Advanced Training Courses
In this course, Melissa Van Dyke, LCSW, Associate Director of the National Implementation Research Network, discusses several implementation frameworks to improve practice and policy change efforts.
Presenter: Melissa Van Dyke LCSW
Online Course - 3 CE credits - $75.00
This advanced training course is based on a presentation by Dr. Helena Kraemer at the 2007 Career Development Institute for Psychiatry in Palo Alto, CA. The course focuses on the operational definitions of mediation and moderation, the rationale for examining them, and criteria used to determine if variables are mediators or moderators. Dr. Kraemer does this by comparing the traditional Baron & Kenny model to the innovative MacArthur model.
Presenter: Helena Kraemer PhD
Online Course - 3 CE credits - $75.00
This course focuses on the process of building strong partnerships between researchers and mental health clinicians. The presenter discusses the research-practice gap and offers direction on how to build and maintain effective relationships in mental health services and research.
Presenter: Ann Garland PhD
Online Course - 3 CE credits - $75.00
Dr. Christopher Ryan explores the issues that can arise when working with institutional review boards (IRBs). This introductory course will discuss the Belmont Report, the common rule, conflict of interest, and how IRBs support researchers.
Presenter: Christopher M. Ryan PhD
Online Course - 2 CE credits - $50.00
In this training course, Dr. Daniel Bauer provides a broad conceptual overview of multilevel statistical modeling. Topics include why conventional statistical models are inappropriate for nested/dependent data structures, the fixed-effects model, and the random effects approach to multilevel modeling. Dr. Bauer demonstrates how to formulate a multilevel model and interpret the results obtained from fitting the model.
Presenter: Daniel Bauer PhD
Online Course - 4 CE credits - $100.00
This advanced training course is based on a presentation by Drs. Ruth O'Hara and Helena Kraemer at the 2009 Career Development Institute for Psychiatry in Palo Alto, CA. This course will explore the history of ROC, the basics of ROC methods, and ROC vs. "standard methods" of detection. Drs. Ruth O'Hara and Helena Kraemer demonstrate how to use the ROC program and explore the various applications of ROC in statistical analysis.
Presenters: Helena Kraemer PhD, Ruth M. O'Hara PhD
Online Course - 4 CE credits - $100.00
In this training course, Dr. Atkins turns the question, "Why should mental health researchers conduct school studies?" on its head, providing a thought-provoking presentation that focuses on why schools, and the NIMH, should support research in educational settings. He demonstrates a new way to think about 'resistance' to school-based research, advocates taking an ecological perspective when working with public schools, and emphasizes sustainability and the importance of embedded research.
Presenter: Marc Atkins PhD
Online Course - 3 CE credits - $75.00
This advanced training course is based on a presentation given by Dr. Todd Little at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Biennial Meeting, March 2006. The course focuses on understanding the concepts behind structural equation modeling for developmental data. Topics include defining a construct, using SEM with mean-level information, testing for invariance across time and groups, and comparing differences in latent construct across time and across groups. (For a ‘hands-on’ approach to Longitudinal SEM, including LISREL and M Plus analysis, consider attending Dr. Little’s advanced course at www.Quant.KU.edu).
Presenter: Todd Little PhD
Online Course - 4 CE credits - $100.00

