Research Program – Applied Science Program
7. Behavioral Technology Delivery Systems
Program Overview and Rationale: Projects in this category have a common short- and intermediate-term target, dissemination of methods for delivering efficient, cost-effective, evidence-based behavioral technology to the classroom, clinic, and other settings that concern improvement of behavioral functioning, especially that relating to symbolic functioning. For example, past projects have investigated large-scale applications of instructional technology in school systems local to UFSCar. These projects will be continued and expanded. Ongoing and new Institute initiatives will investigate computer-assisted instructional technology to promote dissemination, such as that which is increasingly possible via the Internet. Related projects concern the development of individualized instructional technology that implements instructional procedures derived from the Institute’s Translational Science Program.
For the longer-term, the Institute plans to initiate dissemination of virtual reality instructional programs (VRIPs) as merited by progress in research conducted within its translational research initiative. Consistent with the themes of the Institute program, such VRIPs will target prevention or amelioration of deficits of symbolic functioning with school-aged children being the primary population of initial interest.
