Dr. Martin R. Sheehan, integrates a background in research psychology, Direct Instruction, special education, and media development. He is the owner of Double S Instructional Systems and has received federal funding for over 10 National Institutes of Health Small Business grant projects.
He has served as the Principal
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Investigator for projects on improving anger management for adults with disabilities, positive behavior supports for educators who work with challenging students, dangerous drug prevention, nutrition, weight loss and exercise, leisure, and future planning programs for individuals with Developmental Disabilities.
For 12 years he worked as an administrator in charge of programs for high school students with moderate to severe developmental disabilities. At that time he developed and supervised classrooms for students with autism and other developmental disabilities who exhibited severe acting out behaviors.
He also has worked in the past as a therapist for a local counseling center and specialized in helping individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities and also with helping parents with their difficult children.
Dr. Sheehan continues to serve on numerous NIH Center for Scientific Review study groups, including the Biobehavioral and Social Science Review Group in the area of Risk, Prevention, and Health Behavior.  




Dr. La
ura Backen Jones is a researcher and practitioner concerned with the well-being of children. Her research focuses on the design of effective intervention and prevention programs for families and schools.

She has taught parenting classes for over 15 years and served as a family consultant in the middle-school environment, coordinating and implementing multi-systemic interventions with students, teachers, parents, and administrators.
Laura is co-author of The First Three Years Series, a developmentally-based, intensive 30-session group parenting program designed for parents of children aged birth to three. Dr. Backen Jones is also a team member on an evaluation study of the The First Three Years curriculum, a collaborative effort between the University of Oregon and Oregon Research Institute.
Laura received training in family and marital counseling and has many years experience creating and conducting cognitive and social-emotional assessments with teachers, parents and young children. She received her doctorate in developmental psychology from the University of Oregon. 
She also teaches a parenting class at the local community college.
Parenting Class at Lane Community College