Current Research Projects
Attachment, Self-regulation, & Competency (ARC) Outcome Trial
Recognized by the NCTSN as a promising practice, ARC is a comprehensive framework for intervention with youth exposed to complex trauma. Intervention is tailored to each client's needs and may include individual and group therapy for children, education for caregivers, parent-child sessions, and parent workshops.
Improvisational Theater-based Youth Violence Prevention
As a funded member of the Hamilton Fish Institute's Youth Violence Prevention Consortium and with support from the Roy A. Hunt Foundation and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, we have evaluated and developed programs for the past five years that utilize structured improvisational theater to teach violence prevention and conflict resolution to Boston public school students. In collaboration with Urban Improv, we have developed Trauma Drama, an intervention for violence-exposed middle school students, as well as a teacher-led companion curriculum to Urban Improv for elementary school students.
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Outcome Trial
PCIT is a proven parent coaching model that teaches behavior management techniques designed to improve the caregiver-child relationship and increase children's positive behaviors.
Yoga Treatment Outcome Research
We are currently analyzing results from two recently completed pilot studies of the impact of yoga on PTSD, heart rate variability, and body awareness in traumatized adults
For participant screening, contact: David Emerson, RYT at (617) 232-1303 x222
