Our Impact

Northwest Prevention Science supports mental and behavioral health professionals who implement the Family Check-Up® assessment and intervention model, and associated parenting skills training through Everyday Parenting©.

Family Check-Up® and Everyday Parenting© are evidence-based, preventive approaches to mental health and resilience that have been tested and validated across many diverse populations, and long-term outcomes are the same for all groups

The Family Check-Up Online (available soon) sustains more cost-effective implementation of these programs.

50%

reduction in Days Absent

Reduction in days absent from school for high school students who received the Family Check-Up® in adolescence.*

2.7x

Lower rates of clinically significant depression

Lower rates of clinically significant depression for middle school students who received the Family Check-Up® in middle school.*

30+

YEARS OF RESEARCH

Over three decades of research that focuses on interactions between the brain, social context, and behavior and evidenced-based solutions to mental health and behavioral problems.

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*Compared with those who have not received the FCU.

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Our Programs

Our program implementations are economical, flexible, sustainable and have a lasting impact on the families served. We understand the needs of mental and behavioral health professionals.

Partnering with organizations that employ counselors and fund intervention services, we also align the needs of administrators and managers with the practices of client-facing case workers and service providers.

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Northwest Prevention Science Family.jpg — **“I know Family Check-Up is working for me and my family because of the changes.”**

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Our Team

The Northwest Prevention Science team includes both researchers and practitioners who seek to improve the lives of children, adults and families through interdisciplinary research.

As a result of our partnership with the Prevention Science Institute at the University of Oregon, Northwest Prevention Science services reflect decades of research on social-emotional development from early childhood through adolescence. Together, we offer innovations in the implementation of assessment, prevention, and intervention services for children and their families. Our work focuses on improving and streamlining effective early-stage intervention programs and methods and sharing the results with communities and schools nationally and globally.

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