Kate Kavanagh received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University
of Oregon. Her interests include understanding effective intervention and prevention
practices toward developing prosocial child and adolescent outcomes in families
across the developmental continuum. Currently she is furthering these efforts
by focusing on gender, culture and economic mediators of effective interventions.
Presently she is a Research Associate at the Child and Family Center and a consultant
to the Portland Public School Districts prevention office. She has published numerous
scientific reports, presented at conferences and trainings across the U.S. and
and has developed written and video materials for parents of children from toddlerhood
to adolescence.
Project Director, Project Alliance, Child and Family Center, University
of Oregon, Portland, OR
1991–1999
Project Director, Project Alliance, Oregon Social Learning Center, Portland,
OR
1995–1999
Adjunct Faculty, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
1998–present
Consultant, Portland Public Schools
1998–present
Consultant, R43 HD36174-01, Motivating Parents: Innovative Tools for Schools,
Intervision, Eugene, OR
1994–1996
Program Director, Whole Family Treatment Foster Care, #500640, Children Services
Division and Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, OR
1993–1996
Consultant, H237 B20024, Prevention of Antisocial Behavior Patterns in Elementary
Age Students, 4-J School District, Eugene, OR
1992–1996
Case Manager and Therapist, Title XIX, Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene
1992–1994 Research Scientist, R01 MH 38318, Families in the Divorce Process:
Theory & Intervention, Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, OR
1990–1996
Co Investigator, P50 MH 46690, Oregon Prevention Research Center, Oregon Social
Learning Center, Eugene, OR
1990–1991
Principal Investigator, R43 MH 48247, Video based Skills for Urban Families,
Northwest Family and School Consultants, Inc., Eugene, OR
1987–1991
Principal Investigator, R44 MH 42441, Preventing Working Parent Stress, Northwest
Family and School Consultants, Inc., Eugene, OR
1987–1991
Co Investigator, R91 DA 05304, Social Learning Treatment for Early Adolescent
Drug Use, Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, OR
1988–present
President and Research Scientist, Northwest Family and School Consultants,
Inc., Eugene, OR
1984–1987
Therapist/Supervisor for R01 MH 38730, Treatment Process: A problem at Three
Levels, Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, OR
1983–1985
Project Coordinator, R01 MH 37911, Origins of Mental Health Problems in the
Family, Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, OR
1983–1985
Therapy Supervisor, T32 MH 17126, Research with Aggressive Families: A Training
Program (post doctoral training grant), Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene,
OR
1979–1982
Instructor and Clinical Supervisor, Practicum in Child Family Problems, Department
of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Dishion, T. J., Kavanagh, K., Schneiger, A., Nelson, S., & Kaufman, N.
(2002). Preventing early adolescent substance use: A family-centered strategy
for public middle school. In R. L. Spoth, K. Kavanagh., & T. J. Dishion (Eds.),
Universal family-centered prevention strategies: Current findings and critical
issues for public health impact [Special Issue]. Prevention Science, 3, 191–201.
Spoth, R. L., Kavanagh, K., & Dishion, T. J. (2002). Family-centered preventive
intervention science: Toward benefits to larger populations of children, youth,
and families. In R. L. Spoth, K. Kavanagh., & T. J. Dishion (Eds.), Universal
family-centered prevention strategies: Current findings and critical issues for
public health impact [Special Issue]. Prevention Science, 3, 145–152.
Dishion, T. J., & Kavanagh, K. (in press). Intervening with adolescent
problem behavior: A family-centered approach. New York: Guilford.
Dishion, T. J., Kavanagh, K., Veltman, P., McCartney, T., & Soberman,
L. (in press). Adolescent problem behavior: An assessment and intervention sourcebook.
New York: Guilford.
Kavanagh, K., & Kaufman, N. (2002, April). Moderators of youth problem
behavior and parent engagement in a multi-level preventive intervention. Paper
presented at the Ninth Annual Meeting of Society for Research on Adolescence,
New Orleans, LA.
Dishion, T. J., & Kavanagh, K. (2002). The Adolescent Transitions Program:
A family-centered prevention strategy for schools. In J. B. Reid, J. J. Snyder,
& G. R. Patterson (Eds.), The Oregon model: Understanding and altering the
delinquency trajectory (pp. 257-272). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Dishion, T. J., & Kavanagh, K. (2001). An ecological approach to family
intervention for adolescent substance use. In E. F. Wagner & H. B. Waldron
(Eds.), Innovations in adolescent substance abuse interventions (pp. 127-142).
Oxford, England: Elsevier Science Ltd.
Dishion, T. J., & Kavanagh, K. (2000). An ecological approach to family
intervention for adolescent substance use. In W. De Mey, E. Moens, K. Van Leeuwen,
& L. Verhofstadt-Denève (Eds.), Prevention of antisocial behavior:
Starting at (pre-) conception? (pp. 137-154). Brussels, Belgium: University of
Ghent.
Dishion, T. J., Kavanagh, K., & Kiesner, J. (in press). Prevention of
early adolescent substance use among high-risk youth: A multiple gating approach
to parent intervention. NIDA Research Monograph.
Walker, H. M., Kavanagh, K., Stiller, B., Golly, A., Severson, H. H., &
Feil, E.G. (1997). First step to success: An early intervention approach for preventing
school antisocial behavior. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 5,
4.
Kavanagh, K. (1997). Homebase. An in-home family skill building program to encourage
kindergarten children's school success. Longmont, CO: Sopris West.
Dishion, T. J., Andrews, D. W., Kavanagh, K., & Soberman, L. H. (1996).
Preventive interventions for high risk youth: The Adolescent Transitions Program.
In R. D. Peters & R. McMahon (Eds.), Preventing childhood disorders, substance
abuse and delinquency (pp. 184-214). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Kavanagh, K., & Hops, H. (1994). Good girls? Bad boys?: Gender and development
as contexts for diagnosis and treatment. In T. H. Ollendick & R. J. Prinz
(Eds.), Advances in clinical child psychology, Vol. 16. New York: Plenum.
Dishion, T. J., Patterson, G. R., & Kavanagh, K. (1993). An experimental
test of the coercion model: Linking theory, measurement, and intervention. In
J. McCord & R. Trembley (Eds.), The interaction of theory and practice: Experimental
studies of interventions (pp. 253 282). New York: Guilford Press.
Fagot, B. I., & Kavanagh, K. (1991). Using play as a diagnostic tool with
physically abusive parents and their children. In C. Schaefer (Ed.), Play diagnosis
and assessment. New York: Wiley.
Fagot, B. I., & Kavanagh, K. (1990). Sex differences in responses to the
stranger in the Strange Situation. Sex Roles, 23, 123 132.
Fagot, B. I., & Kavanagh, K. (1990). The prediction of antisocial behavior
from avoidant attachment classifications. Child Development, 61, 864 873.
Kavanagh, K. A., Youngblade, L., Reid, J. B., & Fagot, B. I. (1988). Interactions
between children and abusive versus control parents. Journal of Clinical Child
Psychology, 17, 137 142.
Reid, J. B., Kavanagh, K. A., & Baldwin, D. V. (1987). Abusive parents'
perceptions of child problem behaviors: An example of parental bias. Journal of
Abnormal Child Psychology, 15, 457 466.
Reid, J. B., & Kavanagh, K. (1985). A social interactional approach to
child abuse: Risk, prevention, and treatment. In M. Chesney & R. Rosenman
(Eds.), Anger and hostility in behavioral and cardiovascular disorders. New York:
Hemisphere/McGraw Hill.
Chamberlain, P., Patterson, G. R., Reid, J. B., Kavanagh, K., & Forgatch,
M. S. (1984). Observation of client resistance. Behavior Therapy, 15, 144 155.
Dishion, T. J., & Kavanagh, K., Ball, A. J., & Stormshak, E. A. (2001,
May). An ecological perspective on families: Science and practice in the third
millennium. Workshop presented at the Eastern Oregon Psychological Association
and The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon.
Kavanagh, K., Burraston, B., Dishion, T. J., & Winter, C. (2000, June).
Processes of family and school engagement. Paper presented at the Eighth annual
Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research. Montreal, Quebec, CA.
Kavanagh, K., Burraston, B., Dishion, T. J., & Schneiger, A. (2000, March).
Identification of middle school students’ risk behavior: Contextual influences
of gender and ethnicity. Poster presented at the eight annual meeting of the Society
for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
Kavanagh, K., Dishion, T. J., Dionne, R. (1998, November). The Family Check-Up
for families of high-risk adolescents. Workshop conducted at annual meeting of
Association for Advancement of Behavior therapy, Washington D.C.
Kavanagh, K., Dishion, T. J., Medici, N., & Schneiger, A. (1998, June).
Prediction of parent participation in a tiered model of assessment and intervention
for early adolescent problem behavior. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting
of the Society for Prevention Research, Park City, Utah.
Kavanagh, K., (1999, June). A school-based model of prevention and intervention
for families of middle school students. Presentation at the Oregon Parent Forum,
Salem, OR.
Kavanagh, K., Dishion, T. J., Medici, N., & Follingstad, L. (1998, February).
(Chair) Longitudinal and concurrent predictors of positive adolescent adjustment
and healthy choices in ethnically diverse samples. Symposium conducted at annual
meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescents, San Diego, CA.
Kavanagh, K., & Walker, H. (1995). First Steps: A school success program
for teachers and parents of kindergartners at risk for conduct disorder. Paper
presented at biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development,
Indianapolis, IN.
Dishion, T. J., Spracklen, K., and Kavanagh, K. (1995, November). Analyses
of change in group parent training with high risk adolescents. Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy,
Washington, DC.
Dishion, T. J., & Kavanagh, K. (1995, July). Family management practices
and early adolescent problem behavior: Gender similarities and differences. Paper
presented at the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Copenhagen,
Denmark.
Kavanagh, K. (1993, March). Relationship of gender to family interactions
and reports of early adolescent antisocial behaviors. Poster session presented
at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, New
Orleans, LA.
Kavanagh, K. (1992, May). Affecting parenting skills in whole communities.
Paper presented at the 18th annual convention of the Association for Behavior
Analysis, San Francisco, CA.
Kavanagh, K. (1991, June). (Chair) Sex differences in the development and
treatment of child problems. Symposium conducted at the 3rd Biennial conference
on Community Research and Action, Tempe, AZ.
Dishion, T. J., Kavanagh, K., & Christianson, S. (1995). “Parenting
in the teenage years.” (Video available from Intervision, 261 East 12th
Avenue, Suite 100, Eugene, OR 97401 or 800-678-3455).
Dishion, T. J., Kavanagh, K., & Reid, J. B. (1991). “From parents
to friends: Developing peer relationship skills in middle childhood.” (Instructional
videotape available at Northwest Family and School Consultants, POB 11140, Eugene,
OR 97440.)
Kavanagh, K. A., & Dishion, T. J. (1991). “Setting limits with peers.”
(Video available from Intervision, 261 East 12th Avenue, Suite 100, Eugene, OR
97401 or 800-678-3455).
Kavanagh, K. A., & Dishion, T. J. (1991). “Supervision skills with
adolescents.” (Video available from Intervision, 261 East 12th Avenue, Suite
100, Eugene, OR 97401 or 800-678-3455).
Kavanagh, K. A., & Marquez, B. (1990). Growing opportunities: A series
for working parents of school children aged 6-10. (Videotapes and manual.) Eugene,
OR: Northwest Family and School Consultants.
Kavanagh, K. A., & Marquez, B. (1990). Growing opportunities: A series
for working parents of preschool children aged 3-5. (Videotapes and manual.) Eugene,
OR: Northwest Family and School Consultants.
Dishion, T. J., Moore, K. J., Prescott, A., & Kavanagh, K. (1989). “Teen
focus: A behavior change curriculum for young adolescents.” (Video available
from Intervision, 261 East 12th Avenue, Suite 100, Eugene, OR 97401 or 800-678-3455).
Kavanagh, K., & Dishion, T. J. (1989). “Parent focus: A skill enhancement
curriculum for parent of young adolescents.” (Video available from Intervision,
261 East 12th Avenue, Suite 100, Eugene, OR 97401 or 800-678-3455).
GRANT AWARDS
Active
2 R01 DA07031 (Dishion)
NIH/NIDA
MERIT award: Understanding and Preventing Adolescent Drug Abuse
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