Research and Education Institute

HSI’s Strategic Agenda

As a part of the organization’s nine strategic goal areas, HSI has determined the need to develop the HSI Research and Education Institute

Purpose

To advance research and education activities that will:

• Improve students, interns, staff, community, and policymakers understanding and effectiveness of intervention strategies with the various populations served throughout the organization’s service spectrum.
• Influence organizational structure and change and facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration with persons assigned to conduct related research activities.
• Validate innovative approaches to service delivery through research studies and publication.
• To influence policymakers in their decisions to support funding for service provision and replication across other community, local, national and international human service providers.

HSI Institute’s Specific Goals

• Provide clinical experiences and training opportunities in the area of research for students working towards educational advancement in social service related disciplines
• Build a comprehensive inventory of community based research initiatives.
• Build capacity to secure funding for longitudinal studies that will further expand the Social Service arena
• Identify research gaps and opportunities
• Develop strategies to modify Social Service policies and programs
• Host community forums on prevention research to disseminate study findings
• Determine the correlation between treatment intervention and service effectiveness

 Habilitative Systems, Inc. has presented at the following conferences:

• National Black Child Development Institute
• Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities
• NIMH International Research Conference
• Midwest Psychological Association

HSI has collaborated with University of Illinois at Chicago on the following projects:

•  Holding on to Every Person (HOTEP)
• Mental Health Services and Predictors of Learning in Urban Schools
• Collaborative HIV/AIDS Prevention Adolescent Mental Health Projects (CHAMP)
• GIRL TALK Research Project
• Links to Learning Research Project
• SAFE Project
•  Early Interventions for Children of Incarcerated Parents

HSI contributed to an article in Social Work and Mental Health, the journal of behavioral and psychiatric social work.

Baptiste, Donna, et al.  (2007).Transferring a University-Led HIV/AIDS Prevention Initiative to a Community Agency . Social Work in Mental Health. Vol. 5, 269-293.