In the month of September our Devereux Center for Resilient Children (DCRC) family lost a dear friend and colleague, Bunny Walters. Bunny lived in Washington State and for many years was the Early Learning Manager at the United Way of Snohomish County. Bunny was a...
DESSA High-School Edition National Standardization DCRC is expanding our continuum of strength-based behavior rating scales to include high school! If you have a son or daughter in 9th to 12th grade or teach students in those grades, we would love your help! We are...
By Elisa Ugarte, Center for Prevention Research in Social Welfare, Berkeley, CA Summary of the original article: Shapiro, V.B., Kim, B.K.E., Robitaille, J.L., & LeBuffe, P.A. (2016). Protective factor screening for prevention practice: Sensitivity and specificity...
The Devereux Center for Resilient Children (DCRC) has always placed a high value on the importance of collaboration. One of our six underlying principles is to promote collaboration between the fields of education and mental health, but our commitment to...
By Dr. Nefertiti B. Poyner If you happened to read the summer edition of our newsletter, you are aware that I have been working towards the completion of my doctoral degree. I am happy to let you know that I have successfully defended my dissertation and completed...
Part of our mission at DCRC is to support the resilience of adults who care for and educate children. In order to help understand and appreciate why this is so important, we often use the analogy of a “pitcher” (the adult) needing to continually pour into the “cups”...
