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The transition to middle school is an often challenging time as youth are exposed to more demanding academics and to social relationships with older peers. It is even more challenging for children in foster care. OSLC Scientist Patti Chamberlain earned a grant the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) to study whether an intervention will help foster children transitioning to middle school avoid risky behaviors including drug and tobacco use, participation in HIV-risking sexual behavior, delinquency, mental health problems, and school failure. Teens’ Risk During Transition: Preventing Drug Use, HIV & School Problems was a two-pronged intervention developed in collaboration with Dr. Joseph Price at San Diego State University and the San Diego Unified School District, the second largest school district in California. The intervention focused on increasing parent and youth skills.

Year Project Began: 2012
Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse

Principal Investigator:

• Patricia Chamberlain, Ph.D.

Co-Investigators:

• Rohanna Buchanan, Ph.D.
• Leslie Leve, Ph.D.

Formerly Affiliated Co-Investigator:

• Lisa Saldana, Ph.D.