Interactive Multimedia Training Program for First Steps to Success Intervention

描述（由申请人提供）：在过去的十年里，越来越多的有行为风险的孩子对学校最起码但必要的要求没有反应，小学环境已经不堪重负。通过儿童行为专家、家长、学校工作人员和同龄人之间的合作伙伴关系安排，早期协调的干预措施，使行为有风险的儿童在他们的学校生涯中尽快脱离这一轨迹或途径，这一点至关重要。拟议的项目将通过开发培训材料来解决这一持续的需求，以促进以证据为基础的“成功的第一步”（FSS; Walker, Kavanagh, Stiller, Golly, Severson, and Feil, 1997）干预措施的传播，该干预措施旨在实现K-3年级行为风险儿童的二级预防目标和结果。FSS是一种精选的早期干预方法，适用于在学校生涯开始阶段经历中度至重度行为问题的儿童。拟议项目的总体目标是制定一个互动多媒体培训计划，以有效实施金融监督院的干预措施。第一阶段项目将制作交互式原型DVD- ROM （Alpha版本），用于培训教练在学校进行金融监督干预，并与学生、教师和家长一起实施该计划。FSS概念和技能的子集将在原型中使用各种方法呈现，包括视频，文本，动画图形，音频叙述和交互式编程。我们将与学校专业人员（如心理学家、辅导员、助教、社会工作者）进行焦点小组讨论，征求对项目设计和组成部分的反馈。将以40名学校专业人员为对象，对该DVD-ROM培训项目的使用情况进行评估，并对该项目的总体可用性、消费者满意度、获得的知识、自我效能等进行评价。公共卫生相关性：具有挑战性的行为模式严重强调教师的课堂管理技能，破坏同伴关系，导致社会孤立和与离经叛道的同伴群体的联系，并且越来越多地出现在幼儿身上。对正在发展行为问题的儿童实施早期干预计划是至关重要的，而不是在异常模式已经确立且更难纠正之后进行干预。拟议发展一个以电脑为基础的互动式方案，以训练行为教练，将提供标准化和高质量的训练，并以具有成本效益和方便的方式提供。拟议的计划将满足对实施“迈向成功的第一步”早期干预计划的培训的强烈需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In the past decade, elementary school settings have been overwhelmed by increasing numbers of behaviorally at-risk children who are unresponsive to the minimal but necessary demands of schooling. It is of critical importance to get behaviorally at-risk children off this trajectory or pathway as soon as possible in their school careers through early, coordinated interventions that are delivered via collaborative partnership arrangements between child behavior experts, parents, school staff, and peers. The proposed project will address this continuing need by developing training materials to facilitate the dissemination of the evidence- based First Step to Success (FSS; Walker, Kavanagh, Stiller, Golly, Severson, and Feil, 1997) intervention that is designed to achieve secondary prevention goals and outcomes for behaviorally at-risk children in grades K-3. The FSS is a selected early intervention approach that is appropriate for children who experience moderate-to- severe behavior problems in the beginning stages of their school careers. The overall aim of the proposed project is to develop an interactive multimedia training program for effectively implementing the FSS intervention. The Phase I project will produce an interactive prototype DVD- ROM (Alpha version) for training coaches to conduct the FSS intervention in schools, and work with students, teachers, and parents to carry out the program. A subset of FSS concepts and skills will be presented in the prototype using a variety of methods including video, text, animated graphics, audio narration, and interactive programming. We will solicit feedback about the program design and components in focus groups with school professionals (e.g., psychologists, counselors, teaching assistants, social workers). The prototype DVD-ROM training program will be assessed for general usability, consumer satisfaction, knowledge gained, and self- efficacy regarding FSS implementation by evaluating its use with 40 school professionals. Public Health Relevance: Challenging behavior patterns severely stress the classroom management skills of teachers, disrupt peer relations, lead to social isolation and affiliation with deviant peer groups, and are increasingly being seen in younger children. It is critically important to implement early intervention programs with children who are developing behavior problems rather than intervening after aberrant patterns are well-established and more difficult to remediate. The proposed development of a computer-based interactive program designed to train behavioral coaches will provide a standardized and high-quality training that is delivered in a cost-effective and accessible manner. The proposed program will fulfill a strong demand for training in the implementation of the First Step to Success early intervention program.