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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

How does someone decide to be aggressive? Findings reported at SRCD special topics conference from two studies on new multimedia, Web-based assessment software.

2023-01-11T19:28:43+00:00

Drs. Janis Kupersmidt Rebecca Stelter, and Alison Parker from innovation Research & Training (iRT), presented a poster entitled, “SIP-AP: Web-based Assessment of Social information Processing in Children and Adolescents,” at the Society for Research in Child Development Special Topic Meeting: Technology and Media in Children’s Development on October 29, 2016...

How does someone decide to be aggressive? Findings reported at SRCD special topics conference from two studies on new multimedia, Web-based assessment software.2023-01-11T19:28:43+00:00

Two IRT Scientists Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Special Topic Meeting in Irvine, California

2020-12-29T16:53:09+00:00

Durham, NC  (October 28, 2016) - Drs. Rebecca Stelter and Janis Kupersmidt presented a poster, entitled “Addressing the Connectivity Challenge in Data Collection with Children and Families,” at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Special Topic Meeting: Technology and Media in Children’s Development in Irvine, California on October 28, 2016. The conference...

Two IRT Scientists Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Special Topic Meeting in Irvine, California2020-12-29T16:53:09+00:00

Two IRT Scientists Attend Governors Highway Safety Association’s Risky Driving Behaviors Meeting

2020-12-29T16:53:45+00:00

Durham, NC (September 1, 2015)—Two research scientists from innovation Research & Training (iRT)— a leading behavior science research organization—are attending the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) annual meeting, Drunk, Drugged & Distracted: Reaching High-Risk Drivers, hosted by the Tennessee Governor's Highway Safety Office...

Two IRT Scientists Attend Governors Highway Safety Association’s Risky Driving Behaviors Meeting2020-12-29T16:53:45+00:00

Innovation Research & Training Awarded NIDA Grant to Develop Drugged Driving Resources Website

2020-12-29T16:54:19+00:00

DURHAM, NC (June 3, 2015)—innovation Research & Training (iRT), a leading behavior science research organization, today announced that it has been awarded a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to develop a website to house resources on the growing public safety issue of drugged driving.  DURHAM, NC (June 3, 2015)—innovation Research & Training ...

Innovation Research & Training Awarded NIDA Grant to Develop Drugged Driving Resources Website2020-12-29T16:54:19+00:00

iRT Partners with UNC-Chapel Hill on Prestigious Internship Program

2020-12-29T16:54:58+00:00

Durham, NC, April 13, 2015—innovation Research & Training (iRT), a behavioral sciences research company, today announced an alliance with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for a prestigious psychology internship program. Durham, NC, April 13, 2015—innovation Research & Training (iRT), a behavioral sciences research company, today announced an alliance...

iRT Partners with UNC-Chapel Hill on Prestigious Internship Program2020-12-29T16:54:58+00:00

iRT Develops Social Information Processing Assessment Videos for Girls

2020-12-29T16:55:38+00:00

DURHAM, NC, November 18, 2014—innovation Research & Training (iRT), a behavioral sciences research company, today announced the development of 10 additional assessment videos for its Social Information Processing Application (SIP-AP). DURHAM, NC, November 18, 2014—innovation Research & Training (iRT), a behavioral sciences research company, today announced the...

iRT Develops Social Information Processing Assessment Videos for Girls2020-12-29T16:55:38+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

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

2020-12-29T16:42:08+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 Pages2020-12-29T16:42:08+00:00

Study Finds Media Literacy Education Effective for Teaching Adolescent Sexual Health

2020-12-29T16:40:33+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 Health2020-12-29T16:40:33+00:00
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