Behavioral Intervention in Autism

自闭症的行为干预

• 批准号: 6935694
• 负责人: Charles Hamad
• 金额: $ 10.42万
• 依托单位: PRAXIS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-06-01 至 2008-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6935694
• 关键词: Internet; autism; behavioral /social science research tag; behavioral medicine; child care personnel; clinical research; computer assisted instruction; computer human interaction; curriculum; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; human subject; mental health education; parents; training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurological disorder that typically appears before the age of 3 and immediately and profoundly affects a young child's ability to communicate, develop language, form social relationships and respond appropriately to environmental cues. Whereas all children with developmental disabilities receive some form of federally mandated Early Intervention, demands are being placed on parents and early intervention staff to provide what has been referred to as behavioral intervention (BI). Bl is a consensus "best practice" scientific treatment methodology derived from the field of Applied Behavior Analysis, that focuses on providing rigorous and sustained one-to-one and natural-context treatment to teach developmental skills such as attending, imitation, receptive language, expressive language, preacademic social and self-help skills. After being endorsed by several states, the Surgeon General of the United States and professional organizations such as the American Psychological Association, American Association on Mental Retardation, American Academy of Pediatrics, National Research Council, and the American Psychiatric Association, demand for BI providers has grown beyond what university and ASD service organizations can now provide. As a means of increasing the availability of BI training resources, Praxis, Inc., a small health care softw.are development company that specializes in programs for children with developmental disabilities, in partnership with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, proposes to develop, implement, and evaluate web-based distance learning modules for teaching relevant BI practitioner skills. The project has three major objectives: (1) to develop curriculum materials that can be used for web-based instruction, (2) to develop a commercially viable software prototype, and (3) to evaluate the resulting program to determine the usability of the software and the effectiveness of the curriculum in teaching requisite competencies.

描述（由申请人提供）：自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD) 是一种复杂的神经系统疾病，通常出现在 3 岁之前，并立即深刻地影响幼儿的沟通、发展语言、形成社会关系以及对环境线索做出适当反应的能力。尽管所有患有发育障碍的儿童都会接受某种形式的联邦政府强制的早期干预，但家长和早期干预工作人员却被要求提供所谓的行为干预 (BI)。 BL 是一种源自应用行为分析领域的共识“最佳实践”科学治疗方法，专注于提供严格、持续的一对一和自然情境治疗，以教授发展技能，如参与、模仿、接受性语言、表达性语言、学前社交和自助技能。在获得多个州、美国卫生局局长以及美国心理协会、美国智力迟钝协会、美国儿科学会、国家研究委员会和美国精神病学协会等专业组织的认可后，对 BI 提供商的需求已经不断增加。超出了大学和 ASD 服务组织现在所能提供的范围。作为增加 BI 培训资源可用性的一种手段，Praxis, Inc.（一家小型医疗保健软件开发公司，专门为发育障碍儿童提供项目）与马萨诸塞大学医学院的尤尼斯·肯尼迪·施赖弗中心 (Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center) 合作学校建议开发、实施和评估基于网络的远程学习模块，以教授相关的 BI 从业人员技能。该项目有三个主要目标：(1) 开发可用于网络教学的课程材料，(2) 开发商业上可行的软件原型，(3) 评估最终的程序以确定该程序的可用性。软件以及课程在教授必要能力方面的有效性。