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Pregnancy Prevention Program for the Learning Disabled

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: National Institutes of Health
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 2R44HD036570-02
Amount: $0.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2001
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
1839 GARDEN AVE
EUGENE, OR 97403
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 JENNIFER WELLS
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Business Contact
Phone: (541) 342-7227
Email: DARY@ORCASINC.COM
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The overall goal of this project is to create an interactive
program designed to prevent pregnancy among learning disabled (LD) adolescents
and young adults - those with cognitive limitations who fall into the
categories of "borderline intellectual functioning" (IQ range generally 71-84),
"mild mental retardation" (IQ range generally 50-55 to 70) and "moderate mental
retardation" (IQ range generally 35-40 to 50-55). Young people with LD are
frequently ill-prepared to make good decisions about sexual activity,
pregnancy, and parenthood. Despite this inadequate preparation, many
adolescents and young adults with LD look forward to sexually intimate
relationships, marriage, and parenthood. This project will develop six
stand-alone gender-specific CD-ROM pregnancy prevention programs for youth and
young adults with learning disabilities at the middle school (11-14 years),
high school (15-21 years), and adult (2 1-35 years) age levels who fall into
three categories of intellectual functioning. Within each program, negotiating,
decision-making, and conflict resolution skills will be taught using an
interactive text-free program incorporating graphics, animation, and video
components. Direct Instruction (DI) methodology will be employed to facilitate
mastery of program content for all program users. The program will be evaluated
by 350 individuals with learning disabilities in a randomized clinical trial.

PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION:
This program fills a unique need: pregnancy prevention for learning disabled youth and young adults. This product will be attractive to people with learning disabilities and anyone serving this population (e.g., parents, schools, training centers, vocational and residential services, public health clinics, and group homes).

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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