EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS:
Eaton RESA. Our partnership with Eaton RESA focused on documenting practical barriers to college access and creating a strategy to improve post-secondary education in Eaton County. HEALTH PROMOTION: Family Futures Inc. Our partnership with Family Futures focused on exploring and prioritizing strategies to successfully engage Latino fathers into services for their children. POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: Taller Intercultural Hispano-Americano (TICH). Our partnership with TICH evaluated and refined the Hispanic Youth Congress, a three-day residential program to foster social responsibility, leadership and educational success among Latina/o youth. |
(Learn more about this work in:) Spring, H., Stacy, S. T., Acevedo-Polakovich, I.D. (2016). Engaging Latino fathers: A summary of the literature and recommendations for practice. East Lansing, MI: Community-Academic Innovation and Diffusion Laboratory at Michigan State University. (Learn more about this work in:) Acevedo-Polakovich, I.D., Cousineau, J. R., Quirk, K.M., Gerhart, J.I., Bell, K.M. & Adomako, M.S. (2014). Toward an Asset Orientation in the Study of US Latina/o Youth: Biculturalism, Ethnic Identity, and Positive Youth Development. The Counseling Psychologist, 42(2), 201-229. Acevedo-Polakovich, I.D., Quirk, K.M., Cousineau, J. R., Saxena, S.R., & Gerhart, J.I. (2014). Acting bicultural versus feeling bicultural: Cultural adaptation and school-related attitudes among U.S. Latina/o youth. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 13(1), 32 - 47. |
PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION:
Hispanic Center of Western Michigan. Our partnership with the Hispanic Center of Western Michigan adapted Cuidate!, a research supported HIV risk-reduction program for Latina/o youth, in response to the needs of gang-involved Latino youth. Center for Children, Families and Communities at CMU. Our long-term partnership with the Center for Children, Families and Communities at CMU develops and tests a selective prevention intervention for childhood behavior problems based on Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). |
(Learn more about this work in:)
Kassab, V.A., Acevedo-Polakovich, I.D., Grzybowski, M.M., Stout, S., Richards, A.E., Barnett, M.L., Guerra-Morales, A., Bell, K.M., Crider, E.A., Beck, K.L., Brookins-Fisher, J., Alfaro, M., & Saxena, S.R. (2014). Views on Sex and Sex Education among Gang-Involved Latino Youth in the United States. Qualitative Health Research, 24(5), 654-664. Acevedo-Polakovich, I.D., Niec, L.N., Barnett, M.L., & Bell, K.M. (2013). Incorporating Natural Helpers to Address Service Disparities for Young Children with Conduct Problems. Children and Youth Services Review, 35, 1463-1467. Acevedo-Polakovich, I.D., Niec, L.N., Barnett, M.L., Bell, K.M., Aguilar, G., Vilca, J., Abbenante-Honold, E. S., Christian, A.S., & Peer, S.O. (2014). Exploring the role of Natural Helpers in efforts to address disparities for children with conduct problems. Children and Youth Service Review, 40, 1-5. Niec, L.N., Acevedo-Polakovich, I.D., Abbenante-Honold, E.S., Christian, A.S., Barnett, M.L., Aguilar, G. & Peer, S.O. (2014). Working Together to Solve Disparities: Latina/o Parents’ Contributions to the Adaptation of a Preventive Intervention. Psychological Services, 11, 410-420. |