Mentoring News Post

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...

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...