OSLC In the News

by Rebecca Woolington of The Register-Guard A senior scientist at the locally based Oregon Social Learning Center has been awarded a $3 million grant for a five-year study that will explore how romantic relationships affect stress and health. Deborah Capaldi received the grant, officially titled “Risk for Dysfunctional Relationships for Adults,” to continue research from […]

By Lindsay Lyon of US News and World Report

By Ken Merrel Appeared in Register-Guard “In her groundbreaking best-seller “Reviving Ophelia,” Mary Pipher issued a call to action, urging parents to become more involved in their daughters’ lives. A psychologist with a background in cultural anthropology, Pipher is keenly aware of the social influences that are shaping not just adolescent girls, but children of

By Anne Williams of The Register-Guard At 5 years old, some of these children already have experienced a lifetime’s worth of chaos. As wards of the state, their fledgling worldview may include domestic violence, sexual abuse, drug addiction, hunger, alcoholism, homelessness, neglect, bereavement or any combination of the above. At the very least, they have

by Anne Williams of The Register-Guard Staff “I really didn’t know what it was for,” said Bob Smith of the Oregon Youth Study, which has tracked the struggles and challenges of his life since childhood. “Every time I went to an interview, it put everything I did on a day-to-day basis in perspective.” On Nov.

by Bill Bishop of The Register-Guard Staff As it turns out, female convicts couldn’t get enough of “Project Enough is Enough!” — the name they gave to a collaboration among local nonprofit agencies to build a fast track to help them get back on track The yearlong pilot project simultaneously provided housing, drug treatment and

by Rebecca Taylor of The Register-Guard Staff A Eugene-based research center has won a $2.9 million federal grant to evaluate whether early mentoring programs reduce the likelihood of academic failure, delinquency and early parenthood in at-risk children. The National Institute of Child Health and Development, a federal agency that conducts and supports research on human

by The Register-Guard Staff Like the more than 650 women who got out of prison and back on their feet with the help of Sponsors Women’s Services in the past dozen years, Shelley Mallory has paid some dues. In her case, just under two years in prison for violating probation and writing bad checks. Like

by Joel Gallob of The Newport News-Times Lincoln County Community Corrections will share a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse to fund the county’s Healthy Family Project, a program offering services to criminal offenders and their families. The Healthy Family Project will focus on the impact offenders often have on