[Prevscilist] Reminder, today at 9:30: "Bringing Down the Wall: Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Care through Innovative Intervention & Implementation" | Ballmer Colloquium by Dr. Larissa Niec

[Atika Khurana]

On 12/7/23 2:01 PM, Atika Khurana wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Ballmer TTF candidate, Dr. Larissa Niec's campus visit had to be 
> rescheduled. She will be visiting next Wednesday (12/13). Her research 
> colloquium will be held from *9:30 am -11 am on Dec 13 (Wed)*. Job 
> talk details and zoom link below, CV attached.
>
> The Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health and College of 
> Education invite you to attend the colloquium by open-rank tenure 
> track faculty candidate, Dr. Larissa Niec
>
> **Date & time: *Wed. 12/13 @ 9:30am-11:00am (PST)*
>
> Zoom Link: 
> https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/96343915163?pwd=SjUzdWt4cWhQeXJITHJqVkEwUzJQQT09
>
> *Colloquium title: *Bringing Down the Wall: Increasing Access to 
> Behavioral Health Care through Innovative Intervention & Implementation*
> *
>
> *Colloquium Abstract: *The primary challenge currently facing 
> behavioral health researchers is no longer /How do we develop an 
> intervention that works?/ rather, it is /How do we get our effective 
> interventions to the children and families who need them?/ Many 
> families in need of behavioral health care face a wall of barriers at 
> the system (e.g., geographical isolation, discrimination), agency 
> (e.g., lack of providers), therapist (e.g., insufficient training), 
> and family (e.g., distrust of formal care settings) levels. Resources 
> to address these barriers are finite, and the need for evidence-based 
> treatment for children is increasing. In order to have a meaningful 
> and timely impact on behavioral health disparities, therefore, it is 
> necessary to focus on barriers that are mutable, feasible to address 
> within underserved communities, and demonstrated to be associated with 
> children’s behavioral health. This presentation will describe a series 
> of studies with three primary goals: (1) to develop and evaluate 
> innovative adaptations to increase access to an evidence-based 
> parent-child intervention; (2) to reduce barriers to training for 
> therapists in the community; and (3) to investigate the potential of 
> an under-tapped resource for the implementation of behavioral health 
> interventions, undergraduate students. Through such community-based, 
> applied research, we may remove bricks from the wall of barriers and 
> promote health equity for children and families.**
>
> *Candidate bio: *Larissa N. Niec, PhD is a Professor of Psychology and 
> the Director of the Center for Children, Families, and Communities at 
> Central Michigan University. As a researcher, educator, and clinician, 
> Dr. Niec seeks to improve health equity by increasing access to 
> effective parent–child behavioral health interventions for underserved 
> families. Dr. Niec approaches this challenge through innovative 
> adaptations of the target, delivery format, and implementation of 
> evidence-based prevention and treatment models. Her research is 
> community-based—including partnerships with schools, community mental 
> health centers, and community centers—and has a global reach. 
> International collaborations include work in Chile, Italy, the 
> Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, and Spain, among others. Dr. 
> Niec’s most recent book released by the American Psychological 
> Association, /Strengthening the Parent-Child Relationship in Therapy: 
> Laying the Foundation for Healthy Development/ (2022), integrates the 
> developmental and applied sciences to scaffold practitioners in the 
> implementation of effective parent-child interventions. 
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