Ph.D., Missouri
Findings from Brenna H. Bry's ongoing studies of risk and protective factors,
and other correlates have supported the development and continuing
evaluation of two manualized and preventive interventions: the
school-based behavioral monitoring and reinforcement program and the
family-based targeted family intervention. Because the former program
has been designated as an effective strategy by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and
Drug-Free Schools program and the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention, Dr. Bry consults frequently with
schools and agencies adopting the program. The empirical bases
and implementation for both of her interventions are covered in her
book with Dr. Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Reaching Out in Family Therapy: Home-Based, School, and Community Interventions. Currently, Dr. Bry is developing and studying the efficacy of a substance abuse prevention program for high school students at risk with other researchers at Rutgers' National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded Prevention Research Center.
