GSAPP Student Highlights
- October 2009
Shara Marrero(2nd year, Clinical) and David Kieval(3rd year, Clinical) presented a workshop entitled “Functional Assessment of Behavior:Evaluating Behavior in School and Home Settings”. Amy Hansford(2nd year, Clinical PhD) and Nathan Lambright(4th year, Clinical) presented a workshop entitled “Working with Challenging Behaviors:Designing Functional Intervention Strategies for Learners with Autism”. Both presentations took place at the Annual Autism New Jersey Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey on October 9th. Lara Brodzinsky has an article out now, currently available for download and out in print soon. Moderating Effects of Neurocognitive Abilities on the Relationship between Temperament and Global FunctioningDione M. Healey; Lara K. Brodzinsky; Melissa Bernstein; Beth Rabinovitz; Jeffrey M. Halperin Child Neuropsychology, 1744-4136.
September 2009Daniel Gaztambide (1st year, Clinical) recently published a review of a book in the Journal of Religion & Health. The book reviewed is "Toward Psychologies of Liberation" by Mary Watkins & Helene Shulman, 408 pp. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. The review is currently available online at SpringerLink while the print version is being prepared. - August 2009
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Lara Brodzinsky and Ashley Keiser presented a poster with Dr. Linda Reddy at the APA convention in Toronto, Ontario. The poster was titled “Discriminant Validity of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function Parent Form for Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder”
More on the APA Conference.
June 2009Meir Flancbaum, Rob Happich, and Rachel A. Merson (Tourette Syndrome Program students) will present the following posters at the National Tourette Syndrome Association Conference:
- Two-Week Intensive Behavior therapy for Tics: A Case Study
Meir Flancbaum and Lori Rockmore
- An Overview of the Tourette Syndrome Program at Rutgers University
Rachel A. Merson, B.A., Rob Happich, B.A., Lori Rockmore, Psy.D.
- May 2009
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Johanna Morrow won the Robert Weitz Award 2009. Johanna has provided services to parents and teachers of individuals with severe developmental disabilities and has worked with children, adolescents, and families involved in foster care. She
was awarded a select Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Education Preparation of Leadership Personnel Training Grant. With its support she completed a Concentration in sychological
and Systems Support for Learning. Through this fellowship, -
Jana Horowitz was awarded the Cyril Franks Award 2009. The title of Jana’s dissertation is: “Meeting the Needs of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities and Mental Retardation Who
Are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender; Are We there Yet?” Professor Franks praised it for its groundbreaking content and sound methodology.
April 2009-
Candace DeCaires-McCarthy (Clinical student) has received an APA Minority Fellowship that will provide financial support for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Februrary 2009-
Ashleigh Pierre-Morgan and Laura Heimlich (both 2nd year School students) and Chelsea Hetrick (2nd year Clinical student) presented at the National Association of School Psychologists in Boston, MA on February 24th. The presentation, entitled "Academic and Psychosocial Reintegration of the Child with Pediatric Cancer." examined the impact of pediatric cancer on children's academic and psychosocial development as related to optimal school reentry.
Rebecca Greif, has been selected for the Academy for Eating Disorders Early Career Investigator Travel Fellowship, for the International Conference on Eating Disorders, in Cancun Mexico, April 29 - may 2nd 2009. The fellowship provides a travel stipend of $1500. Rebecca will be part of a workshop taught by "internationally renowned experts" in eating disorders. The recipients of these fellowships are a small number of international graduate and postdoctoral students who met rigorous selection criteria. Funding is from NIMH.
- October 2008
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Lara K. Brodzinsky, (School Psychology Student) presented a poster at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry conference October 29th, 2008 with Jeffrey M. Halperin, Ph.D. of Queens College, City University of new York:
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Rebecca Greif, in collaboration with Dr. Terry Wilson and Dr. Carolyn Becker, has implemented an evidence-based eating disorder prevention program with the Delta Gamma sorority at Rutgers University. The program, entitled: "Reflections: The Sorority Body Project" is the first evidence-based eating disorder prevention program to be implemented on University campuses. The program centers around challenging the thin ideal and has been shown to reduce risk factors for eating disorders. To learn more about this important nation-wide effort, please click on the link below:
https://secure.pursuantgroup.net/pursuant4/deltadeltadelta/fall08/dddselect/flashstory.asp
Read the Daily Targum article: Annual Initiative Promotes Healthy Behaviors
August 2008-
Vanessa Ramirez presented the following poster at the 2008 American Psychological Association (APA) Convention, Division 7 - Developmental Psychology:
Maternal Acculturation's Relationship to Preschool Mental Health
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David Goldstein and Jennifer Foster presented posters at the 2008 American Psychological Association (APA) Convention, Division 16 - School Psychology: 
Temperament Profiles and Academic Achievement Among At-Risk Hispanic American Preschoolers
David Goldstein & Geraldine V. Oades-Sese
The Role of Early Childhood Protective Factors on Academic Achievement
Jennifer Foster & Geraldine V. Oades-Sese
- May 2008
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Tamara Latawiec (GSAPP'08) was the 2008 Robert Weitz Award winner. Tamara became well known among GSAPP students because of her inclination to wear leopard skin and very stylish glasses, her special laughter and very caring way of being with her fellow students, how smart she is and how hard working she was at GSAPP and the Psychological Clinic.
In her role as Clinic coordinator, she contributed enormously to the Clinic's well-being and to helping students navigate the Clinic's systems. During an unprecedented third year as coordinator, Tamara single handedly assembled a Clinic Handbook that contains the instructions to the entire Clinic operation, as well as a compendium of ALL social service programs in the nearby five counties and beyond. For students working in the Clinic and for coordinators running the Clinic, it has had Biblical import in guiding them on the proper paths of clinical righteousness. -
Jennifer Greenberg (GSAPP'08) was awarded the Cyril M. Franks Award. This award is presented to the student whose doctoral dissertation evidences outstanding scholarship and reflects GSAPP's standard of excellence.
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Jennifer Foster presented the following poster at the 2008 Association for Psychological Science (APS) Convention:
Bilingual Proficiency Leads to Social Competence and Positive Academic Outcomes.
Jennifer Foster & Geraldine V. Oades-Sese
- April 2008
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Vanessa Ramirez has been awarded an APA Minority Fellowship.
Ayelet Kattan, 2nd Year Clinical Student, co-authored the following publication:
Bertisch, H.C., Fava, J., Kattan, A., & Delisis, L.E. (2008). Preliminary neuropsychological findings in individuals at high genetic risk for schizophrenia. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2(1) 45- 49.
- February 2008
- Gina Marie Restivo, a 3rd year School Psychology student, presented two papers at
the National Association of School Psychologists convention in New Orleans on Feb. 6-8, 2008.
Gina’s papers were entitled:
1.) “Self-Monitoring Strategies and Outcomes for Adolescents with Autism”
2.) “Behavioral Parent Training for School Refusal Behavior in Developmental Disabilities”anessa Ramirez has been awarded an APA Minority Fellowship.