Andy Garbacz

The purpose of this project is to develop and pilot test the Family Check-Up Threat Assessment model, a family-centered ecological approach to assessment of and intervention for students who make school violence threats. With several high-profile school shootings and the increasing rates of youth suicide in the last decade, school violence-defined as intent to inflict harm on self or others-is a pressing public health concern, with negative long-term implications for victims and the students...

The purpose of the project is to develop, refine, and conduct a test of the family–school collaboration (FSC) in the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework. This approach will enhance family-school collaboration in schoolwide PBIS and related schoolwide programs and practices.

The purpose of this project is to conduct a systematic efficacy replication of a family-school partnership intervention, Conjoint Behavioral Consultation (CBC), for students with or at risk of serious emotional disturbance (SED). The study will test CBC using school-based specialists as interventionists instead of research personnel who were used in prior efficacy studies. The research team will examine impact of the intervention on student behavior outcomes, parent-teacher relationships, an...

The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research for improving outcomes for adolescents with or at risk for serious emotional disturbance (ED) while participating in mentoring and training activities to develop knowledge and skills related to adolescent development, measurement and assessment, research methodology (e.g., multilevel modeling, qualitative data analysis), and grant writing. The PI intends to iteratively develop and test the feasibility and promise of Conjoint ...