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Dr. Kupersmidt to Meet with Enrollment and Match Support Specialists at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Moscow

2023-01-11T21:38:52+00:00

November 14, 2017 - Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, President and Senior Research Scientist at iRT and Mentoring Central, met with mentoring program staff in Moscow at the office of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Dr. Kupersmidt presented findings from iRT’s research on their online mentee training program, Building the Foundation for Mentees, and online parent/guardian training, Building the Foundation for...

Dr. Kupersmidt to Meet with Enrollment and Match Support Specialists at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Moscow2023-01-11T21:38:52+00:00

Dr. Kupersmidt to be a Keynote Speaker at Russia’s First International Mentoring Conference

2020-12-29T16:45:37+00:00

November 13, 2017 - Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, President and Senior Research Scientist at iRT and Mentoring Central, will be the keynote speaker at Global Mentori , Russia's First International Mentoring Conference. The conference will take place November 13th-14th in Moscow. The theme of the... November 13, 2017 - Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, President and Senior Research Scientist at iRT and Mentoring...

Dr. Kupersmidt to be a Keynote Speaker at Russia’s First International Mentoring Conference2020-12-29T16:45:37+00:00

Dr. Kupersmidt to Speak in the Netherlands about Latest Research News about Youth Mentoring

2023-01-11T21:40:01+00:00

November 9, 2017 - Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, iRT’s and Mentoring Central’s President and Senior Research Scientist, and Eline Heppe, doctoral student at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, presented at the Center of Expertise Social Innovation, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, on “Increasing the Effectiveness of Mentoring by Enhancing Mentoring Program Practices...

Dr. Kupersmidt to Speak in the Netherlands about Latest Research News about Youth Mentoring2023-01-11T21:40:01+00:00

Innovation Research & Training Receives Funding From NICHD to Help Parents Have “The Talk” With Their Young Teens

2023-01-11T19:19:13+00:00

Dr. Tracy Scull at Innovation Research & Training (IRT) was recently awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant will fund the continued development of an interactive program for parents called Media Aware Parent. The goal...

Innovation Research & Training Receives Funding From NICHD to Help Parents Have “The Talk” With Their Young Teens2023-01-11T19:19:13+00:00

Innovation Research & Training Awarded Grant To Develop A Web-Based Program to Promote Sexual Health in Teens

2023-02-07T19:41:43+00:00

innovation Research & Training (iRT), a behavioral sciences research company, today announced its receipt of a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). iRT researchers will use the grant to develop the Media Aware program, a web-based course for high school students designed to...

Innovation Research & Training Awarded Grant To Develop A Web-Based Program to Promote Sexual Health in Teens2023-02-07T19:41:43+00:00

Providing Pre-Match Training to Mentees Leads to More Realistic Expectations

2023-01-11T19:24:48+00:00

Mentoring programs understand that effectively training their mentors before they enter into a mentoring relationship is vital to producing positive outcomes for both the mentee and their mentoring relationship. Pre-match mentor training helps to establish higher quality and more enduring matches.  However, mentoring programs might be overlooking an important opportunity to prevent possible...

Providing Pre-Match Training to Mentees Leads to More Realistic Expectations2023-01-11T19:24:48+00:00

iRT Scientists to Present Research Findings, Prevention Programs at National Prevention Conference

2020-12-29T18:10:01+00:00

Durham, NC (September 12, 2014)—Scientists from innovation Research & Training (iRT) will be among researchers and practitioners presenting at the upcoming National Prevention Network annual research conference September 15-18 in Hartford, CT. Durham, NC (September 12, 2014)—Scientists from innovation Research & Training (IRT) will be among researchers and practitioners presenting at the...

iRT Scientists to Present Research Findings, Prevention Programs at National Prevention Conference2020-12-29T18:10:01+00:00

Family Media Project Seeks Elementary School Families for Program Evaluation

2023-06-20T13:35:45+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 Evaluation2023-06-20T13:35:45+00:00

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

2020-12-29T16:32:43+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 Media2020-12-29T16:32:43+00:00

iRT seeking 3rd-5th grade teachers for research study

2020-12-31T16:47:47+00:00

iRT is looking for teachers of 3rd-5th graders, their students and students’ families to study how to best engage families in educational programming. iRT is looking for teachers of 3rd-5th graders, their students and students’ families to study how to best engage families in educational programming. Teachers will receive training and materials to teach the evidence-based Media...

iRT seeking 3rd-5th grade teachers for research study2020-12-31T16:47:47+00:00
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