large-scale studies examining the impact on child and family level outcomes of implementing research- based behavioral interventions for children with ASD in public mental health settings.