College of Psychology’s Project RISE Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Nova Southeastern University’s College of Psychology proudly announces that its grant-sponsored program, Project RISE, is celebrating its 20th anniversary.

Founded by Dr. David Reitman, Professor of Psychology at NSU’s College of Psychology, Director of the ADHD Assessment Consultation and Treatment (AACT) Program, and Project RISE Project Director, and in collaboration with Fischler College of Education’s Drs. Dana Mills, James Pann, and Marcelo Castro, this initiative has spent the last 20 years providing “Research, Inspiration, Support, and Evaluation” to after-school providers in Miami-Dade County.

Dr. Reitman began working with The Children’s Trust of Miami-Dade County in 2004 alongside several other organizations to develop and implement a system of quality improvement to support their funded K-5 after-school programs. Through discussions with local providers and national researchers in learning and childcare, Project RISE was born.

Now in its 20th year, Project RISE has trained more than 5000 youth development (YD) workers serving youth in grades K-12 to enhance the quality of after-school and summer programs. Project RISE creates and delivers online trainings and facilitates peer learning concerned with program management, literacy, and fitness. Instructional coaches provide YD workers with on-site guidance to support struggling readers, enhance fitness activities, and improve homework assistance practices.

More recent initiatives have focused on supporting social emotional learning and providing consultation and program evaluation assistance to the Trust’s staff and administrators. Project RISE has received over 10 million dollars of funding since its inception in 2005.

For more information on Project RISE, please visit here or call Dr. Diana Lores, Program Director at 954-262-5756.