Other Projects

“Proyecto para el Fortalecimiento de las Familias Latinas” (Strengthening Latino Families Project; FUERTE)

This is a family strengthening intervention program. The program helps Spanish-speaking families who are facing significant financial and acculturation stress by teaching skills for positive couple interactions, effective stress management, and positive parenting techniques. The goal is to help parents create a safe, happy home that promotes positive child development. This project was developed in Colorado and is completed. 

Preadolescent Stress and Coping Project (PASC): 

PASC is a study about children’s everyday stress. We are investigating the physiologic changes that occur when children face stress and when they cope with stress. In this experiment, parents completed several measures about their children’s life and development and then children spent 90 minutes with researchers. In the lab, children completed a variety of tasks with experimenters, some of which were designed to be mildly stressful and some of which were intended to help children calm down. Children provided saliva (spit) samples several times during the study. This study is completed. 

Families, Relationships, and Meaningful Experiences (FRAME): 

Frame is a family strengthening intervention designed for families with children in the home who are facing high levels of stress, such as financial hardship. This intervention program teaches principles of and skills for positive couple interactions, effective stress management, and positive parenting. The goal is to help parents create a safe, happy home that promotes positive child development. This project was developed in Colorado and is completed.