Our Research

The LINKS Center (P20 MH078458) was a virtual developing center created to advance research and practice on community-based models to promote the mental health needs of children living in urban poverty. It was comprised of researchers at University of Illinois Chicago, Medical University of South Carolina, University of Tennessee, New York University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Virginia. Completed in 2014, three major programs of research from the Center are influencing policy and practice for children in urban poverty: Project Bridge, a teacher consultation and coaching intervention delivered by school mental health staff, Classrooms as Work Units, a study examining how student and teacher experiences of their classrooms relation to classroom processes and to student learning and behavior, and Leaders@Play, an after-school program designed to strengthen resilience for early adolescent youth. Efforts are underway to align these programs with public school and park district mental health initiatives in Chicago, New York City, and Miami.

For more information on Project Bridge please click here.

For more information on Classrooms as Work Units please click here.