Increasing Utilization of Evidence-Based Violence Prevention Programs in Schools

尽管总统委员会确定学校是对表现出攻击性行为问题的儿童进行早期干预的有希望的地点，但现有的基于证据的暴力预防计划(EBPS)并不容易被学校采用。至关重要的是，我们必须与学校和学区合作，通过促进EBP的实施过程和优化其在现实世界环境中的影响，弥合功效和有效性研究之间的差距。拟议的导师研究科学家发展奖(K01)将使发展心理学家凯瑟琳·布拉德肖博士能够设计和进行研究，以增加以学校为基础的暴力预防计划的使用和有效性。培训在稳健的研究环境中进行，利用了两个联邦资助的研究中心的资源，这两个研究中心是由疾病预防控制中心资助的预防青少年暴力中心，由菲利普·利夫博士指导，以及NIMH/NI DA资助的预防和早期干预中心，由尼古拉斯·拉隆戈博士指导。拟议的培训侧重于：1)发展设计、实施和分析基于学校的暴力预防试验的技能和专门知识；2)应用正式的决策模式来选择和实施预防青少年暴力的循证政策。Leaf博士和Lalongo博士将就青少年暴力和以学校为基础的预防试验提供指导，David Murray博士将提供关于团体随机试验设计和分析的培训，Harold Lehmann博士将提供信息学和决策支持方面的培训。这项研究计划建立在CDC/NIMH资助的积极行为干预与支持(PBIS)全校普遍预防模式的团体随机试验以及由600多所实施PBIS的全州学校组成的全州网络的基础上，目的是：1)创建一个基于网络的风险和保护因素筛选工具，以指导对普遍的PBIS计划没有反应的攻击行为问题儿童进行适应性预防干预；2)实施并试点针对攻击性行为问题儿童的校本适应性预防干预。这项研究的目的是通过增加传播和优化基于学校的暴力预防计划的有效性来预防青少年暴力。这一奖项将为PI作为一名独立研究员的职业生涯做好准备，该研究员专注于学校暴力预防方案的实施和有效性。

Although the President's Commission identified schools as promising sites for early intervention with children manifesting aggressive behavior problems, the available evidence-based violence prevention programs (EBPs) are not readily adopted by schools. It is critical that we work in partnership with schools and school districts to bridge the gap between efficacy and effectiveness research by facilitating the process of EBP implementation and optimizing their impact in real world settings. The proposed Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) will enable Dr. Catherine Bradshaw, a developmental psychologist, to design and conduct research that will increase the use and effectiveness of school-based violence prevention programs. The training takes place within a robust research environment that utilizes resources from 2 federally funded research centers, the CDC-funded Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, directed by Dr. Philip Leaf, and the NIMH/NI DA funded Center for Prevention and Early Intervention, directed by Dr. Nicholas lalongo. The proposed training focuses on: 1) Developing skills and expertise in the design, implementation, and analysis of school-based violence prevention trials; 2) Applying formal decision-making models to the selection and implementation of EBPs to prevent youth violence. Drs. Leaf and lalongo will provide mentorship on youth violence and school-based prevention trials, Dr. David Murray will provide training on the design and analysis of group-randomized trials, and Dr. Harold Lehmann will provide training on informatics and decision support. The research plan builds on a CDC/NIMH-funded group-randomized trial of the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) school-wide universal prevention model and a state-wide network of over 600 schools implementing PBIS to: 1) Create a web-based risk and protective factors screening instrument to guide an adaptive preventive intervention for children with aggressive behavior problems not responding to the universal PBIS program; 2) Implement and pilot a school-based adaptive preventive intervention for children with aggressive behavior problems. The objective of this research is to prevent youth violence by increasing dissemination and optimizing the effectiveness of school-based violence prevention programs. This award will prepare the PI for a career as an independent researcher focused on the implementation and effectiveness of school-based violence prevention programs.