Promoting Cognitive Development from Infancy in a Northern Plains Tribe

描述(由申请者提供)：这个项目将探索可能的解决方案，以解决来自北部平原部落的大量婴儿和蹒跚学步的儿童出现语言延迟的新证据。它建立在一个关于婴儿发育的长期研究计划的基础上，利用社区顾问和焦点小组方法来审查关于部落中发育迟缓的流行率和相关性的结果，并选择干预措施进行试点测试。它的目的是准备和制作最终将用于文化和经验支持的干预策略的随机对照试验的材料。与公共卫生相关：该项目解决了一个在努力解决美国印第安人学生表现不佳的努力中具有关键意义的问题--他们入学时语言发展的程度，这与亲子互动和他们家里的语言环境直接相关。它寻求加强校园和社区的合作，以推动将基础研究转化为对美国印第安人和阿拉斯加土著社区的干预。

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.