Evidence- and Research-based products · since 2014

Quality research, delivered to the field.

At Saavsus Inc., we transform validated research into practical, scalable products that solve real‑world challenges. Grounded in deep market intelligence and a commitment to measurable impact, we deliver products that work — reliably, efficiently, and at scale.

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Nationally recognized development partners
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Founded in Eugene, Oregon
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Institutional customers reached
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Markets served - clinical,
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Our products

Four products in the field.

Each one began as evidence-based research and is now a standing offer — published by Saavsus and delivered to clinicians, educators, and community partners who use them.

PE

Pocket PE

K–8 physical education

Physical education that fits in a teacher’s hand.

Standards-aligned warm-ups, lesson plans, and assessment built for the realities of a school gym — with formative input from PE teachers across districts.

Grades K–8

Curriculum + app

Standards-aligned

Ff

Fast Facts

Oral health, Families with young children

Plain-language oral health, handed to a parent.

A library of bilingual handouts that reinforces the oral health information a home visitor or educator just covered with a family–simple words, generous white space, bright graphics, designed for the moment after the conversation ends.

Bilingual EN/ES

11-handouts

Packs of 25
Mp

Make Parenting a Pleasure

Group parenting curriculum, ages 0-8

A group curriculum for highly stressed parents.

A research- and evidence-based group curriculum for highly stressed parents of children from birth to eight–grounded in the Protective Factors Framework and listed in Head Start’s Parenting Curricula Review database.

Ages 0-8

12 sessions

Group-based
Wg

WAGES

Job-readiness, Adolescents

Social skills for the first paycheck.
A cognitive-behavioral curriculum that teaches adolescents the job-related social skills behind getting–and keeping–a first job. Thirty-three lessons over a nine-week term, field-tested in transition classrooms.

Grades 9-12 & transition

33 lessons

9-week term
Our product partners

Ten nationally recognized collaborators

Saavsus represents a small group of behavioral-science research firms, educational publishers, and university research units. Each has a distinct focus — from tobacco cessation to early-childhood oral health to special-education transition — and a shared commitment to evidence.

B

Bloomsights

Program measurement

Measurement and program-evaluation services for evidence-based curricula and interventions. Helps developers and operators surface what their programs are actually doing in the field.

DR

Deschutes Research, Inc.

Health behavior change

Interactive multimedia programs for tobacco prevention and cessation, plus broader health-related research and development.

II

Influents Innovations

Healthcare · Social services · Education

Evidence-based products and services for healthcare, social services, and education— developed with research scientists, clinicians, and methodologists.
IR

IRIS Educational Media

Educational media

Video-based curricula for parents, parenting educators, and K-12 staff — created with USDOE and NIH funding since 1999.

K

Kansas Head Start Association

Early childhood

Maternal and childhood oral-health curricula for home visitors, parent educators, and clinicians serving pregnant women and families with children birth to three.

KD

KDH Research & Communication

Public-health research

Translational research in drug-abuse prevention, Latino health, vulnerable populations, and organizational studies— with a methodologically rigorous evidence base.
LU

Lehigh University

Education research

College of Education research partner —contributing classroom-based intervention and special-education research to programs serving K–12 educators and students with disabilities.
PN

Parenting Now!

Parenting education

Parenting curricula and educator training serving more than95,000 families since1978 — flexible, adaptable, and used across the United States and internationally.
UO

University of Oregon School of Education

Special education research

Secondary Special Education and Transition at the University of Oregon —research and outreach helping transition-age youth with disabilities pursue work, study, and independent living.
RK

radKIDS, Inc.

Personal safety education

Instructor-led personal-safety education for children ages 5–12. Delivered through certified instructors in schools, recreation, and community settings since the early 2000s.
Our approach

From validation to real-world use.

Many evidence-based programs never reach the practitioners who need them — because the skills required to win a grant aren’t the same as the skills required to bring a product to market. Saavsus closes that gap.

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Market research, up front

Qualitative interviews and national surveys validate market need before the product is developed. Programs that fail to address a real, demonstrated challenge do not advance beyond this stage.

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Develop with formative input

Our development process is shaped by practitioners and market leaders, with each curriculum and intervention rigorously tested and refined against real‑world insight before final release.

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Disseminate

After a product is released, our partners may manage dissemination independently or integrate it into the broader portfolio of brands supported by Saavsus.

Have an evidence-based program looking for a publisher?

If you have a product that aligns with our portfolio, we welcome the opportunity to learn more. Each year, Saavsus selects a limited number of developers to join our portfolio of brands.