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

[Atika Khurana]

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

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Date & time: *Thurs. 11/30 @ 10am-11:30am (PST)*

Zoom Link: 
https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/94240065286?pwd=eDlGOVBuY05Ka2QzZWFyaGgyYnpLUT09

*Colloquium title: *Bringing Down the Wall: Increasing Access to 
Behavioral Health Care through Innovative Intervention & Implementation**

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*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.**

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*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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