Associate Professor and Director of the UO's Center for Childhood Safety and Wellbeing Jeff Todahl was recently a guest on OPB's podcast Think Out Loud to discuss ways to prevent and respond to the increase of child sexual abuse in schools in Oregon.
In the newest episode of Coffee N Conversation, Dean Laura Lee McIntyre sits down with Professor and Associate Dean for Research John Seeley. John speaks about the inspiration behind his research on suicide prevention, the growing need for intervention, and the importance of teaching how to create caring connections in therapy.
The COE has a long tradition of using research and innovation to drive positive change. In fiscal year, 2024, the college was a major driver of growth in UO's research enterprise, with 35% of federal funding across the institution coming from the Department of Education.
Alumni Stephanie Johnson awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) , the highest recognition that a K-12 science, technology, engineering, or mathematics teacher can receive. Stephanie earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the COE and has been teaching in the Bend School District for 16 years.
Stephanie De Anda, associate professor in the College of Education, received a $743,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health. The project focuses on reducing language delays and disorders in children of parents with substance use disorders and builds on De Anda’s work with bilingual children. Collaborators include Camille Cioffi, Lauren Cycyk, and Dave DeGarmo.
On the latest episode of This is Oregon Podcast: How to Parent Digital Kids, UO is joined by Jen Doty, associate professor at the College of Education's Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services. Doty shares advice and resources on how parents can help kids safely navigate online spaces like social media.
In our latest Research Briefly, we sit down with Philip H. Knight Chair Beth Stormshak to discuss The Family Check-Up Model. The Model is a unique, strength-based approach focused on improving family mental health, child behavior, and family relationships.
UO-led training offered via smartphone aids parents struggling with mental health, opioids. Authored by Kate Hails, a research associate with the Prevention Science Institute (PSI), who collaborated on the paper with Anna Cecilia McWhirter, Audrey Sileci and COE Professor Beth Stormshak, all researchers with the institute.
The Center for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect recently released its Prevention Education and Advocacy for Childhood Empowerment's final report, summarizing its first major steps to center youth in the way we think about the prevention of child maltreatment in Lane County.
