Drs. Janis Kupersmidt and Rebecca Stelter will be attending the second annual National Mentoring Summit in Washington, D.C. on January 24^th and 25^th. The theme of the summit is “Invest in the Future: Mentor a Child.” At the summit, Drs. Kupersmidt and Stelter will be conducting a workshop on iRT’s mentor training program, Mentoring Central. Dr. Kupersmidt will be participating in two additional workshops: one on mentoring youth with disabilities and learning differences, and another on Mentor in a Box, a kit created in collaboration with MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership and Viacom, developed to assist corporations in developing a mentoring program.   

Dr. Tracy Scull, Dr. Janis Kupersmidt, and Dr. Rebecca Stelter will attend the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s (CSAP) Service to Science Academy in Atlanta, GA on January 5 and 6.  The academy will cover topics related to program evaluation and include individualized technical assistance from the CAPT’s diverse cadre of evaluation experts. These sessions will be used to develop action plans designed to enhance methodologies for evaluating the effectiveness of the Media Detective Parent Night program for improving parent and child outcomes.