IRIS Educational Media in Eugene, Oregon has been awarded a grant* to develop and evaluate a parent training program specifically designed for adoptive parents focusing on topics that blend general positive parenting skills with adoption-specific strategies.

*The Education Center for Adoptive Parents Online (ECAPO) is separate from the Early Growth and Development Study. It is funded in part by grant 2R44HD056646-02A1 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Essential Skills for Elementary Teachers

Classroom management skills have a profound impact on the behavior of elementary school students and on their social and academic performance. When school settings manage behavior and maintain a well-developed social climate, their impact on children's social and academic development is considerable.

IRIS Educational Media is developing an online program for alcohol servers, bar managers and owners seeking to create a safe hospitality zone for customers and employees. We will be conducting an online feasibility study* beginning in the fall of 2011.

*Funded by the National Institutes of Health

The central aim of Student Self-Management System (SSMS), is to reduce student referrals to special education programs, decrease problem behavior in upper elementary classrooms, and transfer responsibility for student behavior from externally applied teacher controls to internally applied student controls through an effective four-step process of student self-management: self-monitoring, self-recording, self-evaluating, self-reinforcing.

We will be conducting focus groups with teachers beginning in fall of 2011.

Are you a member of the National Guard? Are you a parent of a child 5 - 12 years old? Have you been deployed overseas? Please join us for a research study to evaluate an online program designed to lessen parental stress and foster child well being.

IRIS Educational Media is conducting a research study* beginning in mid-November 2011 and we are seeking military parents to participate. The online study will be conducted over a six week period and participants can receive up to $150 for their time.

*funded by the National Institutes of Health grant # 1R43HD066896-01

We Have Skills! is an engaging, evidence-based curriculum for teaching school adjustment skills to K – 3 grade students. IRIS Educational Media brought together researchers, school staff, parents and students to develop this intervention to serve the needs of school communities.

Do you currently supervise preschool children during recess? IRIS Educational Media is developing an online program to lower the number of playground injuries by reducing child risk-taking and improving adult supervision on playgrounds at childcare centers and preschools.

We will be holding focus groups and conducting a four week research study beginning in late spring 2012.

*Federally funded via the Center for Disease Control, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Grant#1R43CE001981-01A1