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Collaborative & Proactive Solutions: 

Two-Day Virtual Training with Dr. Ross Greene

October 12-13, 2023

Day 1:  Introduction to CPS (Thursday, October 12)

Day 2:  Advanced CPS (Friday, October 13)

Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS) is the evidence-based model Dr. Ross Greene describes in his influential books The Explosive Child, Lost at School, Lost & Found, and Raising Human Beings.

The CPS model has transformed

The VT Autism Clinic & Center for Autism Research was delighted to offer tours of the Mobile Autism Clinic at the recent VT Alumni Weekend.  Victoria Izaac, Danielle Martino and Jen Scott gave tours and shared information with over 30 curious alumni. It was a successful event full of meaningful conversations and VT pride!

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Three psychology faculty members were selected for the Dean's Discovery Fund awards. The Lay Nam Chang Dean’s Discovery fund provides awards to support and enable exciting directions in research. The College of Science is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Dean’s Discovery Fund awards:

• Developing and Piloting a Parenting Mobile App to Reduce Treatment-time for Families in Rural Appalachia

PI: Angela Scarpa

Dr. Lee Cooper has been selected by the Board of Professional Affairs (BPA) and the Committee on Professional Practice and Standards (COPPS) to the Working Group for the American Psychological Association (APA) Practice Guidelines for Measurement-Based Care (MBC). The working group will be tasked with drafting a proposed professional practice guideline for MBC. Professional practice guidelines are intended to provide

Congratulations to Hayoung Ko for receiving approval for funding ($20,000) from the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute-Center for Health Behaviors Research (FBRI-CHBR) Pilot and Feasibility (P+F) Program. Her proposal entitled “Measurement Based Care for Depressive and Anxiety Disorders: An Evaluation of Effectiveness and Mechanisms of Change” will be in collaboration with Carilion Clinic’s Department of Psychiatry and

During the May 2023 commencement ceremony for the department of psychology, five undergraduate students were the recipients of graduation awards. The recipients and the specific award given, along with their associated faculty advisors, are listed below. Congratulations to all! 

Outstanding Senior Award, And Research Excellence Award
Loralee Hoffer, worked with Dr. E. Scott Geller of the CABS Lab

Research Excellence Awards
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Congratulations to Danielle Martino, Clinical Science doctoral student and PANDA Lab student clinician, who has been selected to receive the 2023-2024 Hulick Serving Spirit Award!!  This award supports 2 years of professional and academic training for a graduate student in the disabilities field seeking to pursue a service or research career that will positively impact special needs populations and their families

Congrats to CAP Lab undergrad research assistants Trisha Ravigopal and Poojaa Kalathur who recently won awards at the Dennis Dean Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Symposium. Trisha received the “Karen Roberto Award for Social Science Research”. Trisha was mentored by graduate student Mohamed Zerrouk. Poojaa Kalathur received 2nd place in the “ICTAS Adaptive Brain and Behavior” research category. Poojaa was

Ivan Hernandez and Ph.D. alum Weiwen Nie, along with Joseph Meyer, won the Society for Industrial and Organizational Society (SIOP) Machine Learning (ML) competition.  The goal of the competition was to use natural language processing to predict evaluator scores of text-based responses from job candidates.  28 teams across the US and internationally competed in the challenge. Congratulations Ivan!

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