About OCD
OCD is a university-community partnership dedicated to improving the lives of children, youth, and families. Through interdisciplinary collaborations across research, practice, and policy, we strive to turn knowledge into action and respond creatively and collaboratively to challenges facing children in Pittsburgh and around the world.

Relationships Matter

Recently submitted to the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, this article explores "Developmental Relationships As the Active Ingredient: A Unifying Working Hypothesis of “What Works” Across Intervention Settings".

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Parent Perspectives on Early Childhood

This documentary highlights the importance of early childhood learning and the hopes and dreams that parents have for their children.

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Socialization Makes Trying New Foods Fun

The Family Foundations Nutritionist, April Randolph Miller worked with the Clairton EHS Center staff, to engage parents and their children in a fun, educational program about healthy food choices for toddlers and how to expand their diets.

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Strengthening Youth Driven Programming in Afterschool

The DARE team collaborated with several schools and afterschool providers and developed a series of workshops and support materials and resources to promote youth-driven programming.

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Enhancing Outcomes for Young Children Experiencing Homelessness

Locally and nationally the number of families who are homeless has been growing, and approximately 48% of the children in those families are infants, toddlers or preschoolers. The Bridges collaborative initiative seeks to address these rising concerns.

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Recent Publications
(2010-2011) 
(2010-2011)
(OCD's quarterly newsletter)