Blankley Receives Public Policy Center Grant

14 Apr 2016    

Professor Kristen Blankley

Professor Kristen Blankley was recently awarded a $5,000 grant to work with the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center on the project “Using Motivational Interviewing to Enhance Autonomy, Trust, and Parenting Plan Effectiveness.”  In the project, Professor Blankley and the Public Policy Center will train local mediators on the techniques of motivational interviewing and determine whether these skills enhance the mediation process in cases under the Nebraska Parenting Act.