What’s New at the Ballmer Institute for Behavioral Health?
Time: Noon to 1:15 pm
Venue: Maple Room at Inn at the Fifth
205 E Sixth
Eugene, Oregon
97401
Enter the Maple Room at Inn at the 5th near the north stairs to 5th Avenue. Details at https://cityclubofeugene.org/see-you-at-our-new-meeting-space/. An optional lunch from Cafe Glendi (meat or vegetarian) may be purchased for $15 each (includes tip); please, no outside food. Park in the lot north of the railroad tracks on High or park west of Market Square on 5th.
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Topic:
Launched with a $425 million gift from Connie and Steve Ballmer in spring of 2022, the Ballmer Institute has made considerable progress toward the goal of expanding the children’s behavioral health workforce. The Ballmer Institute has delivered a new UO micro-credential in child behavioral health serving Eugene and Portland area educators for a second year, received the 2023 Distinguished Friend to Behavior Therapy Award for groundbreaking work to create a national model for a bachelor’s-level specialty training program in children’s behavioral health, and hired new faculty and staff, including Executive Director and Knight Chair and Professor of Psychology, Dr. Katie McLaughlin. Dr. McLaughlin holds a joint doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology from Yale and joins the institute from Harvard University, where she was a tenured faculty member.
How has the Institute managed to earn national recognition already? What activities served as the precursors of the comprehensive professional training that started at UO’s Eugene campus and will continue in the fall at the new UO Portland campus?
In this program, two members of the Ballmer Institute’s leadership team will describe work in progress, plans for welcoming rising juniors to the UO Portland campus this fall (2024), and ways this new undergraduate major will provide better support for the children of Oregon. The principal of a local school that already uses some effective made-in-Oregon strategies to help students with special needs will ask the first question.
Speakers
Title: Senior Advisor
Organization: Ballmer Institute
Website: https://childrensbehavioralhealth.uoregon.edu/
Biography:
Randy Kamphaus is the Senior Advisor for External Affairs at the Ballmer Institute. He previously served as dean of the colleges of education at the University of Oregon and at Georgia State University, and as a distinguished research professor at the University of Georgia. His current work employs universal screening measures in schools to identify children with early indications of behavioral and emotional risk, to provide surveillance information for deploying social-emotional learning and secondary preventive interventions, and to monitor children’s behavioral health status. He earned a BA in psychology from Quincy University, an MA in psychology from University of Illinois, and a PhD in educational psychology from the University of Georgia.
Title: Principal
Organization: Lane School
Website: https://laneschool.blogs.lesd.k12.or.us/
Biography:
Justin Radabaugh is the principal of Lane School in Eugene. Lane School provides intensive interventions and supports to students with social, emotional, and/or behavioral needs. It offers high quality academic and social-emotional instruction that empowers students to develop the skills needed to be successful in a less restrictive setting in their home districts. Justin Radabaugh earned a BS in communication disorders and sciences and an MEd in special education from University of Oregon.
Title: Senior Director of Public Affairs
Organization: Ballmer Institute
Website: https://childrensbehavioralhealth.uoregon.edu/
Biography:
Courtney Westling has spent the past two decades working to address systemic challenges facing children and families. Her experience includes roles in developing stakeholder engagement, coalitions, legislative strategy, and public policies. Prior to joining Ballmer Institute, she served as the Director of Government Relations for Portland Public Schools, working with local, state and federal officials and government representatives. She previously served as Legislative Director for the Oregon Health Authority and as a legislative assistant for U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley. She earned an MPA from the George Washington University and a BA in political science and public relations from Syracuse University.
