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Congrats 2011 Graduates!
 
2011 Graduates

2011 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
Michael Gomez, Brandon Aylward, Sara Gould, Rochelle James, J-P Legerski

 
2011 Graduates

2011 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
(L-R): Andrea Greenhoot, J-P Legerski, Michael Roberts, Rochelle James, Dale Walker, Sara Gould, Brandon Aylward, John Colombo, Michael Gomez

 
2011 Graduates

2011 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
(L-R): J-P Legerski, Rochelle James, Sara Gould, Michael Roberts, Brandon Aylward, Michael Gomez

 
2011 Graduates

2011 Master's Degree Hooding Ceremony
(L-R): Allison Elledge, Sarah Beals-Erickson, Ed Morris

 
2011 Graduates

2011 Master's Degree Hooding Ceremony
(L-R): Ric Steele, Allison Elledge, Sarah Beals-Erickson, Michael Roberts, Ed Morris, Eric Vernberg


The Clinical Child Psychology Program at the University of Kansas was well represented at the National Conference in Pediatric Psychology in San Antonio April 14-16, 2011

Ric Steele and Michael Roberts co-chaired the conference that was sponsored by the Society of Pediatric Psychology. CCPP Students helped with all aspects of conference organization, including handling audio-visual and  continuing education. Several students presented posters at the conference; CCPP students also were recognized through awards given by SPP:

2011 Society of Pediatric Psychology Student Travel Awards

*Chad Jensen, University of Kansas

*Yelena Wu, University of Kansas

Outstanding Poster Award for Diversity

Marilyn Sampilo won the Outstanding Poster Award for attention to issues of diversity from the Society of Pediatric Psychology for her first authored poster entitled "Acculturation Among Mexican-American Participants in a Family-Based Obesity Intervention Program" with co-authors:  Marilyn L. Sampilo, Ann M. Davis, Yasuko Landrum, Marina Daldalian, & Kelsey Dean.

NCPP Conference Picture

2010 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
CCPP student Emily Kessler explains her research project to Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little

 

2010 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
2010 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
Timothy Nelson (2009), Jennifer Mize Nelson, Kerri Kim, Heather Hunter, John Powell III

Master's Hooding Ceremony 2010
2010 Master's Hooding Ceremony
Jason Van Allen, Ric Steele, Ph.D., Marilyn Sampilo

2010 Graduates Cake


The CCPP is pleased to announce that two students received high honors at the Spring 2010 Society of Behavioral Medicine Conference in Seattle:

Chad Jensen was awarded the "Meritorious Student Paper" citation and the SBM Student Special Interest Group Research Award (an abstract appears in Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Volume 39, 2010 Supplement, s215) for his paper: Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing Interventions for Pediatric Health Behavior Change: A Meta-analytic Review.

Christopher Cushing was awarded "Meritorious Student Poster" citation for his poster: Initial Development and Testing of an Electronic Assessment Tool for Pediatric Pain. An abstract appears in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Volume 39, 2010 Supplement).

John Paul Legerski (and Sarah Bunnell in Developmental) have been selected for the 2010 Graduate Student Ethics Prize from APA for their paper The Risks, Benefits, and Ethics of Trauma-focused Research Participation. This award is chosen by APA Ethics Committee. They will present their paper at the APA 2010 Annual Convention in San Diego and the article will be published in the journal Ethics and Behavior.

Suinn award trophyThe KU Clinical Child Psychology Program received the 2009 Richard Suinn Minority Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association for itssuccess 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.

Cake with Jayhawk and text saying 'KU CCPP, 7 Years Accreditation'
First of the Year Party August 23, 2008 and celebrating award of 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.

The Clinical Child Psychology Program at the University of Kansas has recently been recognized through two national awards:

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2006 Award for Distinguished Contributions for the Education and Training of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Psychologists from the American Psychological Assocation

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2005 Outstanding Training Program in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology from the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Division 53 of the American Psychological Association

Click here (pdf) to see the award letters


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First Graduates of the KU CCPP: Kelly Champion, Rodney McNeal, DCT Michael Roberts, Sarah Trane, Lisa Buckloh at the Kansas Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology October 2008

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Michael Roberts receiving Presidential Citation from Alan Kazdin, President of the American Psychological Association, March 2008

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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APA Education Advocacy Distinguished Service Award
James Bray (APA President-elect), Michael C. Roberts (awardee), Gilbert Newman (Chair, APA Board of Educational Affairs)
Presented at the Education Leadership Conference, September 2008

Doctoral hooding 2009
2009 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
Peter K. Stewart, Ph.D., Lana O. Beasley, Ph.D., Kimberlee Roy, Ph.D., Danielle Rosnov, Ph.D., Michael C. Roberts (program director), Montserrat M. Graves, Ph.D.
Doctoral hooding 2009

Congratulations 2009 graduates cake
2008 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
Joanna Mashunkashey Shadlow, Michael Steele, Ngan Vuong

Commencement 2008
2008 Commencement
Michael Roberts, Joanna Mashunkashey Shadlow, Michael Steele
Ric Steele, Ngan Vuong, Yo Jackson, Kathy Thiemann

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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


Doctoral hooding 2003

Doctoral Hooding 2003
Michael Roberts, Mark Bowers, Eric Vernberg, Meredith Dreyer, Rebecca Johnson, Mara Richards, Bridget Biggs, Todd Little, Ed Dill, Ric Steele

May 09 masters hooding ceremony

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.