News
Two ASU REACH Programs join the newly launched NIMHD HDPulse Interventions portal to improve minority health and reduce health disparities
HDPulse Interventions Portal recently launched by NIH, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) is a repository of searchable evidence-based interventions and resources designed to improve minority health and reduce health disparities. Two ASU REACH Institute programs Bridges and Compass are now part of this exciting updated portal.
Bridges and Compass are evidence-based interventions that strengthen youth mental health and prevent behavioral problems.
Bridges is a family-based, multi-component intervention designed to strengthen home-school connections and develop ways to address emotional, behavioral, and academic issues. This intervention effectively prevents risk for substance use, deviant behavior, depression, and school problems. Learning sessions focus on parenting, adolescent coping, and family strengthening. For more information: https://reachinstitute.asu.edu/programs/bridges-to-high-school
Compass is a child and adolescent focused intervention designed to reduce and prevent anxiety and related problems. Compass is a gamified package of cognitive, behavioral, and social skills training strategies. This intervention effectively reduces anxiety while improving self-efficacy for managing anxiety provoking situations, social competence, and reducing thinking errors. For more information: https://reachinstitute.asu.edu/programs/compassforcourage
Developing tools for positive parenting in face of 21st-century challenges
ASU researchers play key role in developing evidence-based tools for parenting challenges
Top ASU psychology professors with expertise in trauma-informed parenting interventions have joined with the Child Mind Institute to develop videos and tools to directly help families dealing with some of the most pressing, confusing and challenging questions of our current times.
Child Mind Institute, an independent national nonprofit organization with a mission to help children with mental health and learning disorders, launched the Positive Parenting, Thriving Kids project with funding from the California Department of Health Care Services in early 2024.
The project consists of 40 videos in both English and Spanish and features more than 150 caregivers, kids and experts tackling issues such as separation and divorce, grief, community violence and parental mental health concerns. Each video is paired with downloadable learning guides with tips, tools, and links to additional evidence-based resources. Read More
Events
Adaptive parenting tools (ADAPT) workshop
The ASU REACH Institute and the ASU Clinical Psychology Clinic are collaborating to offer a free parenting workshop in Spanish. This weekly workshop offered in-person in Tempe is designed to help Spanish-speaking families develop essential parenting skills such as setting limits, emotion regulation, and positive involvement with their children.
El Instituto ASU REACH y la Clínica de Psicología Clínica de ASU están colaborando para ofrecer un taller gratuito para padres en español. Este taller semanal que se ofrece en persona en Tempe está diseñado para ayudar a las familias de habla hispana a desarrollar habilidades parentales esenciales, como establecer límites, regular las emociones y una participación positiva con sus hijos.
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"I don't know how" webinar series
The "I don't know how" webinar series sponsored by ASU REACH Institute's Center for Resilient Families and Mental Health America are designed to inform parents on the current topics impacting youth and family mental health. We encourage mental health practitioners and all those who work with families to join us for tips and resources to support families.
"I don't know how" to talk to my child about food and body image
