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Integrated Smart Speaker/Mobile Application to Promote Positive Parenting Among Caregivers of Youth with Challenging Behaviors

Award Number: R43MH124577
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/16/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/15/2024

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Integrated Smart Speaker/Mobile Application to Promote Positive Parenting Among Caregivers of Youth with Challenging Behaviors - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT A substantial body of evidence supports the use of behavioral parenting strategies in reducing child disruptive behavior disorders. Empirically supported behavioral parent training protocols exist to teach parents how to employ these effective parenting strategies, but many obstacles interfere with parents' access to these supports and their regular use of effective parenting strategies, such as high cost of professional services and the logistics and burdens of daily life. Smart speaker and mobile technologies enable the development and dissemination of evidence-based parenting supports to families at lower cost and in formats that parents prefer, overcoming barriers to engagement, expanding reach, and providing in-situ supports to parents for their implementation of effective parenting strategies. Parents need a resource for obtaining trustworthy, scientifically valid parenting information in a digestible format that can assist them in developing and implementing individualized behavior plans for their children. Parents face numerous barriers to consistent implementation of even the strongest behavior plans, including remembering to follow through, keeping track of the details, and maintaining communication among all relevant parties (co-parents, youth). These barriers are exactly the kinds of factors that smart speaker and mobile technologies are often able to address, providing effective in-situ support to parents in implementing target parenting strategies. In this Phase I application, we propose to develop and establish feasibility of an integrated smart speaker and mobile/web application, “FamilyNet”, designed to help parents utilize best practices in behavioral parent training to create and implement personalized behavior plans for their children. The FamilyNet system will assist families in creating the behavior plan, and then will track compliance, timelines, incentives, and other details to assist parents in following through and maintaining the program that they have created. An initial proof of concept prototype will be developed in the Phase I project and pilot-tested with 35 families of youth ages 12-15 with challenging behaviors. If the Phase I project meets its benchmarks (prototype is developed, families are able to utilize the interface and report finding it helpful), we will develop the full product in Phase II. This fully built parenting resource will utilize the Phase I infrastructure, incorporate feedback from Phase I participants, and add additional features such as extending the number of target behaviors, settings (e.g. multiple households), and roles (e.g. data from teachers and feedback to therapists). In Phase II, we will also conduct a stronger empirical test of the FamilyNet system with a fully powered randomized trial to evaluate its effects on parenting practices and child behavior.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2021	OREGON RESEARCH BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION STRATEGIES, INC.	3800 SPORTS WAY	SPRINGFIELD	OR	97477	LANE	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	1	8/28/2024	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2021	OREGON RESEARCH BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION STRATEGIES, INC.	3800 SPORTS WAY	SPRINGFIELD	OR	97477	LANE	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	1	8/1/2023	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $256,429 )
2021	2021	OREGON RESEARCH BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION STRATEGIES, INC.	1776 MILLRACE DR	EUGENE	OR	97403	LANE	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	1	8/11/2021	NEW	$256,429
														Subtotal = $256,429

Grand Total All Awards = $256,429

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Integrated Smart Speaker/Mobile Application to Promote Positive Parenting Among Caregivers of Youth with Challenging Behaviors

Award Number: R43MH124577

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 08/16/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/15/2024

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