OSLC In the News

It is with a heavy heart that OSLC has learned that Affiliated Scientist James J. Snyder, Ph. D. has passed after a long illness.  Dr. Snyder collaborated with OSLC’s Senior Scientist Thomas J. Dishion, Ph.D. to publish The Oxford Handbook of Coercive Relationship Dynamics, which was described by a Yale professor as “a remarkable contribution […]

The KEEP training has been a very eye-opening experience. As we went in to this class, we thought like most training courses we would sit and listen week in and week out, about how to be a more successful foster parent. Little did we know, the KEEP training turned out to be by far the

http://klcc.org/post/federal-funds-help-expand-kits-program-lane-county by Rachael McDonald A program that offers Lane County children tools to prepare for kindergarten has received federal money to expand to more school districts. The funds will total $3 million over three years. Lane County Education Foundation representatives receive federal funds to expand Kids in Transition to School or KITS at an event

INTRODUCTION The child welfare system’s use of congregate care is in a period of rapid transition. Building on years of professional interest in offering more home-like placement options, legislative and administrative pressure at the state and federal levels is accelerating the pace of change. Congregate care has long been viewed as a viable placement alternative

We Are A Family Here Janice Miller has been waiting for this for 15 years. Miller is a longtime DCS foster parent with four adopted children. She and her husband, Jeffrey, currently have two foster children in their Greene County home, where for over a decade and a half they have welcomed youngsters who have

https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/nida-notes/2015/09/teen-foster-care-program-reduces-drug-use-in-early-adulthood Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC) has demonstrated advantages over group residential placement for teen girls who are mandated to out-of-home care by the juvenile justice system (see Program Reduces Girls’ Delinquent Behavior). New findings from a follow-up to a NIDA-supported trial indicate that those benefits extend to a reduction in illegal drug use in

http://unitedwaylane.org/what-we-do/strategic-priorities/education/social-innovation-fund-award/ Imagine every kindergartner in Lane County starting school with the best skills for success — a love of learning, early literacy and numeracy skills, social skills, self-regulation and parent support. Those kindergartners’ first year would become a solid foundation for future achievements in school and beyond. This vision is possible with the Kids in

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The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

Cottage Grove Sentinel, by Jon Stinnett A federal grant recently received from the U.S. Department of Education will be used to gauge the readiness of youth in South Lane School District for kindergarten. On July 1, The Institute of Education Sciences, a component of the Department of Education, announced that a new researcher-practitioner partnership grant