SFP News
Newly published book: Family-Based Prevention Programs for Children and Adolescents: Theory, Research, and Large-Scale Dissemination
Good News on New Strengthening Families Foundation and Corporate Home for SFP
SFP 7-17 Class Curriculum with DVD Approved for Utah State Funding
SFP 7-17 Class Curriculum with DVD Approved for Listing on SAMHSA National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Policies (NREPP)
New Strengthening Christian Families Program
Sad News on Loss of SFP Trainer, Miguel Silva, M.S.
International SFP News
Two New SFP Initiatives in France
Ireland SFP Creates SFP Council and Does Gender Analysis
Symposium on SFP at European Society for Prevention Research
Major Delinquency Prevention Initiative in Canada using SFP 12-17
Strengthening Families returns to Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Kumpfer and Thailand Study Abroad Program (Dec. 18 to Jan. 15, 2015)
Successful SFP Group Leader Training March 31 to April 3, 2015 in Uzbekistan by SOS Austria to Improve Child and Family Outcomes
SFP Being Implemented in South Africa Successfully in Schools
Summer Vienna SFP Training Workshop in Vienna and Klagenfurt, Austria
Vienna, Austria Study Abroad Program Continues for Sixth Year
SFP 6-11 Undergoing Process and Outcome Evaluation in Norway
Dr. Kumpfer & Associates SFP Dissemination Activities & Presentations
Strengthening Families Program’s Dissemination Worldwide
SFP selected for Dissemination in UK by University of London’s new Parenting Academy
Ireland Really Committed to SFP 12-16 for Youth Corrections and Substance Abuse
Dr. Kumpfer & Associates SFP Dissemination Activities & Presentations
Over the past few years, Dr. Kumpfer and her team of SFP researchers worldwide have been focusing on international dissemination of SFP, which is now in 36 countries thanks to dissemination funding support from the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime in Vienna, Austria.
2013 Conference Presentations and Professional Workshops
Kumpfer, K.L. (2013) Evidence-based Family Interventions to Prevent Substance Abuse and Other Impulse Control Disorders. Grand Rounds, Psychiatry Department, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, April 19, 2013.
Kumpfer, K.L. (2013). Dinner Speaker, Annual Psychiatry Department Banquet, Vanderbilt University, Country Club, Nashville, Tennessee, April 9, 2013.
Kumpfer, K.L. (2013). How Parents Can Protect their Children from Impulse Control Disorders (ICDs) Using the Strengthening Families Program. Barbara Gay Lecture, Nashville School District, Nashville, Tennessee, April 21, 2013.
Kumpfer, K.L. (2013). Resilience in Youth by Strengthening Families, Invited Keynote address, Annual Conference SW University, Bangkok, Thailand. April 26, 2013.
Kumpfer, K.L. & Pinyuchon, M. (2013). Strengthening Families Program. Invited Keynote address, Ministry of Juvenile Justice, Bangkok, Thailand. April 27, 2013.
Kumpfer, K. L.,(2013). Effectiveness of the Culturally Adapted Strengthening Families Program for European Families, United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Vienna, Austria, May 18, 2013.
Kumpfer, K. L. & Xie, J. (2013). Effectiveness of the Culturally Adapted Strengthening Families Program for Chinese Families. Annual conference of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA, May 30, 2013.
Kumpfer, K. L.,& Xie, J. (2013). Effectiveness of the Culturally Adapted Strengthening Families Program 12-16 Years for Hispanic, Asian, Pacific Islander and White Adolescents. Annual conference of the Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco, CA, May 30, 2013.
Kumpfer, K. L., & Whiteside, H. O. (2013). Strengthening Families Program Training Workshop, Bergen, Norway. June, 18-19, 2013
Kumpfer, K.L. & Baker, M. (July 2013). Culturally Adapting Evidence-based Family Interventions to Strengthen Families and Improve Children’s Developmental Outcomes Invited Conference Keynote Address, Sedona Hilton Resort, Sedona, Arizona, July 18, 2014
Kumpfer, K.L. & Baker, M. (July 2013). Evidence-based Family Strengthening Substance Abuse Prevention and Competency Training of Prevention Staff. Invited Conference Workshop, Sedona Hilton Resort, Sedona, Arizona, July 18, 2014
Kumpfer, K. L., Magalhaes, C., Spiel, G. & Amer, J. (2013). Effectiveness of the Culturally Adapted Strengthening Families Program across Four Countries: USA, Spain, Portugal and Austria. 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology. Lausanne, Switzerland. Sept. 14, 2013.
Kumpfer, K. L., Amer, J., Orte, C., Ballester,L.,March, M, et al., (Sept. 14, 2013) Cultural Adaptation of the Spanish Strengthening Families Program. 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology. Lausanne, Switzerland.
Spiel, G.,, Kumpfer, K.L., Finsterwald, M. & Grässl, J. (2013). Implementing “Positive Parenting” in Carinthia/ Austria. Presentation at the 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology. Lausanne, Switzerland. Sept. 14, 2013.
Magalhães, C. & Kumpfer, K.L. (2013). Positive Parenting: Effectiveness of the Strengthening Families Program 6-11 Year among Portuguese Families Presentation at the 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology. Lausanne, Switzerland. Sept. 14, 2013.
Kumpfer, K. L.,& Xie, J. (2013). Effectiveness of the Culturally Adapted Strengthening Families Program 12-16 Years for Chinese Families. Invited Address, Shanghai University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry. Shanghai, China, November. 13, 2013.
Kumpfer, K. L.,& Hu, Q.Q. (2013). Health Promotion through Strengthening Chinese Families. Invited Address, Center for Disease Control, Cixi, China, November 15, 2013.
2014 Conference Presentations and Professional Workshops
Kumpfer, K. L., & DeRe, A. (March 5-6, 2014). Strengthening Families Program Training Workshop, San Jose, CA.
Kumpfer, K. L., & Whiteside, H. O. (March, 11-12, 2014). Strengthening Families Program Training Workshop, Casa Grande, AZ
Kumpfer, K. L., & Whiteside, H. O. (March 18-19, 2014). Strengthening Families Program Training Workshop for Delinquency Prevention among First Nations, Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada, for National Crime Prevention Council of Canada.
Kumpfer, K. L., & Whiteside, H. O. (April 24, 2014). Results of the culturally adapted SFP 6-11 Years for Austrian Families, Zwillingsymposium, University of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria.
Kumpfer, K. L., & Whiteside, H. O. (April 25, 2014). Family Skills Training Interventions for Improving Impulse Disorders: Strengthening Families Program Results. Zwillingsymposium, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Magalhaes, C. & Kumpfer, K.L (2014). Effectiveness of Family Interventions for Reducing Increasing Substance Abuse Among Girls: A Gender Analysis of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP) 6-11 Years, Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C., Hyatt Regency, May 27, 2014.
Kumpfer, K. L., & Xie, J. (2014). Effectiveness Evaluation of a Culturally Adapted Family Skills Training Program for Chinese American Adolescents and Their Families, Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C., Hyatt Regency, May 28, 2014.
Kanse, S. & Kumpfer, K.L (2014)., An Effectiveness Study Comparing a New Home Use SFP 7-17 Years DVD Video Version and a Family Group Version to the Existing Evidence Based Strengthening Families Program, Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C., Hyatt Regency, May 29, 2014.
Xie, J. & Kumpfer, K.L (2014). Effectiveness of Family Interventions for Chinese Families in the U.S.: An Analysis of the Cultural Adapted Strengthening Families Program (SFP) 12-16 Years. Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C., Hyatt Regency, May 29, 2014.
Kumpfer, K.L. & Brown, A. (2014). Strengthening Families Program 7-17 DVD. Invited Keynote address. Syracuse, New York Oct. 10, 2014.
Kumpfer, K.L. (October, 2014). Cost Effectiveness of Family Strengthening Interventions and SFP 7-17 DVD. European Society for Prevention Research, Annual Conference, Palma Mallorca, Spain.
Magalhaes, C. & Kumpfer, K.L (2014). Effectiveness of the Strengthening Portuguese Families (SFP) 6-11 Years, European Society for Prevention Research, Annual Conference, Palma Mallorca, Spain.
Lawless, M. & Kumpfer, K.L (2014). Effectiveness of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP 12-16) for Teenage Girls and Boys in Ireland, European Society for Prevention Research, Annual Conference, Palma Mallorca, Spain.
Orte, C., Ameros, J., Ballersta, L., March, M., & Kumpfer, K, L. et.al., (2014) Effectiveness of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP 6-11) in Spain in Social Welfare., European Society for Prevention Research, Annual Conference, Palma Mallorca, Spain.
Malouf, W., Campanello, G. & Kumpfer, K. L. (2014). Dissemination of Evidence-based Family Interventions in Serbia, Balkans, and Brazil. European Society for Prevention Research, Annual Conference, Palma Mallorca, Spain.
Kumpfer, K.L. (2014). Prevention of Drugs and Crime by Strengthening Families, Invited address, United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Bangkok, Thailand. Dec. 16, 2014.
Kumpfer, K.L. & Pinyuchon, M. (2014). Strengthening Families Program. Invited Keynote address, Ministry of Juvenile Justice, Bangkok, Thailand. Dec. 17, 2014.
Kumpfer, K.L. (2014). Resilience in Youth by Strengthening Families, Invited presentation, SW University, Bangkok, Thailand. Dec. 16, 2014.