Press Releases

Contact: Janet Chappell, 541-485-2711 WASHINGTON, DC —  The Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy has determined that Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC), a multimodal behavioral intervention program developed at the Oregon Social Learning Center by Dr. Patti Chamberlain and colleagues, meets the “top tier” standard for evidence of effectiveness with delinquent youth. Several recent Congressional actions seek to […]

Contact: Sally Schwader, 541-485-2711 Eugene, OR – Deborah M. Capaldi, PhD, a Senior Scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center, has been awarded a $3 million grant entitled “Risk for Dysfunctional Relationships for Adults” from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Romantic relationship conflict is a major cause of

Contact: Dana Smith, 541-485-2711 Eugene, OR – Dana K. Smith, Ph.D., a research scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center, has been awarded a grant entitled “Preventing Drug Abuse & HIV/AIDS in Delinquent Youths: An Integrated Intervention” from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The two-year award, totaling just over $1 million, will examine the

Contact: Sally Schwader, 541-485-2711 Eugene, OR – Deborah M. Capaldi, Ph.D., a Senior Scientist with the Oregon Social Learning Center, has been awarded a fellowship in the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Society for Family Psychology. The Council of Representatives confirmed her nomination to the position on August 5th at APA’s 2009 convention in Toronto, Canada. The

Contact: Janet Chappell, 541-485-2711 Washington, DC – Dr. Marion Forgatch, an Emeritus Scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center, has been elected by the Board of Directors of the Association for Psychological Science (APS) to be a APS Fellow. Fellow status is awarded to APS Members who have made sustained outstanding contributions to the science of

Contact: Diana Strand, 541-485-2711 PORTLAND, OR – Dr. Jean Kjellstrand, Research Associate on the Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT) study at the Oregon Social Learning Center, received two awards from Portland State University (PSU) this week, the Commendation Award for the top graduating graduate student within the School of Social Work, and a PSU Award of Excellence

Contact: Angela Yeager News & Communication Services Oregon State University (541) 737-0784 CORVALLIS, OR. – A program aimed at reducing criminal behavior in juvenile justice teens has yielded a surprising side benefit – it also reduces the teens’ rate of pregnancy, according to a new study out this week. David Kerr, an Oregon State University psychologist, and

Contact: Diana Strand, Phone 541-485-2711 WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the fourth 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 yesterday. Teams of early career prevention scientists competed for the honor of winning the traveling cup,

Contact: Janet Chappell (541) 485-2711 or on-line at www.oslc.org. Eugene, OR – (February 13, 2009) The American Psychology Association (APA) awarded local, preeminent researcher Dr. Gerald R. Patterson its highest honor, a Presidential Citation, to acknowledge his lifetime of contributions to the field of psychology, to commend his work as a mentor and collaborator, and to celebrate

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