CASA and GAL Volunteer and Program Staff Academy

CASA 和 GAL 志愿者和项目人员学院

• 批准号: 7580892
• 负责人: William Vincent Griffin
• 金额: $ 47.95万
• 依托单位: INDEPENDENT LIVING RESOURCES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-01 至 2010-05-15
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7580892
• 关键词: Academy; Adolescent; Adolescent Development; Advocate; Awareness; Case Study; Child Welfare; Computer software; Continuing Education; Development; Effectiveness; Elements; Evaluation; Evaluation Studies; Family; Feedback; Focus Groups; Fostering; Hand; Health; Home environment; Housing; Independent Living; Individual; Internet; Knowledge; Lead; Learning; Life; Measures; Multimedia; Music; Outcome; Perception; Personal Satisfaction; Phase; Process; Programmed Learning; Recommendation; Reporting; Research Activity; Risk; Role; Rural; Sampling; Self Perception; Services; Substance abuse problem; System; Technology; Testing; Training; Training Programs; Trauma; Visual; Work; Youth; abuse neglect; addiction; base; court; design; experience; interactive multimedia; meetings; programs; prototype; satisfaction; skills; sound; volunteer; web site; young adult

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this project is to develop, produce, and evaluate nine modules of a ten-module multimedia-training program for Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and Guardian ad Litem (GAL) volunteers and program staffs. The program, called CASA/GAL Academy, will be delivered both on the Web and DVD, providing CASA/GAL volunteers and staffs with two home-based technologies for receiving high quality and comprehensive continuing education courses. Volunteers and staffs can register for courses through their CASA/GAL programs or individually and complete them to meet training requirements. In Phase I, we developed the content and measures for one of ten modules on dealing with adolescents in relation to information needed by family or juvenile court judges to make informed disposition decisions. We fully developed the Representing Adolescents in Court module testing prototypes of both DVD and Website versions. The program is designed to give volunteers information about youths in transition to adulthood in simple and practical terms. The program uses an interactive multimedia format utilizing case studies that are drawn from situations involving a family or juvenile court involved youth and a Guardian ad Litem. The Phase II evaluation study will further assess CASA/GAL volunteers and program staffs through their evaluation of the nine additional modules and development of enhanced knowledge and skills for working with adolescents. Project Narrative This project could have a significant impact on the well-being of adolescents' who are involved with the child welfare and court systems by assisting court volunteers to more clearly determine the needs of youth who are at risk of placement or continued neglect and abuse. The project would provide information on adolescents and their developmental status and needs. This information would lead to higher quality court reports and more appropriate developmentally related recommendations. These reports are crucial in informing courts (judges) and assisting them in handing down appropriate and necessary dispositional orders.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目的目的是开发，生产和评估为法院任命特别倡导者（CASA）和Guardian Ad Litem（GAL）志愿者和计划人员的十个模块多媒体培训计划的九个模块。该计划称为CASA/GAL Academy，将在网络和DVD上交付，为CASA/GAL志愿者和员工提供两种基于家庭的技术，用于接受高质量和全面的继续教育课程。志愿者和员工可以通过其CASA/GAL计划进行注册或单独完成课程并完成培训要求。在第一阶段，我们开发了与家庭或少年法院法官所需的信息有关的十个模块之一的内容和措施，以做出明智的处置决定。我们在法院模块测试DVD和网站版本的原型中充分开发了代表的青少年。该计划旨在以简单而实用的方式为志愿者提供有关年轻人过渡到成年的信息。该计划采用了使用案例研究的互动多媒体格式，这些案例研究是根据涉及家庭或少年法院涉及青年和监护人诉讼的情况所汲取的。第二阶段评估研究将通过评估九个其他模块以及与青少年合作的增强知识和技能的发展，进一步评估CASA/GAL志愿者和计划人员。该项目的项目叙述可能会对参与儿童福利和法院系统的青少年的福祉产生重大影响，通过协助法院志愿者更清楚地确定有被安置或持续忽视和虐待的年轻人的需求。该项目将提供有关青少年及其发展状况和需求的信息。这些信息将导致更高质量的法院报告和更适当的发展与发展相关的建议。这些报告对于告知法院（法官）并协助他们传递适当和必要的处置命令至关重要。