Current Projects

Fit2Lead (see Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces)
Fit2Lead represent efforts to train recreation staff to leverage teachable moments inherent to recreation and to utilize sports and games to explicitly teach, practice, and reinforce targeted social skills toward improving physical and mental health trajectories for diverse and low-income urban youth.

Mental Health Services for Infants/Toddlers Receiving Part C Early Intervention
(NIH/NIMH: MH110541; MPI: S. Frazier, D. Bagner)
Developing and examining a workforce support and mental health service model for families of infants/toddlers with developmental delay to reduce risk for mental health problems and enhance readiness for preschool.

Professionalizing the After-School Work Force: Dynamic Interactive Training
(NIH: R43 HD098963-01; PI: M. DeRosier)
Create software prototype of a suite of online learning and practice experiences tailored to after-school program youth care workers. Conduct user-centered testing to understand providers’ and administrators’ experiences completing the module, as well as to determine the feasibility of the proposed full product.

Interactive Virtual Training (IVT) for Early Career Teachers in High Poverty Schools
(NCER/IES: R305A150166; PI: E. Shernoff)
Iterative development and testing of an Interactive Virtual Training (IVT) system to enhance and accelerate acquisition of positive behavior management skills for early career teachers.

Family Nutrition Ecosystem Intervention to Prevent Child Overweight/Obesity
(USDA/NIFA: 2018-69001-27552; PI: C. Coccia)
Develop and test a parent-focused obesity prevention intervention that improves parent-child food interactions, family modeling, and the family food ecosystem by enhancing parent health knowledge and parenting skills.

Student Awards

Promoting adult and youth resilience and well-being
NICHD (F31 HD100156-02, PI: Ouellette) 2019-2021

Considering Culture and Context: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Examining Adolescent Engagement and Parent Satisfaction in Urban Out-of-School-Time Programs
NIMH (R36 MH121008, PI: Moses) 2019-2020

Parent-Preschooler Emotion Narratives: Reading to promote literacy and socioemotional competency in urban communities of poverty
NICHD (1F31HD093348-01A1, PI: Chou) 2018-2020