Sebrina L. Doyle Fosco

Experience

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  University of Oregon

  Jan 2006 - Jul 2011

  Clinic Coordinator
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  Edna Bennett Peirce Prevention Research Center

  Aug 2011 - Jun 2019

  Assistant Research Professor
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  Penn State University

  May 2014 - Jun 2019

  When youth who are involved in the juvenile justice system are placed in facilities far from their homes, face-to-face family visitation can be challenging to arrange and is unlikely to occur on a regular basis. As a result, the connection between youths and their families can suffer, making successful reintegration back in to the family upon release substantially more difficult. Compliance with the aftercare plan may be reduced if the family has not been actively involved in the process or with the youth during placement. Further, youth who lack a positive family connection may be more prone to emotional and behavioral problems while in placement because of that disconnect; this can translate into emotional and behavioral outbursts that take time away from treatment activities, lead to physical injury for self or others, and cost additional staff time to control appropriately. Finally, families who are not appropriately involved in the juvenile justice system process may be unaware of the treatment services that are being provided to their youth. This can pose a challenge for youth at reentry because the family is not knowledgeable and is unable to provide support in sustaining the changes that the youth are making as a result of treatment. It places all of the responsibility on the youth to educate the family as well as continuing in their progress. This project was a joint partnership with multiple Youth Development Centers across PA to develop a set of best practices for family involvement that did not rely on caregivers being able to physically attend activities at the facilities. Show less

  • Principal Investigator "Mindfulness-based Self-Care for Youth Services Workers"

    Apr 2017 - Jun 2019

  • Principal Investigator "Technology Enhanced Family Involvement in Juvenile Justice Services"

    May 2014 - Jun 2019
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  CREATE for Education

  Jun 2018 - now

  CARE Workshop Facilitator and Master Trainer

  Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE) is a well-researched mindfulness-based professional development program that supports wellbeing of teachers and administrators in educational environments.

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  Penn State University

  Aug 2019 - now

  • Assistant Professor

    Aug 2024 - now

  • Assitant Research Professor

    Aug 2022 - now

  • PHD Fellow

    Aug 2019 - Sept 2022