Faculty
Mark
T. Greenberg
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1978
The Bennett Endowed Chair in Prevention Research in the College of Health and Human Development and Director, Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development
Contact Information
S112B Henderson Building
Phone:
814-863-0112
Fax: 814-865-2530
http://www.prevention.psu.edu/
http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/hdfs/faculty/greenberg.html
Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT) program
Web site: http://www.prevention.psu.edu/PAMT_2.htm
Research Interests
Intervening in the developmental processes in risk and non-risk populations with a specific emphasis on aggression, violence, and externalizing disorders; promoting healthy social and emotional development through school-based prevention; the study of community partnerships and the diffusion of evidence-based programs; the interface of neuroscience and prevention
Lectures and Recent Honors
Examples of Current Prevention Projects
PATHS to Success Project
Pennsylvania Department of Health (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)
Start Date: 2008
The major goals of this project are to develop, implement, and evaluate a preventive intervention for children at the entrance to school and to investigate the neurological underpinning of risk for violence.
Partnership
Model for Diffusion of Proven Prevention
National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIH)
Start Date: 2001
Project Web Site: http://prosper.ppsi.iastate.edu/
This project assesses the effectiveness of a model for the diffusion
of empirically validated prevention programs focused on adolescent
substance abuse and mental health. The project is being conducted
in 14 communities in Iowa and Pennsylvania.
Multisite
Prevention of Conduct Disorders: The Fast Track Project
National Institute of Mental
Health (NIH)
Start Date: 1990
Project Web Site: www.fasttrackproject.org
The major goals of this project are to develop, implement, and
evaluate a preventive intervention for children, youth and families
focused on the prevention of conduct disorder and other adolescent
problem behaviors.
Harrisburg
Preschool Program (HPP)
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Start Date: 2002
We are evaluating a comprehensive preschool program that provides
classroom programming, high-quality daycare, parent education,
and health services to 3- and 4-year-old children and their families
in the Harrisburg School District.
Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative
OJJDP/DOE/CMHS
Start Date: 2002
This project is implementing a comprehensive safe schools model
for the Harrisburg School District.
Evaluation
of Pennsylvania Communities That Care
Pennsylvania
Commission on Crime and Delinquency
Start Date: 2001
This project provides an ongoing evaluation of the Communities
That Care Prevention Model in Pennsylvania.
Head
Start (Head Start REDI––Research-based, Developmentally
Informed)
National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development
Start Date: 2003
This project will evaluate the impact of infusing current Head
Start programs with social-emotional support curricula (Preschool
PATHS) and language and emergent literacy skill support curricula.
A randomized trial will examine the impact on child school readiness
at the end of Head Start and on adjustment and achievement in
kindergarten and first grade.
Economic
Analysis of the Fast Track Intervention
National Institute of Mental
Health
Start Date: 2002
The purpose of this project is to conduct a full benefit-cost
analysis of the Fast Track intervention.
School-based Effectiveness Research
Center for Prevention and Early Intervention, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE)
Start Date: 2009
Funder: U.S. Department of Education Institute of Educational Sciences
The current project involves presenting CARE within the context of urban, suburban, and rural districts in central Pennsylvania as part of a two-year study being conducted at the Pennsylvania State University Prevention Research Center to complete the pilot testing and collect preliminary evidence of changes in teacher well-being and classroom outcomes as a result of the CARE program.
Recent Publications
Greenberg. M. T., Speltz, M. L., DeKlyen, M., & Jones, K. (2001). Correlates of clinic referral for early conduct problems: Variable and person-oriented approaches. Development and Psychopathology, 13, 255-276.
Greenberg, M. T., & Kusche, C. A. (2002). Promoting alternative thinking strategies: Blueprint for violence prevention (Book 10), 2nd ed., Institute of Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado .
Greenberg, M. T., Weissberg, R. P., Utne O'Brien, M., Zins, J. E., Fredericks, L., Resnik, H., & Elias, M. J. (2003). Enhancing school-based prevention and youth development through coordinated social, emotional, and academic learning, American Psychologist, 58, 466-474.
Greenberg, M. T. (2004). Current and future challenges in school-based prevention: The researcher perspective. Prevention Science, 5, 5-13.
Berlin, L. J., Ziv, Y., Amaya-Jackson, L., & Greenberg, M. T. (Eds.) (2005). Enhancing early attachments: Theory, research, intervention, and policy. New York: Guilford. Duke Series in Child Development and Public Policy.
Greenberg, M. T., Domitrovich, C. E., Graczyk, P. A., & Zins, J. E. (2004). The study of implementation in school-based preventive interventions: Theory, research, and practice. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services. Final project report. [Project Report]