Abstract
| Grant Number: | 5R44DA015251-03 |
| Project Title: | Multimedia Program to Promote Positive Bus Behavior |
Abstract: DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): National reports indicate a steady increase in youth substance use over the past eight years. Multiple risk factors for youth substance use include: (a) academic failure and (b) aggressive and oppositional behavior. School wide behavioral interventions represent a promising approach to addressing these risk factors. The proposed program will extend such school wide efforts by designing a comprehensive set of CD-ROM and Internet programs for a neglected context of the school experience: the school bus. On the school bus, where the level of supervision is low, student antisocial behavior manifests as harassment, bullying, assault, and drug dealing.
The Phase I prototype successfully developed an interactive multimedia CD-ROM program and Internet site for bus drivers, focusing on three skills shown to have positive effects on student behavior: (a) creating a positive bus environment, (b) effective scanning and monitoring, and (c) effective delivery of consequences. Phase II development will expand the program for Internet use and include: (a) expanded components for bus drivers; (b) CD-ROM and Internet programs for use by classroom teachers to teach students appropriate bus behavior and procedures; (c) materials for administrators to create a supportive environment for bus behavior management, and (d) materials for parents to reinforce and support school efforts.
Thesaurus Terms:
adolescence (12-20), behavior modification, behavior therapy, conduct disorder, education evaluation /planning, educational resource design /development, human therapy evaluation, interactive multimedia, socioenvironment
DVD /CD ROM, Internet, aggression, clinical trial, computer program /software, information dissemination, middle childhood (6-11), oppositional defiant disorder, psychological reinforcement, social behavior disorder, substance abuse related disorder
behavior test, behavioral /social science research tag, clinical research, focus group, interview, statistics /biometry
| Institution: | OREGON CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCE, INC. |
| 260 E. 11th Avenue |
| EUGENE, OR 97401 |
| Fiscal Year: | 2005 |
| Department: | |
| Project Start: | 01-MAY-2002 |
| Project End: | 31-AUG-2008 |
| ICD: | NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE |
| IRG: | ZRG1 |
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