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iRT to Develop Toolkit to Educate Parents About Pediatric Clinical Trials

Elizabeth Porter2023-07-06T17:40:32+00:00

June 15, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) to develop an interactive, web-based toolkit which will provide parents with information about clinical trials. Parents are an important part of the decision-making process when it comes to deciding whether their child should participate in a pediatric clinical trial. iRT aims to develop a resource that will provide parents with information and skills that can help them successfully navigate pediatric clinical trials with their [...]

iRT to Develop Toolkit to Educate Parents About Pediatric Clinical TrialsElizabeth Porter2023-07-06T17:40:32+00:00

iRT Releases New Plan My Ride Base Package with Innocorp, ltd.

Elizabeth Porter2023-05-24T19:13:53+00:00

May 10, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT has released a new Base Package of Plan My Ride, currently being sold by our marketing partners Innocorp, ltd., to best meet the needs of our customers. Plan My Ride is an interactive eLearning program that can be delivered remotely or in conjunction with an in-person class, designed to help new drivers learn and practice skills to avoid distracted driving and drug- and alcohol-impaired driving. The program, designed for teens and young adults, goes beyond educating about the dangers of distracted and impaired driving, by additionally teaching skills specific to how young people can avoid [...]

iRT Releases New Plan My Ride Base Package with Innocorp, ltd.Elizabeth Porter2023-05-24T19:13:53+00:00

Setting Mentees Up for Success: New Building the Foundation for Mentees Instructor-Led Workshop

Elizabeth Porter2023-04-03T15:03:41+00:00

April 03, 2023, Durham, NC – Building the Foundation for Mentees, iRT’s interactive, research-informed, highly positively reviewed eLearning course for mentees has been modified for delivery in a live, instructor-led workshop, based upon user requests. Building the Foundation for Mentees introduces youth to the world of mentoring. Youth who are enrolled in a mentoring program for the first time are often unaware of what a mentoring relationship is, what they may do with their mentor, and how they can benefit from the experience. Entering a mentoring relationship with uncertainty and anxiety will yield fewer positive outcomes for mentees, so mentee training [...]

Setting Mentees Up for Success: New Building the Foundation for Mentees Instructor-Led WorkshopElizabeth Porter2023-04-03T15:03:41+00:00

Latest Edition of Media Ready Spanish Incorporates New Substance Misuse Prevention Content

Elizabeth Porter2023-07-19T17:30:07+00:00

March 16, 2023, Durham, NC – The fourth and newest edition of iRT’s evidence-based, instructor-led media literacy and substance misuse prevention program for middle school students, Media Ready Spanish, has been released. Media Ready Spanish provides youth with skills to critically analyze media content that contains harmful messages about alcohol, drugs, tobacco products, and vapes. The Spanish version of the program continues to use Latin American Spanish in the translations to provide teachers with the opportunity to present all instructional materials to their students in their native language. Through Media Ready’s series of 10 fully scripted, highly interactive lessons, students practice [...]

Latest Edition of Media Ready Spanish Incorporates New Substance Misuse Prevention ContentElizabeth Porter2023-07-19T17:30:07+00:00

Journal of Health Communication Publishes iRT’s New Research on Media Aware Parent

Elizabeth Porter2023-02-23T20:45:18+00:00

January 31, 2023, Durham, NC – Media Aware Parent, one of iRT’s self-paced, online prevention programs, is designed to equip parents of teens with the skills they need to engage in high-quality conversations with their children about sexual and relationship health, teach their children to think critically about media messages, and create effective family rules around media use. A previous paper published by Dr. Tracy Scull and her colleagues at iRT reported on the impact of the program after access to it for one month. At that point in time, the Media Aware Parent program improved parents-adolescent communication, and parents and [...]

Journal of Health Communication Publishes iRT’s New Research on Media Aware ParentElizabeth Porter2023-02-23T20:45:18+00:00

New product! Building the Foundation for Mentees Virtual Toolkit: Demystifying Mentoring for Youth While Building Their Motivation and Skills to Safely and Fully Participate in a Mentoring Relationship

Elizabeth Porter2023-02-23T20:46:53+00:00

January 31, 2023, Durham, NC – Most mentees participating in a youth mentoring program are signed up to participate by one or more of their parents, and if you ask them, what they will get out of being a mentee in a mentoring program or what a mentor does or what to expect, they often tell you that they have no idea. The Building the Foundation for Mentees workshop was developed to fill this gap in knowledge in youth, as well as to build their interest and motivation to participate. Without proper knowledge about what it means to have a [...]

New product! Building the Foundation for Mentees Virtual Toolkit: Demystifying Mentoring for Youth While Building Their Motivation and Skills to Safely and Fully Participate in a Mentoring RelationshipElizabeth Porter2023-02-23T20:46:53+00:00

iRT Creates Virtual Reality Scenarios for Plan My Ride to Prevent Impaired and Distracted Driving

Elizabeth Porter2023-02-23T20:50:48+00:00

January 31, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to developing high quality, evidence-based programs for children, teens, and families using emerging technologies. Drs. Rebecca Stelter and Allison Schmidt, research scientists at iRT, are integrating virtual reality (VR) technology into the online safe driving program, Plan My Ride, to provide teens with more immersive ways to learn strategies to prevent impaired and distracted driving. Stelter and Schmidt, Co-Principal Investigators for the Plan My Ride project, have utilized and investigated immersive technologies by attending the 2022 DevLearn Conference & Expo, developing 360-degree videos for safe driving programs, and studying literature regarding the [...]

iRT Creates Virtual Reality Scenarios for Plan My Ride to Prevent Impaired and Distracted DrivingElizabeth Porter2023-02-23T20:50:48+00:00

iRT Collaborates on a Cultural Adaptation of a Parent-Child Communication Program

Elizabeth Porter2022-12-30T19:24:52+00:00

December 30, 2022, Durham, NC – Literature suggests that Latino parents, like other communities, lack confidence in their knowledge and ability to discuss sex and relationships with their kids. However, few resources are available to guide parents in communicating with their teenagers about sexual health, especially in a culturally relevant format. iRT’s self-paced, interactive online program, Media Aware Parent, is designed to help parents navigate conversations with their teenagers about sex, relationships, and media. Dr. Tracy Scull, Senior Research Scientist for iRT, and Dr. Mercedes M. Morales-Alemán, Assistant Professor for The University of Alabama, aim to adapt Media Aware Parent to [...]

iRT Collaborates on a Cultural Adaptation of a Parent-Child Communication ProgramElizabeth Porter2022-12-30T19:24:52+00:00

iRT Enhances Media Literacy Education and Substance Use Prevention Program for Children

Elizabeth Porter2023-07-19T17:59:24+00:00

December 30, 2022, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce the third and newest edition of Media Detective Spanish, a media literacy, alcohol, tobacco, and vaping misuse prevention program designed for elementary school students. The Media Detective program consists of instructor-led, interactive classroom activities and hands-on practice opportunities to help students apply critical thinking skills to analyzing the media messages they consume. The Spanish version of Media Detective provides all curriculum content in Spanish to allow teachers to present program content in the language that students are most comfortable with. Media Detective Spanish’s updated edition has expanded upon past editions [...]

iRT Enhances Media Literacy Education and Substance Use Prevention Program for ChildrenElizabeth Porter2023-07-19T17:59:24+00:00

iRT Receives Grant for Development of a Parent Training Program to Improve Tween Health

Elizabeth Porter2022-12-14T20:25:31+00:00

November 30, 2022, Durham, NC – innovation Research & Training (iRT) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to develop and evaluate a self-paced, interactive online program designed to educate parents about tween development and help them have high-quality conversations with their tweens about puberty, body-image, relationships, sexuality, and media use. Preadolescence is an integral time in development for children to form lifelong beliefs about appearance, gender roles, relationships, and sex. Children are more susceptible to eating disorders, dating violence perpetration, aggressive behavior, and decreased self-confidence [...]

iRT Receives Grant for Development of a Parent Training Program to Improve Tween HealthElizabeth Porter2022-12-14T20:25:31+00:00