Alison has worked in diverse settings providing education, outreach, and direct services to adolescents and families.
Current Research/Projects:
- Las Rosas: A Recovery Support Systems Approach for Adolescent Girls
- Project DAP (Determining Another Path)
- National Cross-Site Evaluation of Juvenile Drug Court and Reclaiming Futures
- Volunteer Telephone Continuing Care Project.
- ProJoven.
Past Research/Projects:
- Step Forward
- Proyecto de las Mariposas (Las Mariposas)
- Project CHAT
- Project SAFE
- Las Rosas: A Recovery Support Systems Approach for Adolescent Girls
- Project DAP (Determining Another Path)
- Cornerstone Project: Gender Specific Sexual Health Curriculum for Adolescents.
Research Interests
- Evidence-based treatment
- Technology utilization in treatment
- Cost analysis
- Process evaluation
- System-level change
- Mental health
- Juvenile drug courts
- Adolescent substance abuse treatment
- Substance use disorders
- Sexual health
- Sexual health education
- Health education for youth
