Researchers

Are you a researcher interested in incorporating the Chicago Parent Program or ezParent into your research?

Below are some examples of how funded researchers are using the Chicago Parent Program and ezParent to gain deeper insights into program impacts on children and families.

If you are interested in using the Chicago Parent Program or ezParent in your research, please contact us and let us know how we can help.

Current Projects

  • Sarah Beal, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center

    Prevention of Behavior Problems Among Preschool Children in Foster Care through Group-based Foster Caregiving Training at the Time of Placement

    Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH

    Grant #: R01HD105727

  • Jennifer Suor, University of Illinois at Chicago

    Improving Brain-Behavior Markers of Preschool Executive Function through a Group-based Parenting Intervention for Low-Income Families

    National Institute of Mental Health/NIH

    Grant #: K23MH1030724

  • Deborah Gross and Amie Bettencourt, Johns Hopkins University

    Strengthening Parenting, Young Children’s Social-Behavioral Competence, and Kindergarten Readiness in Schools Serving Low-Income Communities

    Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH

    Grant #: R01HD108160

  • Susan Breitenstein, Ohio State University

    Parent training for parents of toddlers born very premature: A factorial design to test web delivery and telephone coaching

    Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH

    Grant #: R01HD104072

  • Eliana Perrin and Amie Bettencourt, Johns Hopkins University

    High Five for P-5: Improving Health Equity Through Early Child Development Supports

    Health Resources and Services Administration

    Grant #: 1 U9HMC49203‐01‐00

    Brief Summary: This study will evaluate a transformational pediatric initiative focused on integrating early childhood development specialists into seven pediatric care practices across Maryland. Early childhood developmental specialists will implement HealthySteps, an integrated model providing tiered supports and services for families of young children with developmental, behavioral, and emotional concerns. Tiered support services will also include two evidence-based parenting programs, the Mothers and Babies Course and the Chicago Parent Program.

Recent Projects

  • Susan Breitenstein, Ohio State University

    Parent training in Pediatric Primary Care: A Self-Directed Tablet-Based Approach

    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/NIH

    Grant #: R01HS024273

  • Corinne Plesko, Johns Hopkins University

    Understanding the role of parents’ social connectedness in children’s behavioral wellbeing in low-income communities

    National Institute of Nursing Research/NIH

    Grant #: F30NR020432

  • Deborah Gross, Johns Hopkins University

    Strengthening Parenting Capacities in Pre-K to Improve Social-Behavioral Readiness and Later School Outcomes

    Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH

    Grant #: R21HD096197

  • Deborah Gross, Johns Hopkins University

    ChiPP2: A Trauma-Informed Program for (Baltimore) City School Parents (ChiPP2)

    The Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute and the Richman Foundation