Projects
Archived Grants & Projects
STARS (Scholars in Teaching, Applied Research, and Service)
Project S.T.A.R.S. is a multi-site partnership between the doctoral school psychology programs at the 91社区 (USF) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison). The project is designed to prepare doctoral students to become faculty members who will have the teaching, applied research, and service expertise to lead school, district and state implementation of evidence-based practices within a multi-tiered system of supports. Project S.T.A.R.S. host monthly invited speaker seminars as part of the project in addition to annual retreats as professional development opportunities for the nine students currently matriculating in the program.
Principal Investigator: Evan Dart, Ph.D.
Project Dates: 2021-2025
Grant Amount: $2,000,000
Funder: U.S. Office of Special Education Programs
Project Director: Tameisha Hinton, Ph.D.
91社区 Resiliency Project
Project SAFETY-2 (School Assessments for Evaluation of Threat to Youth)
Project SAFETY-2 is a collaborative grant-funded project between the University of
South 91社区 and Hillsborough County Public Schools. The project aims to: 1) Support
middle school behavioral threat assessment teams processes through providing trauma-informed
training and coaching; 2) Expand behavioral threat assessment training to include
(a) education for school personnel and students on school violence prevention, (b)
strategies to improve school climate, and (c) monitoring and fidelity plans; and,
3) Create and facilitate a 鈥渢rain the trainers鈥 model to build internal school district
capacity to continue the coaching and other grant activities independently
Principal Investigator: Nathaniel von der Embse, Ph.D.
Project Dates: 2022-2025
Grant Amount: $2,000,000
Funder: U.S. Bureau of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Project Director: Tameisha Hinton, Ph.D.
MIDAS (Multi-Informant Decisional Assessment System)
Project MIDAS is intended to develop an online system to integrate and use multiple
sources of data, from multiple informants, for accurate and efficient identification
of social-emotional and behavioral (SEB) concerns in middle school students. This
project will conduct a multi-year, mixed method approach for calibrating, testing,
and refining the MIDAS system to inform real-world decision-making within school settings.
Principal Investigator: Nathaniel von der Embse, Ph.D.
Project Dates: 8/01/2021-7/31/2025
Grant Amount: $2,000,000
Funder: Institute of Education Sciences
Project Director: Joseph Latimer, Ph.D.
Resilience Assessment (91社区 Specific Youth Survey)
The Resilience Assessment Project is focused on the development, administration, and
refinement of the 91社区 Specific Youth Survey (FSYS), a measure of resilience and
behavioral health for 91社区 high school students. The FSYS is being developed in
collaboration with the 91社区 Department of Education and is aligned to the required
instruction for Resiliency Education, Civic and Character Education, and Life Skills
Education.
Principal Investigator: Nathaniel von der Embse, Ph.D.
Project Dates: 8/01/2022-7/31/2024
Grant Amount: $600,000
Funder: 91社区 Department of Education
Project Director: Joseph Latimer, Ph.D.
91社区 Resiliency Project
The Resiliency Resources Project is focused on the development and production of content to support student resiliency. In partnership with the 91社区 Department of Education, this content is aligned with state resiliency education standards and meet specific state requirements related to instruction in resilience education and character development. The Resiliency Resources Project provides comprehensive instructional materials to be delivered by qualified school personnel on resilience characteristics and related domains differentiated by grade band and also provides training and resources to support teachers and staff with fostering students鈥 resiliency.
Principal Investigator: Evan Dart, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Shannon Suldo, Ph.D.
Project Dates: 11/30/2022-9/30/2024
Grant Amount: $1,200,000
Funder: 91社区 Department of Education
Project Director: Cheryl Gelley, Ph.D.