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ADVICE Project (Assessment Decision-making and Validating Intervention Cost Effectiveness)

The ADVICE project is intended to increase research usage and improve decision for school team facilitating school-based mental health programs with the development of the ADVICE system. The ADVICE system can simulate different research-based intervention programs to proactively determine the impact and cost for school teams. The first two years of the project focus on gathering school-based decision-makers’ perspectives on school mental health decision-making processes and the ADVICE system. The final year focuses on school teams trialing the ADVICE system as a part of their normal practices.

Principal Investigator: Nathaniel von der Embse, Ph.D.
Project Dates: 2024-2027
Grant Amount: $950,000
Funder: William T. Grant Foundation
Project Director: Joseph Latimer Ph.D.

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I-BEGIN (Identifying Behavioral and Emotional Growth Indicators and Needs)

The I-BEGIN project is to develop and validate an early childhood universal screener that focuses on young children's social, emotional, and early learning behaviors. I-BEGIN will be an application-based screener that features automated scoring and data aggregation. Through years of development and validation, I-BEGIN will be an efficient tool for early childhood educators to identify young children who need additional support systematically and accurately.

Principal Investigator: Nathaniel von der Embse, Ph.D.                                                                Project Dates: 07/01/2024-06/30/2028
Grant Amount: $2,000,000
Funder: Institute of Education Sciences
Project Director: Qunshan Zheng, Ph.D.

project SOAR strength optimism achievement relationships

S.O.A.R. (Strengths, Optimism, Achievement, and Relationships)

Project S.O.A.R. evaluates the efficacy of the Well-Being Promotion Program (WBPP), as well as the fidelity, feasibility, acceptability of implementation and training, and cost-effectiveness of the WBPP. The WBPP is an innovative Tier-2 intervention to increase student subjective well-being (SWB), intended for use by school mental health teams that is integrated within a multi-tiered system of support for student mental health. 

Principal Investigator: Shannon Suldo, Ph.D. 
Co-Principal Investigators: Sarah Fefer, Ph.D., John Ferron, Ph.D., and Sarah Kiefer, Ph.D. Project Dates: 7/01/2020 – 6/30/26
Grant Amount: $3,300.000
Funder: Institute for Education Sciences (IES) 
Project Director: Kristen Mahony-Atallah, Ph.D. 

projects smarts, schol mental health, assessment, response, and training for suicide prevention

SMARTS (School Mental health Assessment, Response, and Training for Suicide prevention)

Project SMARTS reduces suicide in °®ÎÛ´«Ã½ middle schools by involving multiple stakeholders including school leaders, educators, parents, and community behavioral health agencies to deliver prevention services for youth. 

Principal Investigator: Nathaniel von der Embse, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Kimberly Gryglewicz, Ph.D., Marc Karver, Ph.D. 
Project Dates: 8/31/2022 – 2027
Grant Amount: $3,500,000
Funder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) 
Project Director: Alton Honors II, M.A.