DEEP Lab

Free Webinar Training Series

Digital Delivery of Prevention Programs for Families

Digital delivery systems can help improve the cost-effectiveness and scalability of prevention programs for families, as well as eliminate barriers associated with families accessing in-person services.  This monthly webinar series will highlight a diverse set of evidence-based prevention programs that have been adapted for delivery through digital devices.  All webinar presentations  will take place on Zoom and video recordings of the presentations will be posted on this site for later viewing.

Family Check-Up Online: A Brief Internet-Adapted Prevention Program for Parents

Beth Stormshak, Ph.D.

Philip H. Knight Chair

Professor Counseling Psychology and Human Services  

University of Oregon

Dr. Stormshak is a child clinical psychologist and prevention scientist who has been working with families for over 30 years. Dr. Stormshak's research focuses on understanding risk factors in early and middle childhood associated with the development of problem behavior in late adolescence, including substance use and delinquency. Her primary research focus includes testing the efficacy of family-centered interventions, such as the Family Check-Up, that reduce the later risk of problem behavior. She also studies the process of disseminating evidence-based interventions into real world community settings and has developed an online version of the Family Check-Up for wide-scale dissemination. She has worked collaboratively with a variety of service providers, including schools and community mental health agencies.

Date:       Thursday, March 28th 

Time:       9:00am - 10:30am

Access:  To watch a video of this webinar training click here. 

The Coping Power Program for Aggressive Children: Hybrid and Internet Adaptations

John E. Lochman, Ph.D., ABPP

Saxon Professor Emeritus of Psychology

Senior Fellow, Alabama Life Research Institute

The University of Alabama

Dr. Lochman is a child clinical psychologist and founding director of the Center for Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems at The University of Alabama. Over the past 40 years, his research has focused on identifying socio-contextual risk factors for childhood conduct problems, as well as developing and evaluating interventions targeting these problems. These multi-pronged interventions (i.e., Coping Power Program, Fast Track Program) include training modules for children focused on emotion-regulation and problem-solving skills along with training modules for parents focused on behavior management skills. Research indicates that these programs are effective at reducing childhood conduct problems and preventing substance use during adolescence. Dr. Lochman has recently developed an internet-adapted version of the Coping Power Program for wider-scale dissemination in schools and community agencies.

Date:       Thursday, April 25th 

Time:       9:00am - 10:30am

Access:  To watch a video of this training click here. 

eNew Beginnings: An Online Program to Mitigate the Negative Effects of Parental Separation and Divorce on Children's Adjustment

Sharlene Wolchik, Ph.D.

Professor and Co-director of the REACH Institute

Department of Psychology

Arizona State University

For the past four decades, Dr. Sharlene Wolchik has dedicated her research to understanding the factors influencing children's well-being following divorce. Her focus has been primarily on the crucial role parents play in supporting their children's healthy adaptation to divorce. She developed and rigorously evaluated a parenting-after-divorce program, the New Beginnings Program. This program has demonstrated numerous positive effects across various areas of functioning, some of which have lasted for up to 26 years. To broaden the program's accessibility, she recently adapted it into an online format.

Date:       Thursday, May 9th 

Time:       2:00pm - 3:30pm

Access:  To watch a video of this training click here. 

ParentWorks: A Self-Directed Digital Parenting Intervention for Child Conduct Problems

David J. Hawes, Ph.D.

Professor and Co-Director of the USYD Child Behaviour Research Clinic

School of Psychology

University of Sydney

Dr David Hawes's research focuses on risk pathways to child conduct problems and innovations in evidence-based practice. He has developed widely disseminated parenting interventions for these problems, including therapist-assisted and self-directed digital interventions, scalable for delivery at the population-level. A key example is ParentWorks, a brief self-directed parenting intervention that emphasizes the engagement of both mothers and fathers, developed through user-centred co-design. ParentWorks incorporates family-based strategies for promoting child self-regulation (e.g., strengthening the parent-child relationship; effective limit-setting) and resilience in the family system (e.g., co-parenting skills) and peer context (e.g., ‘bully-proofing’ children). These interventions draw extensively on the developmental science of child behaviour and emotion and evidence regarding change processes in families with complex needs.

Date:       Thursday, June 13th 

Time:       3:00pm - 4:30pm

Access:  To view a recording of this webinar click here. 

OurFutures: A Set of Evidence-Based Online Education Programs to Prevent Teenage Substance Use

Emily Stockings, PhD 

Associate Professor

University of Sydney

Dr. Emily Stockings is an Associate Professor and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Fellow based at The Matilda Centre, The University of Sydney. She is program lead for the Smoking, Vaping & Mental Health research stream. Dr. Stockings has dual expertise in mental health and tobacco control, with 15 years experience in designing, testing, and evaluating behavioral programs for smoking cessation. She has a special interest in smoking and vaping among vulnerable populations, and the mental health and social outcomes of young people. She is a co-lead of the OurFutures vaping prevention program and is an expert advisor on vaping to the WHO, the UN and local and federal government agencies. As part of the OurFutures research team, Dr. Stockings has also been involved in the co-design of a wider array of digital resources aimed at preventing various forms of substance use/misuse use among teens.

Date:       Thursday, September 26th

Time:       3:00pm - 4:30pm

Access:  To view a recording of this webinar click here.