Intervention for Individuals w/FAS--Community Projects

研究表明，产前接触酒精的儿童在社会化方面存在问题， 同伴关系在一些研究中，产前暴露的儿童被证明有不良的社会影响， 技能，如未能考虑其行为的后果，难以理解社会线索， 不分青红皂白的社会行为，以及在社会环境中沟通困难。充分发展 社会技能很重要，因为技能差的孩子在同龄人中会获得负面的声誉。 伴随着社会排斥和更高的可能性从事犯罪行为。在声明中， 早期社会技能发展对产前酒精暴露儿童的重要性，Bruin项目 伙伴（CDC/U84-CCU 920158）使用经验得出的父母辅助社交技能启动 培训方法。随机对照研究的结果是，治疗组的儿童 在与其他孩子玩耍的质量上有了显著的提高， 关于适当的社会行为，提高整体社会技能，减少问题行为 与对照组相比。此外，在3个月随访时，他们继续显示出改善。 鉴于这一干预计划的成功，我们现在建议将其引入当地的精神卫生机构， 并与该机构合作，以确定如何最好地调整和实施干预措施， 社区通过这种方式，我们希望在大学研究和社区之间架起一座桥梁， 实施.在社区成功实施后，我们建议在社区内传播这一社会 技能干预方法，使用培训师模型，将提供给其他心理健康 在国家和国家层面上的专业人士。

Research has shown that children with prenatal alcohol exposure have problems in socialization and peer relationships. In a number of studies, prenatally exposed children have been shown to have poor social skills such as failure to consider the consequences of their actions, difficulty understanding social cues, indiscriminant social behavior, and difficulty communicating in social contexts. The developmentof adequate social skills is important because the child with poor skills acquires a negative reputation among peers concomitant with social rejection and a higher probability of engaging in delinquent acts. In recognitionof the importance of early social skill development for children with prenatal alcohol exposure, Project Bruin Buddies (CDC/U84-CCU920158) was initiated using an empirically derived parent assisted social skills training approach. Results of the randomized controlled study were that children in the treatment group showed a significant improvement in the quality of their play with other children, a greater knowledge regarding appropriate social behaviors, improved overall social skills, and a reduction in problem behaviors compared to the control group. Furthermore, they continued to show improvement at 3-month follow up. Given the success of this intervention program, we now propose to introduce it to a local mental health agency and to work with that agency to determine how best to adapt and implement the intervention in the community. In this way,we hope to bridge the transitionbetween university based research and community implementation. Following successful community implementation, we propose to disseminate this social skills intervention approach using a train-the-trainer model that will be offered to other mental health professionals on a state and nationallevel.