Protect Yourself! Abuse Prevention for People with Intellectual Disabilities

描述（由申请人提供）：智障人士（ID）遭受虐待的风险高于一般人群。越来越多的身份证患者在社区中独立生活，这既有好处，也有风险。许多ID患者遭受身体、性和语言上的虐待。在ID患者身上发现的一些特征——注意力持续时间短、抽象概念困难、过于顺从的性格、学习和记忆缺陷——增加了滥用的可能性及其负面后果。考虑到ID患者独特的学习需求，我们迫切需要为ID患者量身定制的预防虐待项目。这个项目的目标是制定一个全面的预防计划——保护你自己！防止智障人士被虐待——这将是专门为此设计的

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) are at higher risk for abuse than the general population. Increasing numbers of people with ID are living independently in the community with both its benefits and its risks. Many individuals with ID are subjected to physical, sexual, and verbal abuse. Some of the characteristics found in people with ID - short attention span, difficulties with abstract concepts, overly compliant personalities, learning and memory deficits -- increase the likelihood of abuse and its negative consequences. Given the unique learning needs of individuals with ID, there is a pressing need for abuse prevention programs specifically tailored for both men and women with ID. The goal of this project is to develop a comprehensive prevention program - Protect Yourself! Abuse Prevention for People with Intellectual Disabilities -- that will be designed specifically for this population and address their unique learning needs. In Phase I a prototype DVD will be developed that covered the first two units of the shared curriculum and the first unit of the Learning Partner training. In Phase II the complete interactive, multimedia DVD will be developed for use by people with ID and their learning partner (LP). The final comprehensive abuse prevention program will consist of nine modules based on research-based prevention approaches for this population the final product will be commercially packaged and include both video material on a DVD and an accompanying workbook. The completed program will be highly interactive and utilize concrete materials, use video models of appropriate and inappropriate behaviors, provide opportunities for role-playing of the materials, frequently repeat key concepts, and provide visual rather than text-based cues. A unique feature of the program will be the use of a learning partner (e.g., direct support staff, parent, advocate) to help the person with ID learn and practice the information provided in the program.