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iRT’s Media Literacy Research Makes Top 10 List of Education Journal’s Most Popular Pages

IRT Inc2020-12-29T16:42:08+00:00

Durham, NC (September 10, 2014)—A research article written by scientists at innovation Research & Training (iRT) has been listed by The Journal of Media Literacy Education as one of the top 10 most popular pages viewed in its June issue. The Journal of Media Literacy Education is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal that supports the development of research...

iRT’s Media Literacy Research Makes Top 10 List of Education Journal’s Most Popular PagesIRT Inc2020-12-29T16:42:08+00:00

Innovation Training & Research Appoints New Research Scientist

IRT Inc2020-12-23T20:04:23+00:00

Durham, NC (July 3, 2014)—innovation Research & Training (iRT)—a behavioral sciences research company—today announced that Dr. Susan Haws has joined the company as a research scientist to help further develop the company’s growing portfolio of prevention and treatment products and services. Susan brings a wealth of industry experience, having worked for more than...

Innovation Training & Research Appoints New Research ScientistIRT Inc2020-12-23T20:04:23+00:00

Study Finds Media Literacy Education Effective for Teaching Adolescent Sexual Health

IRT Inc2020-12-29T16:40:33+00:00

Durham, NC, June 12, 2014—Teaching middle-school students about sexual health using a media literacy education approach has been shown to increase adolescents’ intentions to make healthy decisions regarding their future sexual behavior. Durham, NC, June 12, 2014—Teaching middle-school students about sexual health using a media literacy education approach has been shown to...

Study Finds Media Literacy Education Effective for Teaching Adolescent Sexual HealthIRT Inc2020-12-29T16:40:33+00:00

iRT Receives NICHD Award to Develop Mindfulness Education Program

IRT Inc2020-12-29T16:39:22+00:00

Durham, NC, June 10, 2014—innovation Research & Training (iRT), a behavioral sciences research company, today announced receipt of a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to create and evaluate a mindfulness-based coping program for high school students. iRT Receives NICHD Award to...

iRT Receives NICHD Award to Develop Mindfulness Education ProgramIRT Inc2020-12-29T16:39:22+00:00

Family Media Project Seeks Elementary School Families for Program Evaluation

IRT Inc2023-06-20T13:35:45+00:00

Durham, NC, May 22, 2014—Researchers at innovation Research & Training (iRT) are seeking families with third, fourth, and fifth grade students to take part in a study looking at media, alcohol, and tobacco. Durham, NC, May 22, 2014—Researchers at innovation Research & Training (iRT) are seeking families with third, fourth, and fifth grade students to take part in a study looking at media, alcohol...

Family Media Project Seeks Elementary School Families for Program EvaluationIRT Inc2023-06-20T13:35:45+00:00

Innovation Research & Training Awarded OJJDP Grant to Study Effects of Mentoring on At-Risk Youth

IRT Inc2020-12-29T16:36:01+00:00

Durham, NC, May 2, 2014—innovation Research & Training (iRT)–a behavioral sciences research company, has been awarded nearly $500,000 to study factors associated with successful outcomes from mentoring of at-risk youth. Funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), the grant will allow iRT researchers to examine two main issues. iRT scientists will examine...

Innovation Research & Training Awarded OJJDP Grant to Study Effects of Mentoring on At-Risk YouthIRT Inc2020-12-29T16:36:01+00:00

iRT President Presents at the Sapienza University of Rome

IRT Inc2020-12-29T16:35:04+00:00

Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, president of innovation Research & Training (iRT), presented to the faculty and graduate students in the Department of Psychology at the Sapienza University of Rome on Thursday, April 3, 2014. Her presentation titled, “Media Literacy Education for Substance Abuse Prevention: Results of Three Efficacy Trials,” included an overview of using school-based media literacy...

iRT President Presents at the Sapienza University of RomeIRT Inc2020-12-29T16:35:04+00:00

iRT’s JMLE Paper on Media Aware—Sexual Health Published

IRT Inc2020-12-29T16:34:02+00:00

In a paper published in the Journal of Media Literacy Education, innovation Research & Training (iRT) scientists Drs. Tracy Scull, Christina Malik, and Janis Kupersmidt report that a comprehensive, media literacy education program for influencing adolescents’ sexual health and media literacy outcomes has the potential for positively influencing sexual health decisions. The paper, "A Media Literacy...

iRT’s JMLE Paper on Media Aware—Sexual Health PublishedIRT Inc2020-12-29T16:34:02+00:00

iRT Partners with UMass Boston to Present Course on Mentoring Youth in the Age of Digital Media

IRT Inc2020-12-29T16:32:43+00:00

iRT Partners with UMass Boston to Present Course on Mentoring Youth in the Age of Digital Media DURHAM, NC, January 27, 2014—Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, president of innovation Research and Training (iRT) has been selected to serve as a panelist for a short course on youth mentoring in the digital age. Developed by Dr. Jean Rhodes, director of the University of Massachusetts Boston...

iRT Partners with UMass Boston to Present Course on Mentoring Youth in the Age of Digital MediaIRT Inc2020-12-29T16:32:43+00:00

4-H Substance Abuse Prevention Program Partners with Clinton City Schools Blazing Stars Program

IRT Inc2020-12-29T16:31:18+00:00

The Sampson Weekly Week of January 17-23, 2014 Sampson County's 4-H Substance Abuse Prevention program along with Clinton City Schools Blazing Stars program have completed their first after-school education program, "Media Detectives." Sampson County's 4-H provides a 45-60 minute lesson on substance abuse prevention to 45 Butler Avenue School and Sunset Avenue School students. The Sampson...

4-H Substance Abuse Prevention Program Partners with Clinton City Schools Blazing Stars ProgramIRT Inc2020-12-29T16:31:18+00:00

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