Carol Gerber Allred, Ph.D., President/Developer of Positive Action, Inc., has sent us this wonderful essay about a typical day at a Positive Action (PA) school. You can learn more about PA on the PNRC website or on the website for Positive Action, a successful evidence-based practice. It is Monday morning about a half an hour [...]

Dr. Jeffrey Sprague, Professor of Special Education, Director of the University of Oregon Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior, is currently the Principal Investigator of a NIDA research grant and co-investigator of three Institute of Education Sciences Goal 2 projects. He seems to be one of the busiest people on the planet, so we are [...]

Tony Biglan, Co-Director of the PNRC, has written this timely message for our Journal. Recent Institute of Medicine reports on prevention and treatment1-3 document the extensive progress made in prevention of most mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Exponential growth in the number of randomized controlled trials over the past 15 years has delineated programs and [...]

Chaundrissa Oyeshiku Smith, PhD, is a key member of the PNRC. She is a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at Emory University School of Medicine. She sent the following post to us from Atlanta.  It is always gratifying to find members of a community who are truly committed to their community. I was fortunate to encounter that kind [...]

All over America communities are organizing to improve outcomes for young people living in high poverty neighborhoods.  Here is a glimpse of one effort that I am proud to be connected with. I while back I had the honor of giving the keynote address to Lane County United Way’s Promise Neighborhood Initiative.  The initiative is [...]