Over the past 35 years, colleagues at the Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) have developed and tested theory-based interventions to treat and prevent conduct and associated problems in children and youth.

This research, which has been supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has generated a set of intervention programs that are now recognized as evidence-based practices. The basic model underlying these methods is called Parent Management Training – the Oregon model (PMTO). In order to extend these programs to the families who need help, a network of OSLC affiliated organizations were established. Since 2001, ISII has become the driving force behind PMTO training for mental health professionals worldwide.

The first nationwide implementation of PMTO began in 1999 in Norway with a request from the Norwegian government to train a set of PMTO specialists. This project led to the birth of ISII, a nonprofit corporation with the goal of providing professional training in PMTO and PMTO-associated methods to mental health and child welfare professionals both nationally and internationally.

Since then, ISII has been contracted to train professionals in Iceland, the Netherlands, and the State of Michigan. Currently, plans are underway to begin implementing PMTO in Mexico with a team of Latina/o scientists at the University of Minnesota, Utah State University, and the University of Michigan. These clinician/scientists have worked to adapt PMTO for the Latino/a culture.

Understanding the processes that ensure sustainable PMTO implementation with fidelity is of great importance to ISII. more