
April 18, 2008	RRI in the Oregonian, Friday, April 18, 2008. Article: "Attacking Criminal Behavior at Its Roots"

April 2008	The RRI Green Team wins an award for recycling Recently the RRI was awarded the RecycleWorks Award from the City of Portland's Office of Sustainable Development. The award arrived today, and is currently at the reception desk for your viewing pleasure. As a RecycleWorks award winner, the RRI will: -- Gain attention with an award made from reclaimed bicycle parts -- Earn public recognition through advertisements ran in the Oregonian's In Portland section, and in the Portland Business Journal -- Be a role model for other businesses -- Earn appreciation from consumers, community members and employees alike who value efforts to conserve resources. We are currently one of three departments at PSU who have been awarded this honor. Thanks to the RRI Sustainability Committee for all their hard work! In honor of Earth Week, the RRI will be featured in a full-page ad in the Portland Business Journal, running on Friday, April 25, 2008. .

September 11, 2007 Presentation	Walker, J. S., Waller, N., Grover, A., Galloway, A., & Gratton, J. Wraparound Oregon: Integrating community support one child at a time: Early evaluation findings. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Children’s Array of Psychiatric Programs (CHARPP), “Real Data in Real Time: Sharing Best Practices in Mental Health Services to Children and Their Families,” in Portland, Oregon, September 11, 2007.

August 2007 Presentation	Kruzich, J., Johnson, T., Tisino, R., & Clark, C. (2007, August). What makes a difference for transition age youth with mental health needs? A comparison of European American and African American perspectives on community integration. Washington State Adolescent Health Conference Partnership for Healthy Youth Conference, SeaTac, WA.

August 2007 Presentation	Brennan, E. M., Rosenzweig, J. M., Malsch, A., Huffstutter, K. J., Stewart, L., & Conley, J. (2007, August). Access to child care for children with emotional or behavioral challenges: An essential element of family support. Paper presented at the State Child Care Administrators Management Institute and Child Care Policy Research Consortium Meeting: The Intersection of Research, Policy, and Practice, Washington, DC.

July 2007	Dr. Bowen McBeath has just received the David Stevenson Fellowship as well as a supplemental research award from NIDA. The supplemental award is associated with an RO-1 through the Oregon Social Learning Center. Congratulations to Bowen for both awards!

May 2007	2007 Civic Engagement Award for the NWI! Janet Walker, a Senior Research Associate at the RRI, has been awarded a "Civic Engagement Award" from PSU for her work with the National Wraparound Institute. If you aren't familiar with this work of national significance, check out the website at http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/nwi/ Congratulations to Janet for her great work, and this honor. She will receive her award on Thursday, May 17, 3:00-5:30 in 228 Smith Memorial Center.

February 2007	Nancy M. Koroloff, Director, has been named Associate Dean of Research for the Graduate School of Social Work, beginning academic year 2006-2007.

September 2006	Barbara Friesen and Janet Walker collaborated with the following research project: New National Research: Perceptions of Depression, ADHD, and Stigma among Youth 8-18 Approximately one in ten American children and youth experience a behavioral, emotional, or mental health disorder that could be identified and treated. Stigma associated with mental illness can dissuade young people and their families from seeking help. Staff at The Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children’s Mental Health at Portland State University collaborated with the polling firm, Harris Interactive, produce two surveys focusing on perceptions of mental health difficulties and the associated stigma among children and youth aged 8-18. A nationally representative sample of more than 1,300 U.S. children and teenagers responded to one survey, which was conducted online by Harris Interactive^® this June. An additional survey, conducted by Harris Interactive^® in August, gathered similar information from more than 3,600 adults. FULL PRESS RELEASE from Harris Interactive http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/ LONGER REPORT http://www.harrisinteractive.com/news/newsletters/k12news/ HI_Trends&TudesNews2006_v5_iss08.pdf

March 22, 2006	Janet Walker, Regional Research Institute faculty, presented "Increasing Family Voice in Treatment Planning: Implications for Organizations and Systems" at a meeting of provincial and regional coordinators implementing the British Columbia Children's Mental Health Plan in Duncan, British Columbia, March 22.

January 29- February 1, 2006	Debi Elliott and Karen Cellarius, Regional Research Institute faculty, presented "Ugaza Jamii (Healing Community): Creating and Evaluating a Network of Comprehensive Services for African American Couples in Recovery" at the Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Providers of New York State 9th annual conference in Albany, N.Y.

December 16, 2005	The Oregonian, December 16, 2005. Title: "Employers may adapt when work, life overlap" by Brent Hunsberger. This article presents information about the RRI research project entitled: Work-Life Integration for Families with Children & Adolescents Who Have Emotional or Behavioral Disorders Julie Rosenzweig, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator Eileen Brennan, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator Jennifer Bradley, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigator Katherine Huffstuffer, M.A., M.S.W., Project Manager

November 2005	Janet Walker, Regional Research Institute faculty, gave an invited presentation entitled "Wraparound: Controversies and Challenges" at the Mental Health Association of Arizona's Seeds of Success: Resiliency and Recovery Conference in Phoenix, Nov. 1, 2005. Janet Walker, Regional Research Institute faculty, authored "Quality and Individualization in Wraparound Teamwork," published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies, vol. 14 (2005)

October 2005	Director Nancy Koroloff has accepted a half-time position as Associate Vice Provost for Sponsored Research. This position is located in the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects at PSU. Dr. Koroloff will remain in this position for the rest of the academic year. Diane Yatchmenoff has accepted the position of Assistant Director, to help facilitate the administration of the RRI. Congratulations to both!

Published October 2005	Adjoa Robinson, Barbara Friesen, and Pauline Jivanjee co-authored the following: Robinson, A. D., Kruzich, J. M., Friesen, B. J., Jivanjee, P., & Pullmann, M. (2005). “Preserving Family Bonds: Examining Parent Perspectives in the Light of Practice Standards for Out-of-Home Treatment .” Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 75 (4), 632-643. .
	The Martin Mayman Award - Richard Dana, 2005 recipient On March 4, Dick was in Chicago accepting Martin Mayman Award presented by the Society for Personality Assessment for the best paper published in the Journal of Personality Assessment in 2004. Allen, J., & Dana, R. H.(2004). Methodological issues in cross-cultural and multicultural Rorschach research. Journal of Personality Assessment, 82, 189-206. According to Dick, "This is the first time the assessment establishment has taken any notice whatsoever of what is involved methodologically in culturally competent research. "

	The 2005 Branford Price Millar Award has been awarded to Dr. Nancy Koroloff, Director of the Regional Research Institute for Human Services.
	Portland State University Faculty Excellence and Achievement Awards BRANFORD PRICE MILLAR AWARD The Millar Award is given annually to a faculty member in a tenure-track or tenured appointment who has demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship, instruction, university service, and public service, and whose performance in the area of scholarship and research is judged to be exceptional. Branford P. Millar, the second president of Portland State College, did his doctoral work in English literature at Harvard and came to Portland State from Michigan State University. It was during his presidency that the basis was laid for the change to Portland State University by the addition of masters degrees and the first doctoral programs. He was the first to recognize "the values of developing the connections between the College and the community," as Dr. Gordon Dodds pointed out in history of the University. After leaving the presidency Dr. Millar returned to his scholarly interests and joined the English department, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in English literature.