Current and Future Challenges in School-Based Prevention
Thursday, 4:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Sheraton Constitution A&B

Speaker: Mark Greenberg, Pennsylvania State University
Chair: Lonnie Sherrod, Fordham University

Biographical Sketch
Mark Greenberg Ph.D. Dr. Greenberg holds The Bennett Endowed Chair in Prevention Research in Penn State's College of Health and Human Development. He is the Director of the Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development. Since 1981, Dr. Greenberg has been examining the effectiveness of school-based curricula (The PATHS Curriculum) to improve the social, emotional, and cognitive competence of elementary-aged children. Dr. Greenberg primary research interests are developmental psychopathology, well-being, and the effects of prevention efforts on children and families. He received the Research Scientist Award from the Society for Prevention Research in 2002.

Abstract
During the next decade we will see broad dissemination of a growing number of empirically-validated school-based prevention programs that focus on social and emotional learning (SEL). This Master Lecture will summarize current findings on SEL and present future six directions for research in the field of school-based prevention and health promotion. These future directions are driven by three significant research-to-service challenges faced both by researchers and practitioners that involve systems integration across developmental stages, levels of care, and institutional structures.