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

2020-12-29T16:36:01+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 Youth2020-12-29T16:36:01+00:00

iRT President Presents at the Sapienza University of Rome

2020-12-29T16:35:04+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 Rome2020-12-29T16:35:04+00:00

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

2020-12-29T16:31:18+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 Program2020-12-29T16:31:18+00:00

Breaking down barriers

2020-12-29T16:30:31+00:00

by Amanda Moss Richmond County Daily Journal HAMLET — Families joined their students at Fairview Heights Elementary School to work together and find the hidden meanings beneath the advertisements they see on a daily basis. The program is called Media Detective and it is a media literacy education program for students in grades three through five. The goal of the program is to prevent...

Breaking down barriers2020-12-29T16:30:31+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

iRT receives a Phase II SBIR contract from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

2020-12-31T16:39:46+00:00

Dr. Tracy Scull (Principal Investigator) and Dr. Janis Kupersmidt (Co-Investigator) have received a Phase II SBIR contract from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to continue the development of Media Detective Family (MDF), a web-based and tablet media literacy education program for families with elementary school-aged children.  Dr. Tracy Scull (Principal Investigator) and Dr. Janis...

iRT receives a Phase II SBIR contract from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)2020-12-31T16:39:46+00:00

Dr. Scull presented to the North Carolina Collaborative for Children, Youth and Families

2020-12-31T16:29:57+00:00

Dr. Tracy Scull presented a workshop on using media literacy education as a substance abuse prevention strategy at the North Carolina Collaborative for Children, Youth and Families on August 10, 2012, in Chapel Hill, NC.  Dr. Tracy Scull presented a workshop on using media literacy education as a substance abuse prevention strategy at the North Carolina Collaborative for Children, Youth and...

Dr. Scull presented to the North Carolina Collaborative for Children, Youth and Families2020-12-31T16:29:57+00:00
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