The proposed project is pilot research aimed at developing """"""""novel service delivery models designed to target children with complex, comorbid and/or chronic conditions in school and community-based settings."""""""" It is timely and responds to the National Institute of Mental Health PA: PAR-03-078, """"""""From intervention development to services: Exploratory research grants""""""""1 and a concern of the lag between research and practice for children with autism. This gap is significant because of the increasing numbers of children with autism identified by public service agencies and a lack of trained community and school-based personnel. The proposed study will evaluate the effects of an innovative treatment approach for children with autism who participate in community-based public school programs. Guidelines of effective practice and recommendations for research generated by the National Research Council (NRC) in 2001 are incorporated. Caregiver, teacher, and school variables, as well as child effects will be evaluated. The evaluation of this intervention is longitudinal and focuses on important child outcomes over a period of one school year as well as parent/caregiver and teacher outcomes.
The aims of this proposal are: (1) To generate pilot data and effect size estimates of the impact of a child-specific consultation approach (COMPASS) vs. """"""""usual"""""""" educational program development practice by prospectively following a random sample of 60 children whose teachers received COMPASS and whose teachers did not receive COMPASS, and (2) to generate pilot data of additional factors (school organization, teacher, parent, and child) that may account for variance in teacher, child, and family outcomes. ? ?

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Planning Grant (R34)
Project #
5R34MH073071-02
Application #
7122400
Study Section
Services Research Review Committee (SRV)
Program Officer
Rupp, Agnes
Project Start
2005-09-15
Project End
2007-07-31
Budget Start
2006-08-01
Budget End
2007-07-31
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
2006
Total Cost
$215,318
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Louisville
Department
Pediatrics
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
057588857
City
Louisville
State
KY
Country
United States
Zip Code
40292
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Wong, Venus; Ruble, Lisa A; Yu, Yue et al. (2017) Too Stressed to Teach? Teaching Quality, Student Engagement, and IEP Outcomes. Except Child 83:412-427
Krakovich, Teri M; McGrew, John H; Yu, Yue et al. (2016) Stress in Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploration of Demands and Resources. J Autism Dev Disord 46:2042-2053
Ruble, Lisa A; Toland, Michael D; Birdwhistell, Jessica L et al. (2013) Preliminary Study of the Autism Self-Efficacy Scale for Teachers (ASSET). Res Autism Spectr Disord 7:1151-1159
Ruble, Lisa A; McGrew, John H; Toland, Michael D et al. (2013) A randomized controlled trial of COMPASS web-based and face-to-face teacher coaching in autism. J Consult Clin Psychol 81:566-72
Ruble, Lisa; McGrew, John H (2013) Teacher and child predictors of achieving IEP goals of children with autism. J Autism Dev Disord 43:2748-63
Ruble, Lisa; McGrew, John H; Toland, Michael D (2012) Goal attainment scaling as an outcome measure in randomized controlled trials of psychosocial interventions in autism. J Autism Dev Disord 42:1974-83
Ruble, Lisa; Birdwhistell, Jessie; Toland, Michael D et al. (2011) Analysis of Parent, Teacher, and Consultant Speech Exchanges and Educational Outcomes of Students With Autism During COMPASS Consultation. J Educ Psychol Consult 21:259-283
Ruble, Lisa A; Usher, Ellen L; McGrew, John H (2011) Preliminary Investigation of the Sources of Self-Efficacy Among Teachers of Students with Autism. Focus Autism Other Dev Disabl 26:67-74
Ruble, Lisa A; McGrew, John; Dalrymple, Nancy et al. (2010) Examining the quality of IEPs for young children with autism. J Autism Dev Disord 40:1459-70

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