 The following are research projects from the RTC's previous five years funding cycle, October 1, 1999 through September 30, 2004. For each project descriptions, etc., follow the links below.
Common Ground? Families and Employers This project is designed to identify strategies that help parents reconcile demands from work with caring for children with special emotional needs.
Models of Inclusion in Child Care identifies and intensively studies inclusive child care programs and strategies which result in improved access for families having children with emotional or behavioral disorders. A comprehensive survey also explores state-level efforts toward inclusion in child care settings.
Families as Evaluators is evaluating a curriculum developed by the Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health to train and support family members involved in evaluation. It will also develop a parallel training for evaluators who collaborate with family members.
Guidance for Early Childhood Program Design uses qualitative and quantitative survey research to develop recommendations for early childhood care & education managers to design and deliver effective mental health services for young children and their families. Evidence-based technical assistance and training materials will be derived from research results, tested, and disseminated.
The Context of Individualized Services studies the organizational context within which individualized, family-centered, team-based services (wraparound) exists. The project measures how the relevant dimensions of wraparound vary across sites and within systems of care, and examines the relationship to child, family, and staff outcomes.
ISP/Wraparound Teamwork in Practice. This project uses the intensive study of videotaped wraparound team meetings as a means to assess team functioning and effectiveness. This project also examines the question of how team members can be trained and/or oriented to the process so that teamwork can proceed more effectively.
Support for Working Caregivers examines factors which enhance the ability of employed family members to find a fit between their work and caregiving responsibilities for children and youth with emotional or behavioral disorders; these factors include employment strategies, social support, and family-centered services.
Family Participation Survey. This project examines both the process and outcomes of caregiver participation in services and educational planning. Project activities include focus groups with family members and residential staff and a survey of family participation with more than 500 families.
Promising Practices. The Research and Training Center participates in the production of Promising Practices, a series of monographs which describes successful practices in providing effective, coordinated care to children with a serious emotional disturbance and their families.
Underrepresented Researchers Mentoring Project. The Underrepresented Researchers Mentoring Project offers undergraduate and graduate students research opportunities in the field of children's mental health.
As part of our participation in the Learning Community partnership, the Research and Training Center at Portland State University collaborates with the Research and Training Center at the University of South Florida to produce Data Trends, a series of one-page briefs addressing current themes, summarizing recent articles, or presenting new developments in the field of children's mental health.
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