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Clinical Psychology
Students' Presentations and Other Activities
Melanie Ernould, 3rd year student, and Marti Straus, PhD have just had their article "Ten Great Ways to Help Children Feel Less Anxious" accepted by Fostering Families Today (a bimonthly national magazine that provides information and resources about foster care and adoption--and is available, among other places, at Walmart).
Tamara Bisbee and Vic Pantesco will be co-presenting at the first joint national meeting of the Association of Directors of Psychology Training Clinics and the Council of University Directors Clinical Psychology, in San Antonio in January.
Steve Prouty will present a poster session at the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society (IMBES) inaugural conference in Ft. Worth, Texas, November 1-4. The title of his session is: A critical exploration of the relationship between Waldorf education and current models of cognitive neurodevelopment: Potential implications on educational practice, policy and research. The IMBES conference sessions will focus on findings from neuroscience or cognitive or developmental science that support changing or maintaining the status quo in how educators think about cognitive change, the role of memory in learning, the educational relevance of plasticity, or the construction of standards; how the realities of educational practice and policy should inform education research; and the implications of research findings for designing and implementing standards.
Rachel Feller, 4th year student, will be speaking about her book, Silent Witnesses: Civilian Camp Money of World War II, on November 5th in Room 206 for the new Afternoon Talk series. In March, Ray Feller and her father, Steve Feller, released a new full-color book about the money used in civilian camps in World War II. The book covers money used (and not used) in concentration camps, ghettos, internment camps, and displaced persons camps in almost every continent across the world. The book includes images of the notes as well as historical information about camp life. This book is the culmination of five years of research through survivor stories, diaries, official documents, books, journals, and material found in on-site research.
Richard Durant, 3rd year student, has accepted an invitation from The Council for Evidence Based Behavioral Practice (www.ebbp.org) to appraise critically the training modules designed by the Council in the coming months. Richard's responsibilities will be to parse out questions about design, analysis, relevance, etc.
Shawna Boles, Stephanie Miller, and Mary Quinn, along with Susan Hawes, presented on their recent service learning trip to South Africa on Monday, October 8. Susan presented background information on South Africa, AIDS issues, racial and socio-economic conditions, and all shared their personal reflections. Some of their activities in the Cape Town area were: They volunteered at a children's AIDS hospice, made presentations to undergraduate Community Psychology undergraduates at Stellenbosch University and met with faculty there, and visited a community psychology project (afterschool program) in a rural township. They also stayed at a B&B in the largest township in the city of Cape Town, Kaylitsha. The second part of their trip consisted of two weeks volunteering at an AIDS orphanage (Cotlands) in Johannesburg, where they lived in housing provided for volunteers. They ended the trip with three days at an eco-lodge in the Mazikwe Game Reserve. The trip was planned as part of the PsyD group, Psychology and Practices for a Better World. A photographic slide show from the trip ran throughout the presentation. Cotlands Orphanage in Johannesburg will be the base for Susan's return trip to South Africa next summer.
Disaster Shakti Presentation. The PsyD group, Disaster Shakti presented to Antioch New England International Collaboration and Community Interventions, on September 17, 2007. Shaktis discussed their recent engagements in South Africa and Botswana. To describe the development of Disaster Shakti and its mission, goals, and activities, Shaktis' community outreach in tsunami-affected Southern India and in hurricane-affected New Orleans was reported briefly. This will give an overview of Shaktis' multiple community-based interventions. In particular, Shaktis shared their personal experiences of collaborating with community centers, schools, and other organizations to show their learning through service as well as their community involvement where a need for help has been expressed by local people. In addition, Shaktis discussed plans for a potential outreach to Mexico in the upcoming academic year.
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