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<p class="MsoNormal">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</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Date & time: <b>Thurs. 11/30 @
10am-11:30am (PST)</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Zoom Link: <a href="https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/94240065286?pwd=eDlGOVBuY05Ka2QzZWFyaGgyYnpLUT09" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/94240065286?pwd=eDlGOVBuY05Ka2QzZWFyaGgyYnpLUT09</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Colloquium title: </b>Bringing Down the
Wall: Increasing
Access to Behavioral Health Care through Innovative Intervention
&
Implementation<b></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Colloquium
Abstract: </span></b>The primary challenge currently facing
behavioral health
researchers is no longer <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">How
do we
develop an intervention that works?</i> rather, it is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">How do we get our effective interventions to the children and
families
who need them?</i> 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.<b><span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Candidate bio:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
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EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">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, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Strengthening the
Parent-Child Relationship
in Therapy: Laying the Foundation for Healthy Development</i>
(2022),
integrates the developmental and applied sciences to scaffold
practitioners in
the implementation of effective parent-child interventions.</span>
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