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IIt seems like just a few weeks ago that I was writing my fi rst SCCAP presidential column for this newsletter. Now, as my term draws to a close, is a good time to step back and refl ect on the events, accomplishments, and activities of this past year. Unquestionably, the release of the Hoffman Report and subsequent events has consumed much of our professional attention and energy the past few months. As most of you are aware, Hoffman details a systematic collaboration among APA and Bush

administration offi cials in support of harsh interrogation policies and paints a picture of an APA organizational leadership that was over focused on currying political favor at the expense of the ethical and humanistic principles that have long defi ned our profession. While some of those named in the report deny the allegations against them, the repercussions of Hoffman will continue to negatively impact APA for some time. In response to this crisis, APA has initiated a major effort to reform its governance structure and functioning. The outcome of these efforts remains to be seen, but what is clear is the very real need for Division 53 and other APA members to carefully monitor the reform process and to speak out loudly in support of those elements they like and in opposition to those they do not. The SCCAP listserv, under the direction of Jennifer Muñoz, has been an excellent source of information in this regard, and I would encourage all of you to make use of this valuable membership resource. I would also like to thank Ali Mattu and Mary Fristad, our Council Representatives, for their very strong leadership in Council and their contributions to APA reform efforts. Both Mary and Ali have done an excellent job of keeping membership informed about reform and related issues through regular postings on the listserv. Importantly, SCCAP remains a healthy and highly-effective organization. As I noted in my prior column, our membership growth rate is the highest, by a wide margin, of any other APA division over the past several years. JCCAP, our fl agship journal, continues to grow its impact factor and is now among the top 15 journals in both clinical and developmental psychology. We welcome Andres De Los Reyes, who will assume JCCAP editorial duties from Mitch Prinstein in 2017. Our new practitioner journal, Evidence-based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, under the editorship of Anne Marie Albano, is now soliciting submissions pertaining to clinical practice techniques, issues, and policies pertinent to child and adolescent mental health. Look for the fi rst issue, another membership benefi t, early next year.

We are also continuing our work to develop a media-focused outreach campaign designed to promote public recognition of the value of evidence-based clinical practice and the unique role that clinical child and adolescent psychologists play in the development and provision of these services. Working with outside experts, this initiative will involve a signifi cant enhancement of our current website, listserv and social media capabilities. Another part of this effort will be the development of an expert rapid-response team to more quickly and effectively respond to public misinformation relevant to children and families. In light of the overload of information available to the public, our efforts to educate families, educators, other providers and policymakers about best practices for enhancing child well-being and ameliorating mental illness is critically important in supporting the mission of our organization. I’d also like to call your attention to two new annual awards. The Abidin Early Career Award and Grant, named in honor of long-time SCCAP Treasurer, Dick Abidin, recognizes an early career psychologist with an established research program that has had a major impact on our understanding of relevant aspects of child and adolescent development or mental health. The $20,000 award is intended to enhance the awardee’s research program and/or to enable him or her to initiate a new effort that extends their work. The Routh Research and Dissertation Grant, honoring Don Routh, a highly infl uential clinical child and pediatric psychologist and former president of SCCAP’s forerunner organization, provides $2,500 each for up to four graduate students in support their research. More information about these awards can be found on the SCCAP website at www.clinicalchildpsychology.org. If you are interested in serving as a reviewer for either award, please contact [email protected]. Finally, I’d like to thank you for the opportunity to serve as president this year and to acknowledge the dedication and effort of the other Board offi cers and members I’ve had the pleasure of working with during this time. I’m looking forward to continuing my involvement with SCCAP next year as past-president and am pleased to welcome Eric Youngstrom as our 2016 president. And again, I encourage all of you to pursue Board Certifi cation in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. As a public recognition of our clinical competence, board certifi cation benefi ts not only you but the profession as a whole.

John Piacentini, Ph.D., ABPPPresident, Society of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEVolume 30, Issue 3 Fall 2015

APA Council Updates (p. 2) § MAL Updates (p.3) § APA Convention Highlights (p. 4) § News & Announcements (p.5) § Student Achievement Awards (p. 6) §

Abidin Research Grant (p. 7) § SCCAP Ph.D. Recipients (p. 8) § Routh Award (p. 9) § Student View (p. 10) § Journal News (p. 11) § Membership Information (p. 11)

IN THIS ISSUE

Want to serve the Division? Candidates are needed for the open Board of Directors postions. See p. 5 for details.

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EditorKristin Hawley, Ph.D.University of MissouriDepartment of Psychological Sciences210 McAlester HallColumbia, MO [email protected]

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APA COUNCIL UPDATES

The August APA Council of Representatives meeting came at a critical time for the association. In July, the Hoffman Report, an independent review commissioned by APA, was released. The report confi rmed collusion between some APA offi cials and the Department of Defense that resulted in less restrictive ethical policies for

psychologists in national security settings. Directly following the Hoffman Report’s release, the APA board of directors announced the retirement of CEO Norman Anderson effective end of 2015. Deputy CEO Michael Honaker’s retirement was also announced, effective August 15, 2015. APA’s executive director for public and member communications, Rhea Farberman, resigned effective July 31, 2015. Dr. Stephen Behnke, director of the APA ethics offi ce, was terminated by Acting APA CEO (in matters regarding the Hoffman Report) Archie Turner. The August 2015 Council meeting was the fi rst opportunity for APA Council to respond to the Hoffman Report. After meeting with David Hoffman himself, Council began deliberations on a new policy to prohibit psychologists from participating in military and national security interrogations in settings that operate outside the protection of the U.S. Constitution and military law. The measure passed by a vote of 157-1, with 6 abstentions and 1 recusal. The policy adopted by the Council clarifi es that psychologists can only provide mental health services to military personnel or work for an independent third party to protect human rights at national security detention facilities deemed by the United Nations to be in violation of human rights, such as the U.N. Convention Against Torture and the Geneva Conventions. The prohibition does not apply to domestic law enforcement interrogations or domestic detention settings where detainees are under the protection of the U.S. Constitution. Council also voted to create a blue-ribbon panel of psychologists and non-psychologist experts to review APA’s Ethics Offi ce and ethics policies and procedures. While we applaud these initial steps to correct the moral compass of APA, we also recognize that much work remains to establish transparency at APA and regain the public’s trust. We also thank. Susan McDaniel (APA President-Elect) and Nadine Kaslow (APA Past President) for their steadfast leadership as Members of the Special Committee for the

by Ali Mattu, Ph.D. and Mary Fristad, Ph.D., ABPPSCCAP Representatives to APA Council

Mary Fristad, Ph.D., ABPP

Ali Mattu, Ph.D.

Greetings from ABCCAP! Increasing our pool of examiners remains a goal for ABCCAP as we continue to see steady growth in ABCCAP membership. In addition to our

ABCCAP Examiner Training workshops, individual mentoring of new examiners by committee chairs continues as a way to build our pool one examiner at a time in regions of the country where we are developing exam pods. For example, this individual mentoring approach has increased the number of examiners in our Providence/Boston exam pod from one examiner in 2013 to seven in 2015! In addition to the Providence/Boston exam pod, we have exam pods in the Seattle area, Los Angeles area, Mayo Clinic area, Philadelphia/NYC area, Kansas, Ohio, and Florida. Between regional exam pods and examinations at national conferences, we are working hard to provide candidates with options that minimize the need for travel. For folks who are interested in pursuing ABCCAP board certifi cation, please visit our website at http://www.clinicalchildpsychology.com/. There you will fi nd our ABCCAP Exam Manual which provides details of the process of board certifi cation. For those already board certifi ed through ABCCAP, we will be emailing the membership shortly to recruit for an open seat on our ABCCAP Board of Directors so think about serving!

ABCCAP NEWS

by Greta Francis, Ph.D., ABPPPresident, American Board of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Greta Francis, Ph.D., ABPP

Independent Review. Unrelated to the Independent Review, APA accepted a new task force report confi rming a link between playing violent video games and aggression. The report did not fi nd suffi cient research to link violent video game play to criminal violence. A resolution was passed to outreach to the Entertainment Software Rating Board, video game developers, and encourage more research in this area. This was Ali Mattu’s last meeting as a Council Representative of this division. He will continue to serve APA Council as a member of its Leadership Team. Mary Fristad will continue as Council Representative and will be joined by Gerald Koocher.

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MEMBER AT LARGE UPDATES

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It has been a long time coming, but the Society for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology’s member directory is fi nally in the works. This online resource will serve several purposes. First, we hope this directory will help us connect members of the public with each of you, particularly if you currently offer psychological services. Our hope is that this directory will help bridge the information on evidence-based treatments we provide to the public through effectivechildtherapy.org with a resource to connect families with practitioners, or with researchers who can help families fi nd services. Unlike many online therapist databases that charge fees, this will be a free benefi t of society membership! Second, the directory will serve as a way for our members to connect with one another for collaboration. The directory will allow members to indicate their work activities (e.g., research, teaching, clinical practice) and their areas of interest, facilitating collaboration. Finally,

the information provided through the directory fi elds will also allow the society to have a richer understanding of its members, enhancing its ability to meet member needs. The directory is currently being programmed by our web developers. Once the database is ready, you will receive an e-mail instructing you how to log into your account page and update your information. Only members who opt to have their information available on the directory will be included in it. This database will also be limited to non-student members. We are excited to offer this additional benefi t of society membership and hope you will all fi nd it to be a useful resource!

Hello Society members. For those of you who attended APA in Toronto this year, I hope this fi nds you energized for more learning and sharing of information on all things clinical child and adolescent

psychology. As of 2015, SCCAP continues to grow with 1,693 members. That is an all-time high membership number over the past 10 years. I encourage you all to continue to let other colleagues know about the Society and advocate for all professionals and those who are in training to make SCCAP their professional membership home. At the convention, the board had a productive meeting. One result for our members was the approval of two new awards for members. The Routh Research and Dissertation Award (named after our esteemed colleague, Donald Routh) provides $2,500 in support for student research that shows promise to

add signifi cantly to the research literature in the area of clinical child and adolescent psychology. The application deadline is March 1. The Richard “Dick” Abidin Early Career Award and Grant provides $20,000 to an early career psychologist who has established a program of empirical research that has had a major impact on the fi eld’s understanding of psychopathology, prevention, assessment, treatment, or public policy relative to child and adolescent development or mental health. The application deadline for the Abidin Early Career Award and Grant is December 1. A reminder: we are interested in highlighting members whose work addresses public interest questions, so if your work focuses on broad mental health issues either for a given population or system of care service provider that is integrally connected with wider public health outcomes, please let me know. SCCAP would like to feature you and your work in an upcoming newsletter. If you have any questions about the awards, membership, creating a special interest group (SIG), or volunteering with SCCAP, please do not hesitate to let me know: [email protected].

Yo Jackson, Ph.D., ABPP

Amanda Jensen-Doss, Ph.D.

THE MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY IS COMINGAmanda Jensen-Doss, Ph.D.Member-at-Large for Science and Practice

MEMBERSHIP UPDATES AND AWARDSby Yo Jackson, Ph.D.Member-at-Large for Membership and Public Interest

In my fi rst year as MAL for Education and Standards, it was so rewarding to meet members of SCCAP at the Toronto APA Convention. Thanks to Drs. Hughes and Peris for assembling an amazing program. Immersion in the (inter)national convention was also an opportunity to explore the APA Educational Directorate—apa.org/ed/about/index.aspx—especially its relevance to clinical child and adolescent psychology. In particular, I was interested in what standards defi ne a “child psychologist.” Prior to this, I had not been aware of the process by which APA defi nes and recognizes specialties and profi ciencies in professional psychology. Clinical child psychology is one of 15 specialties defi ned as: “[an] area of psychological practice which requires advanced knowledge and skills acquired through an organized sequence of education and training.” Notably, this is not a process by which individual psychologists are recognized as specialists; according to the APA directorate, the only organization that provides certifi cation of specialization in Clinical Child Psychology is the American Board of Professional Psychology. Nevertheless, our members play a key role in the recognition and maintenance of clinical child psychology as a specialty; our programs, online resources, and even existence as a network of professionals support many of the twelve “general principles” used to evaluate and support “specialties.” SCCAP is attempting to, at least in part, meet one of the twelve criteria for specialization – provider identifi cation and evaluation–through publication of a membership directory. The latter part (i.e., evaluation) remains an aspirational goal – outlined in a 2011 APA Commission for the Recognition of Specialties and Profi ciencies report, “Initially practitioners…in the specialty may simply be identifi ed by their successful completion of an organized sequence of education and training. As the specialty matures it is expected that the specialty will develop more formal structures for the recognition of competency in practitioners.” I look forward to our members leading this charge from the bottom-up (fi nding ways to mainstream recognition of our unique expertise) rather than top-down requirement from regulatory entities.

KEEP IT ROLLINGAdam B. Lewin, Ph.D., ABPPMember-at-Large for Education and Standards

Adam B. Lewin, Ph.D., ABPP


WDISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD WINNER: ANTHONY SPIRITO, PH.D., ABPP Anthony Spirito, Ph.D., ABPP received the SCCAP Distinguished Career Award at this year’’s APA Convention. Spirito is a professor of psychiatry and human behavior and Director of the Division of Clinical Psychology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. His research centers on developing and testing treatments for adolescent suicidality and depression, as well as alcohol and substance use. In Spirito’s inspiring and heartfelt address, he described his career trajectory, from undergraduate training at Cornell University, to doctoral studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, and predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships at Children’s Hospital Medical Center/Harvard Medical School. He outlined fi ndings from several seminal randomized clinical trials in which he participated, including the Treatment of Resistant Depression in Adolescence (TORDIA) trial and the treatment of co-occurring substance abuse and suicidality among adolescents study. He described the importance of scientifi c and clinical collaborations in forming new hypotheses, modifying pre-existing treatments, and caring for patients. Throughout his address, Spirito discussed how his career has been shaped by the fi eld of child and adolescent clinical psychology, including the fi eld’s movement from using anecdotes of individual patients to select intervention strategies, to large effi cacy and effectiveness trials, to the current shift towards understanding mechanisms underlying symptom reduction and youth well-being. Another common unifying theme was the impact of Spirito’’s family, colleagues, and patients on the way in which he uses the scientifi c method to ask questions that may directly benefi t children and adolescents. His work is inspiring, and the passion with which he spoke clearly indicates an unwavering commitment to improving the lives of youths and families.

EARLY CAREER AWARD WINNERS: RANDY P. AUERBACH, PH.D., ABPP, AND JONATHAN S. COMER, PH.D.

Two outstanding young investigators, Randy P. Auerbach, Ph.D., ABPP, and Jonathan S. Comer, Ph.D., were awarded the 2015 Early Career Award in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology at this year’’s annual convention. This award highlights the academic and scholarly achievement of SCCAP early career members who have made substantial contributions to the fi eld and are likely to continue having a high impact.

Randy Auerbach is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Child and Adolescent Mood Disorders Laboratory at McLean Hospital. His research centers on identifying biobehavioral risk factors for depression in children and adolescents. Auerbach’s work has a translational focus that includes genetics, neurobiology (e.g., EEG, fMRI), and lab-based behavioral tasks, with the goal of understanding mechanisms underlying depression in youth. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, and has received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation.

Jonathan Comer is an associate professor of psychology and psychiatry, and Director of the Mental Health Interventions and Technology (MINT) Program at Florida International University. His research is focused on the etiology and evidence-based treatment of child anxiety, with a particular focus on how technology can be harnessed to both improve existing interventions and reduce barriers to accessing mental health care. He has received funding from

the National Institute of Mental Health, Anxiety Disorders Association of America, and several private funding agencies. Comer was also this year’s recipient of APA’’s Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice’s early career award. We look forward to their continued contributions to the fi eld of child and adolescent psychology.

APA HIGHLIGHTS

2015 APA CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS By Jennifer Hughes, Ph.D. and Tara Peris, Ph.D., Program Co-Chairs

We hope you had the chance to attend the APA Convention in Toronto in August. It was a fantastic program, thanks to the many symposia and poster presentations. The “Hot Topic”series this year was very popular, with large and eager audiences interested in addressing risk and wellness in adolescents and emotion regulation in children. Once again this year, SCCAP program offerings were well-attended and well-received. Thank you to our members for supporting programming with a focus on the science and practice of an evidence-based clinical child and adolescent psychology. We look forward to the 2016 APA Convention in Denver, Colorado. The Call for Proposals will be released soon!

Jennifer Hughes, Ph.D. Tara Peris, Ph.D.


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SCCAP NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

UPDATE ON THE APA INTERDIVISIONAL TASK FORCE ON CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH Mary Ann McCabe, Ph.D., ABPP, Chair

The Interdivisional Task Force for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IDTF) met at the APA convention in Toronto. We discussed several issues and events of interest to the task force: The

Committee on Children, Youth and Families of APA has recommended that the APA resolution on children’s mental health undergo revision and is awaiting approval from the Council of Representatives to proceed; the CYF committee (and CYF Offi ce) is overseeing a revision of the Developing Adolescents: A Reference for Professionals that was created in 2002; the APA Board of Educational Affairs, in collaboration with the IDTF, recently awarded the Distinguished Contributions for Education and Training of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Psychologists to the Child Clinical Program at the University of Missouri; APA, as well as Divisions 53, 37 and 54, are among the sponsors for the National Academy of Medicine/Institute of Medicine Forum on Promoting Children’s Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Health, which has held four workshops to date; Division 38 is leading the development of a new graduate course in integrated care psychology, which will include material specifi c to working with children; and Division 53 and 6 other APA divisions are collaborating on the development of a new web resource center that will highlight science-based information for parents and professionals. Suggestions for collaboration through this task force are welcome! (Amanda Jensen-Doss is the liaison for SCCAP to the IDTF, and several additional participants are members of the division.)

CCANDIDATES SOUGHT FOR SCCAP BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Candidates are sought for four positions on the SCCAP Board of Directors. All are three year terms (2017-2019) and include participation in monthly conference calls and attendance at one or two Board of Directors meetings per year. All candidates must be a member of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Division 53). Self-nominations are accepted. E-mail nominations are due by December 1, 2015.

1. President-Elect (2017): Helps steer the direction of the society. One year each is spent as President Elect (2017), President (2018), and Past President (2019). The President-Elect must be a member of SCCAP and APA.

2. Member-at-Large Science and Practice (2017-2019): The primary responsibility is assisting SCCAP achieve its goal of ensuring that the practice of clinical child and adolescent psychology is evidence-based. The MAL must be a member of SCCAP.

3. Treasurer (2017-2019): The primary duties are overseeing the receipt of all money, directing disbursements, keeping adequate accounts, preparing the annual budget and an annual fi nancial report, and performing the usual duties of a treasurer. The Treasurer must be a member of SCCAP and APA.

4. APA Council Representative (2017-2019): The Council Representative attends two APA Council meetings annually and serves as the society’s voting representative at the council meetings. The representative represents the interests of SCCAP to the Council and disseminates APA policy and decisions to the society. The Council Representative must be a member of SCCAP and APA.

Mary Ann McCabe, Ph.D., ABPP

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Aubrey Carpenter is a fi fth-year doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program at Boston University. Aubrey’s program of research broadly relates to the evaluation and dissemination of evidence-based interventions for children and families; more specifi cally, she has developed an emerging expertise related to the use of novel methods and technologies in expanding the availability of empirically supported treatments for childhood anxiety disorders. Her dissertation examines the preliminary feasibility of an internet-based cognitive-behavioral therapy program for youth with anxiety. She was recently awarded a Dissertation Research Award from the American Psychological Association, as well as multiple funding awards from Boston University, to support her work on this project. Aubrey’’s timely attention to current issues affecting child mental health is also evident in her recent investigation of the impact of family discussions regarding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent manhunt on Boston-area children’s posttraumatic stress symptoms. In addition to her accomplishments in research, Aubrey has been recognized for her efforts as a teaching fellow at Harvard University with a Distinction in Teaching Award. She is currently a student representative and website editor for the ABCT Child Anxiety Special Interest Group, and has previously served SCCAP as a member of the SCCAP Student Advisory Board and mentor in the division’s mentorship program. We offer sincere congratulations to Aubrey on her remarkable achievements so far and look forward to her future contributions to our fi eld. Chloe Greenbaum is a third-year doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program at New York University’’s Department of Applied Psychology. During her fi rst two years in graduate school, Chloe has already shown great promise as a productive researcher focused on underserved youth populations. She has impressively developed and piloted an intervention, WRITE-ON (Writing and Refl ecting on Identify To Empower Ourselves as Narrators), which is designed to harness empirical evidence of writing’’s therapeutic benefi ts to deliver cost-effective group interventions to incarcerated youth. Pilot results of WRITE-ON in four juvenile detention facilities indicated signifi cant increases in youth’’s resilience and improvements in peer relations. Chloe has also secured grant funding to further test the intervention in a quasi-experimental longitudinal study. In addition to her impressive research efforts, Chloe has demonstrated a commitment to clinical and service activities, particularly with underserved youth, has mentored a number of undergraduate students, and has trained and supervised undergraduate and master’’s level students in conducting clinical assessments. Congratulations to Chloe on her impressive accomplishments!

Pauline Goger has recently completed her fi rst year of the Master in Arts program in Psychology with a special emphasis on Psychological Research from California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). Under the mentorship of Araceli Gonzalez, Pauline is currently collecting data for her Master’s thesis, examining how parental infl uences on children’’s psychological functioning are moderated by the child’’s age. Pauline also works as a graduate research assistant in Gonzalez’s Family, Anxiety, and Mood Disorders research program, where she is tasked with supervision and management of undergraduate research assistants, project management, and pursuit of independent research projects. For one such project, “Associations between maternal anxiety and youth perception of acceptance across childhood and adolescence,” Pauline was recently awarded the 2015 Western Psychological Association’s Gottfried Research Award. Further, Pauline sought, and received, research funding from CSULB’s Offi ce of Research and Sponsored Programs, providing her the opportunity to continue to work actively on research throughout the summer. In addition to her research activities, Pauline exceeds expectations in her coursework, and was honored with the Newman Scholar award by the Psychology Department at CSULB. Pauline’’s academic endeavors have also found her on the other side of the classroom, earning recognition as an enthusiastic graduate teaching assistant. Congratulations to Pauline on all of her accomplishments!

Monica Wu is a fourth-year doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at University of South Florida. Monica’’s research interests are in child-focused clinical trials in anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder, and the dissemination of evidence-based treatments for youths and their families. A highlight of Monica’’s research is serving as the only consulting clinician alongside her advisor in a research trial examining the effectiveness of the naturalistic dissemination ofcognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxious youth inEl Salvador. Monica’’s work inElSalvador is largelyin line with the goals of her diversity fellowship, refl ecting her keen desire todisseminate empirically supported treatments (ESTs) to diverse and underrepresented populations. Furthering her advocacy of dissemination of ESTs, she is enthusiastic about the possibility of extending her efforts to China. Congratulations to Monica on all of her academic achievements and a warm appreciation for her intrinsic motivation to provide services to diverse and unrepresented populations!

For the fi fth year running, the SCCAP Student Advisory Board presented the Student Advisory Board Student Achievement Award to four incredibly deserving students. All applicants submitted a cover letter, a CV, a sample of a research project, and a faculty letter of recommendation. We received applications from a very strong pool of applicants, and struggled to select just four winners. As you’’ll see, our recipients have done wonderful clinical work, mentoring, and volunteering, in addition to building truly stellar track records conducting thoughtful cutting edge research. Each award winner received a $250 prize, as well as recognition of their great work. It’’s thrilling (though also somewhat daunting!) to know that as we transition out of student-hood and into our professional careers, we can look forward to working within a fi eld of such high caliber colleagues. Congratulations to the award winners: Aubrey Carpenter, Pauline Goger, Chloe Greenbaum and Monica Wu

Aubrey CarpenterPauline Goger

STUDENT ACHIEVMENT AWARDS

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created by the SCCAP Board of Directors to honor long time member Richard (Dick) Abidin, Ed.D., ABPP. Abidin has served as the Treasurer of Division 53 since 1997. He was also the President and Member-at-Large for Division 12, Section 1. Abidin is a Professor Emeritus in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. Much of his career has been devoted to studying the relationships between parents and children. He served as Director ofthe School/Clinical Child Psychology Program, Director of the Institute of Clinical Psychology, and Director ofthe Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology before retiring in 2003. During his career he created several assessment measures that aid clinicians in determining the functionality of a parent––child relationship. Abidin is board certifi ed by the American Board of Professional Psychologists and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Association for Applied and Preventive Psychology, and theAcademy of Clinical Psychology. SCCAP is very thankful to Dr. Abidin for his guidance and service to SCCAP and is pleased to honor him by creating this award.

APPLYING FOR THE ABIDIN EARLY CAREER AWARD AND GRANT

The Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (SCCAP) is pleased to announce the creation of the fi rst annual Richard “Dick” Abidin Early Career Award and Grant. The award is intended to recognize an early career psychologist who has established a program of empirical research that has had a major impact on the fi eld’s understanding of psychopathology, prevention, assessment, treatment, or public policy relative to child and adolescent development or mental health. The grant is provided to enhance the awardee’s research program and/or to enable the awardee to initiate a new effort that extends his or her work.

The awardee shall be no more than 10 years post-doctoral degree at the time of nomination. Self-nominations will be accepted.

Application requirements:1. A 3-5 page, double-spaced research statement highlighting

the contribution and impact of the applicant’s work in the fi eld to date and the potential of the applicant’s ongoing research. Impact of work must be evidenced by documentable signifi cant changes to practice or policy or conceptualization of youth mental health/illness. Numbers of publications, grants and other awards given to the applicant will not be considered evidence of impact. The successful awardee should address the question “what about the fi eld of clinical child and adolescent mental health is improved as a result of my research to date?” and “If awarded, how will the awardee extend his or her work in a new or expanded research project?”

2. 2 letters of recommendation, one from a research colleague

Richard “Dick” Abidin, Ed.D. ABPP

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fi eld’s understanding of psychopathology, prevention, assessment, treatment, or public policy relative to child and adolescent development or mental health. The grant is provided to enhance the awardee’s research program and/or to enable the awardee to initiate a new effort that extends his or her work. The award was

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familiar with the applicant’s work and the other from an independent senior researcher in the applicant’s area of work. Letters of recommendation may be no longer than 2 single-spaced pages.

3. A recent copy of the applicant’s CV.4. A one-page budget statement of how the applicant would use

the grant funds.5. The applicant must be a member of SCCAP at the time of

application.

Documentation should be sent as one PDF document to [email protected] using the applicant’s name and the award name in the title (e.g., Bob Smith Abidin Early Career Award and Grant).

Failure to conform to any of the application requirements (over page limit, not double-spaced, not submitted as a single PDF) will result in automatic disqualifi cation of the application.

Submission Deadline: Applications are due December 1, 5:00p.m. CST and the award announcement will be made in March. No late applications will be accepted.

The awardee will receive a $20,000 grant to continue his or her research efforts. The award will be announced in the Society’s newsletter and website, the APA Monitor, and an announcement will be sent to the awardee’s university or affi liated workplace. The awardee will be expected to present a talk on his or her work at the annual convention of the APA in the year of the award. Travel expenses to attend the APA Convention will be provided by SCCAP.

Please direct any questions to Yo Jackson at [email protected]


Aparajita “Tuma” Biswas KuriyanFlorida International UniversityAdvisor: William E. Pelham Jr. The effectiveness of an online workshop on behavior management as a professional development tool for teachers

Kimberly CanteUniversity of KansasAdvisors: Michael C. Roberts and Ann Davis The role of health behaviors and food insecurity in predicting food intake in low-income children

Devin CareyLoyola University ChicagoAdvisor: Maryse RichardsProfi les of protective factors in urban African American youth exposed to community violence: a prospective study of resilience

Lindsey CollinFerkauf Graduate School of Psychology of Yeshiva UniversityAdvisor: Greta DoctoroffA pilot study examining the effect of Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT) on preschool children’s classroom self-regulation

Christine E. Cooper-VinceBoston UniversityAdvisors: Jonathan S. Comer and Donna B. PincusParasympathetic reactivity and disruptive behavior problems in young children during interactions with mothers and other adults

Lisa M. L. DanielsThe Pennsylvania State UniversityAdvisor: Pamela M. ColeUnpacking relations between children’s sustained focused attention and maternal structuring of attention focus: Contributions to children’s use of distraction

Jeincy DuarteCarlos Albizu UniversityAdvisor: Yalemni LunaEvaluating emotional, behavioral, social, academic, and health adjustment in siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Kalen Erickson-MoreoPGSP-Stanford Psy.D. ConsortiumAdvisor: Jennifer PhillipsSocial cognitive defi cits in youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder or pediatric Bipolar Disorder

Stefanie FooterAdler University Advisor: Catherine McNeillyThe relation between perceived parental support during childhood and involvement in the juvenile justice system during adolescence

Joy GabrielliUniversity of KansasAdvisor: Yo Jackson Relations among maltreatment history, substance use, and coping in youth in foster care: Examination of moderation models

Suzanne Huxel MihlonIllinois School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University, Schaumburg campus Advisor: Mudita RastogiThe relationship between economic well-being and mental health problems in suburban families in Illinois

Kimberly LevitCalifornia School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International UniversityAdvisor: Kristin SamuelsonRisk factors and recidivism: STRIVE treatment program for adolescent sex offenders

Yvette Malamud OzerCalifornia School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International UniversityAdvisor: Casey ShannonProposing and evaluating a model of multicultural pediatric neuropsychological assessment

Heather MacPhersonThe Ohio State UniversityAdvisor: Mary FristadTreatment adherence and longitudinal clinical outcomes in an effectiveness evaluation of community-based Multi-Family Psychoeducational Psychotherapy for childhood mood disorders

Stacey McCaffreyNova Southeastern UniversityAdvisor: David ReitmanMindfulness In Parenting Questionnaire (MIPG): Development and validation of a measure of mindful parenting

Joseph F. McGuireUniversity of South FloridaAdvisors: Eric A. Storch and Vicky PharesFear learning and extinction in childhood Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Monica M. NandaUniversity of Rhode IslandAdvisor: Ellen Flannery-SchroederParental psychological control and emotion dysregulation among anxious children: A transactional model

Cathy Odar StoughUniversity of KansasAdvisor: Michael C. Roberts Mealtime behaviors associated with consumption of unfamiliar foods by young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Margaret “Mia” PixleyCUNY Graduate Center, City CollegeAdvisors: Steven Tuber and Arietta SladeSinging motherhood: First time mothers’ experiences singing to their infants

Orlando V. Rodriguez Jr. Carlos Albizu UniversityAdvisor: Irene BravoModular cognitive-behavioral therapy for the treatment of persistent post-concussion symptoms in children and adolescent athletes: A program design

Anna Rudo-HuttUniversity of PennsylvaniaAdvisor: Adrian RaineBiological correlates of Conduct Disorder and callous-unemotional traits

Marilyn SampiloUniversity of KansasAdvisor: Ric Steele Enhancing interventions for pediatric obesity among young Latino children: A mixed methods study

Keneisha Sinclair-McBrideVanderbilt UniversityAdvisor: David ColeReciprocal relations between adolescent depressive symptoms and binge eating

Brent W. SmithUniversity of HoustonAdvisor: Samuel McQuillinThe association between foster parent knowledge of child sexual trauma, parental self-effi cacy, and retainment of sexually abused foster children

SCCAP DOCTORAL DEGREE RECIPIENTS

The Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology is proud to announce the names of Society student members having recently received their doctoral degree.

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ATTENTION GRADS:

Laura C. ThorntonUniversity of New OrleansAdvisor: Paul J. Frick The predictive utility of emotional defi cits and callous-unemotional traits for important antisocial outcomes in juvenile justice-involved youth

Jamie K. TravisAuburn UniversityAdvisor: Elizabeth Brestan KnightExamining the utility of the Dyadic Parent-Child Interaction Coding System, 3rd edition (DPICS-III) in the assessment of anxious parent-child interactions

Angela TunnoUniversity of KansasAdvisor: Yo Jackson Assessing foster parent factors that predict placement disruption of youth in foster care

Angela M. ZartucheThe Chicago School of Professional Psychology Advisor: Kathy MacLeayOvercoming adversity: A heuristic study of women from disadvantaged neighborhoods who went on to obtain graduate degrees

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INBALANCE publishes the names of Division 53 student members receiving their doctoral degree in its Fall issue. Faculty advisors and/or students should submit name, institution, advisor, and dissertation title to the newsletter editor, David Langer at [email protected] 2016 graduates will be published in the Fall 2016 issue. Submissions before the September 15, 2016 deadline are encouraged.

RECEIVING YOUR PH.D. OR PSY.D. IN 2016?

TThe Routh Research and Dissertation Grant provides support for student research that shows promise to add signifi cantly to the research literature in the area of clinical child and adolescent psychology. Based on the quality of the applications, up to four $2,500 grants will be awarded annually.

Eligibility: Applications will only be accepted from student members of SCCAP who are enrolled in an APA-approved program of study. The student must have a dissertation project that has been approved by their advisor and their program faculty at the time of submission of the application.

Application Requirements:1. All applications must be submitted

electronically. 2. The application will consist of:

a. a cover letter with the dissertation title, the student and dissertation advisor’s name along with all contact information, and the status of the IRB review.

b. A copy of the student’s CV.c. A brief proposal (5-page maximum,

double-spaced, references are not included in the page limit), describing the project’s purpose, procedures, and rationale for the proposed data analysis.

d. A one page budget describing how the funds will be used. The funds are unrestricted provided that they support the execution of the dissertation project.

ROUTH RESEARCH & DISSERTATION GRANT

APPLYING FOR THE ROUTH RESEARCH AND DISSERTATION GRANT

The Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (SCCAP), Division 53 of the American Psychological Association, is pleased to announce the fi rst annual Routh Research and Dissertation Grant in honor of Don Routh, Ph.D. The grants are intended to provide support for graduate students’’ research. Up to four $2,500 grants will be awarded annually. The grants are funded by editor’’s honoraria donated to SCCAP by Routh when he was the editor of the Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. Routh has had a long and successful career in clinical child and pediatric psychology since receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1967. He has been a dedicated academic psychologist having taught undergraduates, graduate students (chairing over 100 honors theses, master’’s theses, and dissertations) and clinical psychology

interns at the University of Iowa, UNC-Chapel, and the University of Miami, from which he retired as Professor Emeritus in 2002. Among his many professional accomplishments, Routh has served as President of APA Divisions 12, 33, 37, Sections 1 and 5 of Division 12, and has authored “Clinical Psychology since 1917” and co-authored or co-edited additional books as well as many refereed articles related to clinical child and pediatric psychology. He also received the Distinguished Contribution Award in 1989 from Division 12, Section 1. In his “retirement,” Dr. Routh has received both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history and has recently published on the careers of social psychologists Carolyn and Muzafer Sherif. SCCAP is very thankful to Dr. Routh for his generosity and support through the years.

Submission Deadline: The deadline for submission is March 1. Announcement of the grants will in June. The application should be emailed to [email protected] with the subject heading “Routh Research and Dissertation Grant.”

Successful applicants will be encouraged to submit a poster based on their completed dissertation to the Society for the APA annual convention. The grants will be announced in the SCCAP newsletter, listserv and website, and at APA’s annual convention.


IIt’s that time of year again! APPIC internship application due dates are fast approaching, leaving many psychology graduate students feeling overwhelmed with the process. This summer, during the 2015 annual APA convention, Divisions 53 and 54 held a joint student question and answer session featuring current interns in clinical child and pediatric psychology. During the session, graduate students had the opportunity to hear about the internship process from those who had most recently experienced it and

succeeded. Below are some tips and resources to help you navigate the internship process.

Seek Support from Multiple Sources. For many students, their direct supervisor and/or Director of Clinical Training will provide guidance during the internship process (e.g., helping applicants form a list of sites, reading over internship essay drafts, and conducting practice interviews). The Director of Clinical Training may also initiate regular formal internship meetings, which can help students set deadlines and maintain organization. In addition, we suggest forming a support team with peers in your program who are also applying, and obtaining tips from former members of your advisor’s research lab who have successfully completed the internship process.

Attend Social Events Hosted by Internship Sites. Once you have submitted your internship applications, the interview waiting game begins. In the meantime, some internship sites host social events for internship applicants at fall conferences. Attending these events is a great way to learn more about these programs from current interns and supervisors. For example, each year at the APA Convention, Divisions 53 and 54 host an event called “Internships and Postdocs On Parade,” where prospective applicants can meet representatives from many APA-accredited internship sites. You may receive notifi cation of such events from your direct supervisor or program’s Director of Clinical Training. You can also check specifi c conference programming guides for event listings.

Cut Costs Where You Can. The internship application process can take some fi nancial planning, as the costs of APPIC applications, fl ights, and hotel accommodations for interviews may accrue rather quickly. Should this be the case, staying with friends, relatives, or even acquaintances during interviews can dramatically cut costs. Do not be shy about requesting help in obtaining lodging through your network of friends. Use of social media to reach out to friends, and sharing hotel accommodations are two such strategies for decreasing costs. Some students also elect to save money on fl ights by scheduling their interviews back-to-back when possible. Additionally, signing up for a points program with a specifi c airline may help you obtain free or reduced-cost fl ights.

Know Your Self-care Needs. The internship process can be draining, and it is often the case that students are concurrently completing some aspect of their dissertation project, adding further pressure. We cannot stress enough the importance of a regular sleep schedule, proper nutrition, and scheduling time for social breaks. This is especially important during the interview process. Before the process begins, it would be helpful to consider whether or not you would benefi t from time for yourself during interviews trips (e.g., by staying in hotel accommodations alone) and between interviews (e.g., spacing interviews so that there’s time to go home in between).

Have a Plan of Action Ready in the Event of a Non-match. The thought of not matching with an accredited internship site at the end of the process is obviously extremely anxiety-provoking. In the unfortunate event that this is the case, it is important to remind yourself that you are not alone. The 2014 respective match rates for students from accredited clinical and counseling programs to accredited internship sites were 61% and 76% (Hatcher, in press). If you don’t match, be sure to meet with your supervisor and Director of Clinical Training immediately to discuss you options, as you may still be able to match with an accredited internship site during Phase II of the APPIC match process. It’s also important to form a plan of action for the coming months to address any weaknesses in your application in preparation for the next year’s internship application process.

INTRODUCTION OF NEW STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND EXPANSION OF STUDENT MENTORSHIP PROGRAM By Emily Ricketts, Ph.D., UCLA and Michelle Rozenman, Ph.D., UCLA Semel Institute

THE STUDENT VIEW

Emily Rickettts, Ph.D.SCCAP Student Representative

Michelle Rozenman, Ph.D.SCCAP Student Representative


COME JOIN US AT WWW.CLINICALCHILDPSYCHOLOGY.ORG

Visit www.clinicalchildpsychology.org for complete membership information.

Joining SCCAP awards many benefi ts, including access to:

• SCCAP WEBSITES including clinicalchildpsychology.org and effectivechildtherapy.com

• FLAGSHIP JOURNAL The Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

• MEDICUSXCHANGE HEALTHPRO providing behavioral health information

• INBALANCE NEWSLETTER published 3 times a year

• USEFUL LISTSERVS including a members-only listserv and a student only listserv

• CONVENTION ACTIVITIES including internships-on-parade, hospitality suite and social hour

• CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS sponsored by SCCAP

• TASK FORCES investigating pertinent clinical child issues

• MORE STUDENT BENEFITS such as board representation and free membership

• ADVOCACY for children’s mental health at local and national levels

TThe Apportionment Ballot is conducted annually by APA to determine the composition of the following years’ Council. Each voting member of APA receives a ballot with ten votes to distribute among eligible constituencies (divisions and state/provincial associations) according to his/her interests. As a member of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (SCCAP), you are a part of the largest organization of clinical child and adolescent psychologists in the nation. As you know, our purpose is to encourage the development and advancement

of clinical child and adolescent psychology through integration of its scientifi c and professional aspects. SCCAP promotes scientifi c inquiry, training, professional practice and public policy in clinical child and adolescent psychology as a means of improving the welfare and mental health of children, youth, and families. Our journal, the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, is a leading child assessment and treatment journal, and our newsletter, InBalance, provides timely information to our members of the Society’s activities. Our dissemination project,

www.effectivechildtherapy.com, is a leading forum for training in evidence-based mental health assessment and treatment for children and youth. We urge our members to continue our strong voice for promoting evidence based practices for children’s mental health by allocating your apportionment votes to the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

APA APPORTIONMENT BALLOTS

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Cast your votes for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

JOURNAL NEWS

The Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology continues to off er a regular series of reviews summarizing the evidence-based psycho-logical treatments that have been proven to work in reducing mental illness in youth. This series documents the current status of evidence-based practice and is used to assist with dissemination and implementation of these approaches. JCCAP is free with membership, but the articles in this series are off ered FREE ACCESS so tell your colleagues! Recent ones include:

• Attention Defi cit/Hyperactivity Disorder • Autism Spectrum Disorder• Bipolar Spectrum Disorders• Eating Disorders• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder• Overweight and Obesity• Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behavior• Substance Use

Evidence-based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, our new practitioner journal, under the editorship of Anne Marie Albano, will focus on clinical practice techniques, issues, and policies pertinent to the child and adolescent mental health services. Look for the fi rst issue next year!


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SOCIETY OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY 2015 EXECUTIVE BOARD

PresidentJohn Piacentini, Ph.D., ABPPUCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior760 Westwood Plaza, Rm. 67-455 Los Angeles, CA [email protected]

Past PresidentJoan R. Asarnow, Ph.D.UCLA Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences300 Medical Plaza, Suite 3310Los Angeles, CA [email protected]

President ElectEric Youngstrom, Ph.D.University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDepartment of PsychologyDavie Hall, Campus Box 3270Chapel Hill, NC [email protected]

Secretary (2013-2015)Jonathan Comer, Ph.D.Florida International UniversityCenter for Children and Families11200 S.W. 8th StreetMiami, FL 33199jocomer@fi u.edu

Treasurer (1999-2016)Richard Abidin, Ed.D., ABPPCurry Program in Clinical and School Psychology405 Emmet St., Ruffner HallCharlottesville, VA [email protected]

Member at Large (2010-2015)Membership and Public Interest Yo Jackson, Ph.D., ABPP University of Kansas Clinical Child Psychology Program1000 Sunnyside Ave., Room 2013Lawrence, KS [email protected]

Member at Large (2014-2016)Science and Practice Amanda Jensen-Doss, Ph.D.University of MiamiDepartment of PsychologyP.O. Box 248185Coral Gables, FL [email protected]

Member at Large (2015-2017)Education and StandardsAdam Lewin, Ph.D., ABPPRothman Center for NeuropsychiatryDepartment of Pediatrics, University of South FloridaChild Development & Rehabilitation Center at All Children’s Hospital880 6th St. South, Suite 460, Box 7523St. Petersburg, FL [email protected]

APA Council Rep. (2014-2016) Mary Fristad, Ph.D., ABPP The Ohio State UniversityDivision of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry1670 Upham Drive, Suite 460GColumbus, OH [email protected]

APA Council Rep. (2014-2015)Ali Mattu, Ph.D.Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders 3 Columbus Circle Suite 1424New York, NY 10019 [email protected]

Student Representative (2014-2015)Michelle Rozenman, Ph.D. UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior760 Westwood Plaza, Semel 67-467Los Angeles, CA [email protected]

Student Representative (2015-2016) Emily Ricketts, Ph.D.UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior760 Westwood Plaza, Suite 68-218BLos Angeles, CA [email protected]

Journal Editor (2011-2016)Mitchell J. Prinstein, Ph.D., ABPP University of North Carolina at Chapel HillDepartment of PsychologyDavie Hall, Campus Box 3270Chapel Hill, NC [email protected]

APA Convention Program ChairJennifer Hughes, Ph.D.Suicide Prevention and Resilience at Children’s (SPARC), Children’s Health System of TexasUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center1935 Medical District Drive, Mail Code B5.04Dallas, TX [email protected]

APA Convention Program Co-chairTara Peris, Ph.D.UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior760 Westwood Plaza, Suite 67-439Los Angeles, CA [email protected]

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