About the Center
The Doris Bergen Center for Human Development, Learning, and Technology
Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs
Dawna-Cricket-Martita Meehan, Ph.D., Director
Miami University, Department of Psychology
90 North Patterson Avenue
Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-4247
csbmhp@MiamiOH.edu
Function
The Center seeks to meet its mission by focusing on the following functions:
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Facilitating interaction among faculty researchers from various disciplines in order to investigate problems requiring interdisciplinary perspectives.
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Assisting faculty in writing proposals for external funding of interdisciplinary research, consulting, training, and evaluation projects.
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Providing opportunities for university students (graduate and undergraduate) to engage in interdisciplinary activities with faculty.
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Disseminating information and providing training through workshops, conferences, and technological methods.
Mission
The primary mission of the Center for Human Development, Learning, and Technology is interdisciplinary research and program evaluation, learning technology, information dissemination
Over the past five
Services
The following types of activities are provided by the Doris Bergen Center for Human Development, Learning, and Technology:
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The Center assists faculty in the writing and submission of interdisciplinary proposals to obtain external funding for research examining the problems facing at-risk populations. Such research funding is obtained through federal and state
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The Center enters into contractual agreements with public agencies to conduct research and demonstration projects under agency auspices. Such activities include creating resource documents for professionals in these agencies
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The Center disseminates information to professionals who provide services to at-risk populations. Publications and educational materials designed for practitioners are published and distributed through the Center.
Miami undergraduate and graduate students receive