Education, Training,
and Conferences
Conferences and Workshops
Training and Consultation
Family Check-Up Institute
The Child and Family Center Family Check-Up Institute conducts an annual series of intensive four-day training workshops for professionals interested in learning more about CFC’s ecological model of intervention, called EcoFIT, and learning to use the Family Check-Up.
The Family Check-Up, which is central to the EcoFIT model, is
- an empirically validated clinical intervention
- designed to effectively reduce problem behaviors and mental health problems in children and adolescents
- a model-driven, strengths-based, assessment-based approach
- designed by CFC researchers to increase caregiver motivation
- designed to link directly to various treatment modules within the broader EcoFIT model
- a tailored, adaptive intervention that meets the challenges of each family’s specific needs, including families from a variety of cultural backgrounds
- empirically validated with toddlers, school-age children, and adolescents with problem behaviors and adolescent depression
The FCU Institute’s expert team of presenters walks attendees through each step of the model, from conceptualization to application of the intervention with various age groups. The workshops provide a foundation for implementation of the approach, and if desired, further consultation with the team.
The FCU Training Institute provides instruction and practice in
- empirical evidence and foundation for the FCU
- family assessments of strengths and weaknesses
- motivational interviewing techniques relevant to caregiver resistance to change
Attendees also learn about
- transitioning from feedback to family-tailored follow-up intervention
- tailoring the FCU to service delivery needs
- basic strategies for teaching parents positive reinforcement, monitoring, proactive parenting, and limit setting with all ages
The FCU Institute is designed for
- intervention scientists
- psychologists
- social workers
- program developers
- advanced graduate students
- educators
Contact & Materials:
Sebrina Doyle-Schultz, 541.346.4805; sanders4@uoregon.edu
2008 Family Check-Up Institute presenters were
- Drs. Thomas Dishion, Beth Stormshak, and Kate Kavanagh, University of Oregon
- Drs. Daniel Shaw and Anne Gill, University of Pittsburgh
- Drs. Melvin Wilson and Juliana de Sousa, University of Virginia
Continuing education credits are available.
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CFC Practicum
The Child and Family Center houses a community clinic that serves children and families with mental health needs. The University of Oregon Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and School Psychology programs’ clinical practicum connects students with training at the CFC clinic, where their work focuses on providing interventions to children and families. Students enroll in the practicum for one year and have four or five families in their caseloads. They must successfully complete this part of their practicum sequence before they proceed to an internship. The university’s doctoral programs in psychology emphasize an ecological model of training, research, and practice, with a particular focus on prevention and treatment relevant to work with children, adolescents, families, and adults within their environments. As such, students combine theory and research with clinical practice.
Fifty to seventy-five families participate in the CFC clinic each year, and they pay for services on a sliding fee scale. Using the Family Check-Up model, doctoral students learn to deliver effective interventions to families in the community.
Dr. Jennifer Mauro’s clinical supervision ensures that the doctoral students receive adequate support for developing professional expertise, and that families and children benefit from these services. The participation of graduate students and undergraduate students in research and clinical service is integral to the success of CFC’s mission and to the success of families on the receiving end of that participation.
Dr. Tom Dishion and Dr. Beth Stormshak, CFC codirectors, coteach the CFC practicum program. Dr. Dishion is a professor in the University of Oregon Department of Psychology and in the UO Counseling Psychology program, and Dr. Stormshak is an associate professor in the UO Counseling Psychology program.
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Student Trainees Play a Vital Role at CFC
