2008 Archive of News ReleasesOregon Social Learning Center receives funding to establish a multi-disciplinary research center on drug abuse preventionPosted October 27, 2008 Contact: John Reid, Phone (541) 485-2711 or on-line at www.oslc.org. EUGENE, Oregon - (October 27, 2008) - Oregon Social Learning Center was recently awarded a five-year $6.46 million Center of Excellence grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to establish a national Center for Drug Abuse Prevention in the Child Welfare System. The public health implications of the proposed research are far-reaching. An estimated 4.5% of the U.S. child population and up to 7% of all children and adolescents will have some involvement in the Child Welfare System during their lifetime. Yet, a knowledge gap exists between recent research advances and the availability of evidence-based programs within public service systems to prevent drug abuse and related negative outcomes. Led by Principal Investigator Dr. John B. Reid, the Center includes 11 multi-disciplinary scientists and an external advisory board comprised of local and national experts in child services, policy, and substance use research. The Center’s senior scientists include Patricia Chamberlain, Dave DeGarmo, Phil Fisher, John Landsverk, Leslie Leve, and Katherine Pears. Support is also planned for the professional development of four early career scientists (Jackie Bruce, Hyoun Kim, Lisa Saldana, and Dana Smith). The Center brings together scientists and national experts to integrate knowledge from 32 federally-funded completed and ongoing studies which will help fill the gaps in drug abuse prevention research, practice, and policy. Within this framework, the team will seek to provide more informed conceptualization of evidence-based interventions for children and families in the Child Welfare System, increase implementation of these interventions, and, ultimately, reduce the incidence of drug abuse and related problems. Specifically, the Center will study three primary focus areas: the relationship between stress, neurobiology, and genetics and drug abuse, the role of fathers in the child welfare system, and an economic evaluation of a set of child welfare costs related specifically to the placement of children in out-of-home care. By building upon current studies, the Center seeks to merge behavioral and biological research using cutting edge neurobiological and genetic technologies, which may include functional MRIs, EEGs as well as collection of DNA and cortisol (a stress hormone). These projects will aim to increase understanding of the stress, attentional, and behavioral capacities in families affected by drug abuse. Fathers are highly influential in the outcomes of children’s lives, yet they tend to be under-researched and under-served. The Center seeks to develop father-specific services and parent management training approaches to help decrease the risk for drug use of their children. Oregon Social Learning Center Awarded Federal Grant to Teach Healthy Emotional Skills to Mothers Transitioning out of PrisonPosted July 23, 2008 Contact: Dr. Joann Wu Shortt or Dr. J. Mark Eddy, Phone (541) 485-2711 or on-line at www.oslc.org. Eugene, OR - Nationwide, more than 2 million children have parents incarcerated in the criminal justice system. Though these children may be more likely to experience emotional and behavioral problems than their peers, few programs exist to support parents and children during the transition out of prison. Oregon Social Learning Center Awarded Federal Grant to Continue Multigenerational StudyPosted July 21, 2008 Contact: Deborah Capaldi, Phone (541) 485-2711 or on-line at www.oslc.org. Eugene, OR - The non-profit Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) has been awarded a $5.3 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to continue studying the transmission of strengths and problem behaviors across three generations of over 130 local families. The ongoing research project, which began 10 years ago, examines mechanisms that affect the transmission of parenting, positive adjustment, problem behaviors, substance use, and health risking sexual behaviors from one generation to the next. The new grant will fund data collection on the third generation from childhood to adolescence as well as data analyses and scientific writing over the next five years. The “Three Generations Study”, or 3GS, was designed by the late Dr. Beverly Fagot and Dr. Deborah Capaldi, developmental psychologists who completed their doctoral training at the University of Oregon. Senior scientist Capaldi has led the project since its inception. 3GS is an offshoot of the Oregon Youth Study, which was started by Dr. Gerald Patterson in 1984 as a study of 206 fourth grade boys who were living in Eugene and Springfield neighborhoods with higher than average rates of juvenile delinquency. Participants, their parents, and their romantic partners have been followed since, and the study recently ended when participants reached the age of 32 years. Findings to date from 3GS indicate significant intergenerational associations in parenting practices, conduct problems and depressive symptoms. For example, parenting of young fathers in the second generation is not only significantly influenced by their experiences with their own parents, but also by their own partners’ risk behaviors and parenting practices. In the first decade of the study, 3GS brought $8.7 million in federal funds to the local economy. For more information about the Three Generations Study, please contact Dr. Deborah Capaldi at the Oregon Social Learning Center (541-485-2711). To learn more about the Oregon Social Learning Center, please visit www.oslc.org. Additional information about the National Institute on Drug Abuse is available at www.nida.nih.gov. Eugene researcher recognized with international awardPosted May 21, 2008 Contact: Janet Chappell, Phone (541) 485-2711 or on-line at www.oslc.org. Eugene, OR - The Society for Prevention Research (SPR), an international membership organization that seeks to advance science-based prevention programs and policies through empirical researchhas announced its 2008 award winners. Eugene researcher and Oregon Social Learning Center senior scientist, Marion S. Forgatch, Ph.D., has been named the recipient of the Award for International Collaborative Prevention Research. The award will be formally presented at the SPR’s 16th Annual Meeting May 28-30, 2008 in San Francisco, CA. SPR’s members include scientists, practitioners, advocates, administrators, and policy makers.The SPR’s prestigious International Collaborative Prevention Research Award is given to an individual or a team of individuals for contributions to the field of prevention science in the area of international collaboration. Dr. Forgatch is receiving this award for her recent work on a grant based in Norway – Implementing Parent Management Training in Norway(Grant No. R01 16097) – as well as contracts between her affiliate organization, Implementation Sciences International, Inc. (ISII), and Norway, the Netherlands, Iceland, the State of Michigan, and Detroit-Wayne County in Michigan. Marion S. Forgatch, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, has been working with the Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) group for more than 30 years to develop programs for families with and at-risk for substance abuse and child adjustment problems, and to evaluate the implementation of effective intervention programs. She has developed two NIMH-funded prevention programs, one for single mothers and one for stepfamilies. Both programs (the Oregon Divorce Study and Marriage and Parenting in Stepfamilies) are based on the OSLC model of Parent Management Training (PMTO). Her curriculum for the Oregon Divorce Study, Parenting Through Change, is recognized as an "Effective Program" in the National Registry of Effective Programs and Practices (NREPP). More recently, Dr. Forgatch has turned from developing programs to evaluating the large-scale implementation of child and family mental health and welfare services. She is principal investigator of a NIDA study evaluating the nationwide implementation of PMTO in Norway following a training program provided by Dr. Forgatch and her team. She is also involved in three new large-scale implementation projects including: PMTO statewide in Community Mental Health (CMH) Centers in Michigan; PMTO nationwide in the Netherlands; and PMTO in CMH and Juvenile Justice Centers in Detroit-Wayne County in Michigan. Forgatch is co-author with Dr. Gerald R. Patterson of Parents and Adolescents, a two volume series of books for parents, and she is the Executive Director of the non-profit organization, Implementation Sciences International, Inc. (ISII). Forgatch received SPR’s Friend of the Early Career Prevention Network in 2003 in recognition of her support for early career prevention scientists. More information about Marion Forgatch is available by calling Janet Chappell at Oregon Social Learning Center at 541-485-2711 or on-line at www.oslc.org. A photo is available on request. Additional information about the Society for Prevention Research is available on-line at www.preventionresearch.org. Eugene researcher to be recognized with lifetime achievement awardPosted May 21, 2008 Contact: Janet Chappell, Phone (541) 485-2711 or on-line at www.oslc.org. Eugene, OR - The American Psychological Association (APA) will recognize Eugene researcher and co-founder of the Oregon Social Learning Center, Gerald Patterson, with the Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contributions to Developmental Psychology at their annual conference August 14-17, 2008 in Boston. The APA is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. With more than 148,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide. OSLC Scientists Organize Early Career Research CompetitionPosted June 1, 2008 Contact: Diana Strand, Phone 541-485-2711 SAN FRANCISCO – For the third year, OSLC Research Scientists Dr.’s J. Mark Eddy and Charles Martinez, Jr. chaired the Sloboda and Bukoski Society for Prevention Research (SPR) Cup Competition, held at the annual meeting last week. Teams of early career prevention scientists competed for the honor of winning the traveling cup, named for two of the founders of SPR, Dr. Zili Sloboda and Dr. Bill Bukoski. Teams applied last fall, and two teams were accepted to compete: the Prevention Fellows from the Prevention Research Center, College of Health and Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, and the Prevention Research Center Post-Docs, Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley. Two months before the meeting, teams were given a data set, the National Institute on Drug Abuse-sponsored Monitoring the Future 2006 national survey of students in the 8th, 10th, and 12th grades. The task for each team was to choose variables of interest, conduct a literature review, develop hypotheses, conduct analyses, and create a 20-minute presentation. After each presentation, a panel of four judges and audience members rated the quality of the work of the team and their presentation style. The team with the highest total rating was the Prevention Fellows, who examined the relationship between profiles of "protective factors" in the life of youth and whether or not youth used drugs. Team members Joche Gayles, Amy Syvertsen, and Michael Cleveland accepted the Cup on behalf of their team. Next year, a representative of the winning team will return to the SPR Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. to pass the Cup on to the 2009 winning team.
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