Clinical Child Psychology Program

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The KU Clinical Child Psychology Program received the 2009 Richard Suinn Minority Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association for its success in recruiting, retaining and graduating a diverse graduate student group.  The award was given at the APA convention in Toronto, August 2009.

 

Final Program for the Kansas Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 2008, October 16-18, 2008, Lawrence, KS

In July, 2008, the Commission on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association* granted the KU Clinical Child Psychology Program seven (7) years accreditation.

Sangeeta Parikshak was awarded the Michael Sullivan Diversity Scholarship Award from the American Psychological Association for her dissertation research project: Community organizations and academic achievement: Motivation for academic success in low-income African American youth. Dr. Yo Jackson is her dissertation advisor. The award was announced at the APA State Leadership Conference in March, 2009.

Sara Gould and Sarah Beals of the Clinical Child Psychology Program received the “Excellence in Research Poster of the Year Award” from the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice of the American Psychological Association at the 2008 annual convention in Boston. With advisor Michael C. Roberts, Ph.D., their poster was entitled “State Mental Health Plans: Components and Comprehensiveness.”

Timothy D. Nelson, of the Clinical Child Psychology Program, received the 2008 Dissertation Award from the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice (Division 37 of the American Psychological Association) for his dissertation: “Practitioner Perspectives on Evidence-Based Practice: Toward a Model for Designing, Evaluating, and Disseminating Treatments with Research Support” at the annual convention in Boston. Ric Steele, Ph.D. was Dr. Nelson’s advisor at KU.

Michael C. Roberts, Ph.D., Professor and Director of the Clinical Child Psychology Program, was presented the 2008 Martin P. Levin Mentorship Award for outstanding service in guiding and supporting students by the Society of Pediatric Psychology, of the American Psychological Association at the annual convention in Boston.

Click here (pdf) to see the award letters

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In recognition of more than thirty years of energetic and visionary service to the field of clinical child psychology and to the profession of psychology, especially through his leadership within the American Psychological Association. Dr. Michael C. Robert's sustained involvement in and contribution to research and practice concerning the physical and mental health and well-being of children has ranged broadly, including such areas as children's and parent's perceptions of pediatric and psychological conditions and treatments, prevention of injuries and health promotion in children, and the role of positive psychology in children's development. He has helped to shape the field through his unflagging commitment to psychotherapeutic outcomes research and program evaluation, his many and widely consulted publications, his highly respected editorship of the premier journals in the field, including his current editorship of Professional Psychology, and his work on innovative and intensive mental health school programs for seriously emotionally disturbed children. It is in recognition of these extraordinary endeavors that the American Psychological Association presents Dr. Michael C. Roberts with this Presidential Citation.

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CCPP Doctoral Hooding May 2007
Stephen Lassen, Sunnye Mayes, Richard Boles, Michael Roberts

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2005 Doctoral Hooding
Ric Steele, Eve Herrera, Craig Johnston, Dan Krall, Christy Kleinsorge, Yo Jackson, Michael Roberts

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Doctoral Hooding 2003
Michael Roberts, Mark Bowers, Eric Vernberg, Meredith Dreyer, Rebecca Johnson, Mara Richards, Bridget Biggs, Todd Little, Ed Dill, Ric Steele
Master's hooding ceremony, May 2009

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Master's hooding ceremony, May 2008

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CCPP Master's Hooding May 2007

* For further information, the APA Committee on Accreditation can be contacted in writing at American Psychological Association, Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation, 750 First Street, NE, Washington DC 20002-4242, by telephone at (202) 336-5979, by fax at (202) 336-5978, by TDD/TTY at (202) 336-6123, email:apaaccred@apa.org , or you can visit the APA website at www.apa.org.