Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Signature Strategies
May 08, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to preventing distracted and impaired driving and helping drivers, prevention professionals, and community [...]
Plan My Ride Program Awarded for Innovative Design, Content, and Video Components
May 08, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce that the Plan My Ride program has received a 2024 Learning [...]
Teaching High School Students Research-Based Strategies to Cope with Stress and Reduce Risky Behaviors
May 08, 2024, Durham, NC – A recent meta-analysis found that adolescents are experiencing significantly higher levels of anxiety in the years [...]
Online Training to Help Prevention Professionals Plan Drugged Driving Intervention Strategies
December 20, 2023, Durham, NC – Prevention professionals have vital responsibilities to plan and implement interventions to combat the risks [...]
Plan My Ride Receives a LearnX Award for Best Accessibility
December 20, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce that it received the 2023 Diamond Award from LearnX® [...]
iRT Researchers Present Findings from iRT’s Sexual Health and Media Literacy Education Research
December 19, 2023, Durham, NC – iRT Research Scientists Drs. Christina Dodson and Reina Evans-Paulson presented at The Society for [...]
iRT Researcher Contributes to the Development of a Guide for Youth Seeking Mentoring Relationships
November 29, 2023, Durham, NC - iRT Research Scientist Dr. Rebecca Stelter joined a working group with other researchers from [...]
Plan My Ride Found to Effectively Impact Safe Driving Attitudes, Knowledge, and Beliefs
October 20, 2025, Durham, NC – Distracted and impaired driving are two of the leading risk factors for vehicle crashes in the United States, [...]
Promoting Safe Driving in Teens with Plan My Ride: Signature Strategies
May 08, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is dedicated to preventing distracted and impaired driving and helping drivers, [...]
Plan My Ride Program Awarded for Innovative Design, Content, and Video Components
May 08, 2024, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce that the Plan My Ride program has [...]
Teaching High School Students Research-Based Strategies to Cope with Stress and Reduce Risky Behaviors
May 08, 2024, Durham, NC – A recent meta-analysis found that adolescents are experiencing significantly higher levels of [...]
Journal of Health Communication Publishes iRT’s New Research on Media Aware Parent
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 [...]
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
January 31, 2023, Durham, NC – Most mentees participating in a youth mentoring program are signed up to participate by one or more of [...]
iRT Creates Virtual Reality Scenarios for Plan My Ride to Prevent Impaired and Distracted Driving
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 [...]
iRT Collaborates on a Cultural Adaptation of a Parent-Child Communication Program
December 30, 2022, Durham, NC – Literature suggests that Latino parents, like other communities, lack confidence in their knowledge and ability to discuss sex and [...]
iRT Researcher Contributes to Meta-Analysis of Studies on Adolescent Sexual Health
December 30, 2022, Durham, NC – iRT Research Scientist Dr. Reina Evans-Paulson is consulting on a grant awarded to North Carolina State University to conduct [...]
iRT Enhances Media Literacy Education and Substance Use Prevention Program for Children
December 30, 2022, Durham, NC – iRT is pleased to announce the third and newest edition of Media Detective Spanish, a media literacy, alcohol, tobacco, [...]