Social Development Research Group

06/01/2026

NWPTTC Online Enhanced Prevention Learning Series: Organizational Elements of Effective Coalitions

Tuesdays, June 9, 16, 23, 30, July 7, 14, and 21

This 7-week series offers a unique interactive experience that provides participants an opportunity to learn more about the key organizational elements that assist coalitions of all types to operate efficiently and effectively. This series will have a special focus on coalitions that promote healthy youth development to reduce substance misuse and other related problem behaviors.

This 7-week series offers a unique interactive experience that provides participants an opportunity to learn more about the key organizational elements that assist coalitions of all types to operate efficiently and effectively. This series will have a special focus on coalitions that promote healthy...

05/22/2026

Margaret Kuklinksi to speak on Opportunities for Transformation Through Scalable Solutions at Webinar on Federal Research Investments in Whole Child Health and Wellbeing

The webinar takes place on Wednesday, June 24 from 10:00 – 5:00 EST

Children across the U.S. are facing serious challenges to their healthy development. The good news? Decades of research have shown us what works. Now it's time to talk about how to put it into practice — at scale, in communities, through smart federal investment.

This event brings together National Institutes of Health (NIH) leadership and leading child health experts to explore how a whole-child approach to health and well-being can help every child flourish.

Presented by the Decade of the Child Committee, with sponsors Nova Institute for Health, the National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives, the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at Penn State, and UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.

Alarming trends show U.S. children face growing health, academic, and social challenges, threatening future prosperity. This full-day webinar highlights evidence-based strategies and research to advance whole-child health, strengthen families and systems, and improve outcomes nationwide.

05/14/2026

SDRG Researchers to Present at SPR Conference in Washington, DC this month

A number of SDRG members will be presenting at this year’s annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research this month. Please see our list of presentations for more information.

05/11/2026

SDRG Research Brief: Raising Healthy Children Intervention: Long-Term Impacts on Su***de and Mental Health

A new research brief highlights important findings from the Seattle Social Development Project, showing that the universal childhood preventive intervention Raising Healthy Children has...

04/28/2026

NWPTTC Enhanced Prevention Learning Series: Leveraging Systems Change for Substance Misuse Prevention

Wednesdays, May 6, 16, 20, 27, June 3, and 10, 2026

This 6-week series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work. Trainers will share examples from their own systems change experiences and will highlight how leveraging leadership, communications, funding, and data can help participants to achieve their prevention goals. The distance learning series will include skill-based learning opportunities, individual and group activities, reading assignments, and group discussion.

This 6-week series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into...

04/06/2026

Northwest PTTC Evaluation Bootcamp

Mondays, April 27 – May 18

Join the Northwest PTTC Evaluation Bootcamp for an interactive learning experience designed to build essential evaluation skills you can apply immediately to your prevention work. You’ll explore evaluation concepts in a clear, approachable way and gain practical strategies and tools to plan, implement, analyze, and use evaluation findings with confidence.

Join the Northwest PTTC Evaluation Bootcamp for an interactive learning experience designed to build essential evaluation skills you can apply immediately to your prevention work. You’ll explore evaluation concepts in a clear, approachable way and gain practical strategies and tools to plan, imple...

03/09/2026

NWPTTC 2-Part Webinar Series: Results-Based Accountability for Program Planning and Evaluation

Part 1: Friday, March 20, 2026

Join Ashley Beck, Ph.D., for an engaging two-part series on the fundamentals of Results-Based Accountability (RBA) as a practical, shared language for driving collective action. You’ll leave with concrete RBA tools to support your planning, decision-making, and evaluation of prevention efforts.

Join Ashley Beck, Ph.D., for an engaging two-part series on the fundamentals of Results-Based Accountability (RBA) as a practical, shared language for driving collective action. You’ll leave with concrete RBA tools to support your planning, decision-making, and evaluation of prevention efforts.

02/12/2026

NWPTTC Webinar: Prevention Science Foundations: An Overview of the Risk and Protective Factor Framework

Wednesday, February 25

The risk and protective factor framework is foundational to Prevention Science. This webinar will take a deeper dive into risk and protective factors for healthy development. Attendees will gain a firmer understanding of shared risk and protective factors, including what they are and are not, and how they can be used to prevent adverse behavioral health outcomes.

The risk and protective factor framework is foundational to Prevention Science. This webinar will take a deeper dive into risk and protective factors for healthy development. Attendees will gain a firmer understanding of shared risk and protective factors, including what they are and are not, and ho...

01/26/2026

01/22/2026

Congratulations to former SDRG director Kevin Haggerty and colleague J. Mark Eddy on the publication of this book.

Eddy, J. M., & Haggerty, K. P. (Eds.). (2026). Handbook of professional youth mentoring: Springer.