SPPAC 2019 CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

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A huge thank you to our wonderful SPPAC chair, Amy Holley, Ph.D., and co-chair, Jessica Fales, Ph.D. SPPAC 2019 in New Orleans was a great success, including the 50th Anniversary…

Integrated Primary Care SIG

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By Andrew Riley, Ph.D., and Allison Grennan, Ph.D., Incoming Co-Chairs There are exciting things happening in the IPC space! First, a great thanks to Drs. Cheyenne Hughes-Reid and Rachel Tunick…

ON THE STUDENT FRONT

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By Christina Sharkey, M.S. A well-known problem in our field is the 17-year gap between research and implementation. Although the ultimate goal is to bring the knowledge facilitated by cutting-edge…

SPPAC 2019 Conference Highlights

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Risk and Resilience in Pediatric Psychology: Processes, Mechanisms, and Interventions By Amy Holley, Ph.D., Conference Chair and Jessica Fales, Ph.D., Conference Co-chair We invite you to attend the 2019 Society…

Announcements

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International Collaboration Award Screening for Psychosocial Risk Across Cultures: Risk Profiles Among American and Dutch Families of a Child with Cancer Dr. Martha Grootenhuis and I are grateful to have…

On the Student Front

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Finding Your Voice in Pediatric Psychology By: Perry A. Catlin, MS “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin…

VOTE FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Please vote by submitting the ballot APA mailed to you for the following Division 54 2019 slate of candidates: President-Elect, Treasurer, and APA Council Representative. Ballots are generally sent around…

SPP AWARDS OF DISTINCTION

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Carolyn S. Schroeder Award for Outstanding Clinical Practice The Carolyn Schroeder Clinical Practice Award was given to Anna Egan, Ph.D., ABPP. This award recognizes excellence, innovation and leadership in the…

SPP Celebrates 50 Years

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This year at SPPAC we will mark an important year for the Society of Pediatric Psychology – 50 years since we began in 1969! There will be a number of…

Development of the Sleep SIG

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by Dawn Dore-Sites, Ph.D., and Lauren Daniel, Ph.D. Kelli Harford (Emory) initiated interest in the SIG and quickly recruited several SPP members including Dawn Dore-Stites (Michigan Medicine) as co-chair and…

A Proposed Best-Practice Model for Children Who Struggle in School

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By Carl U. Weitman Ph.D., Arthur Lavin, M.D., and Diane E. Lavin, M.S.Ed. Submitted for consideration to the SPP Newsletter, Jan. 3, 2019 Every year, millions of children in this…

Winners of Targeted Research Grants and Student Grants

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2019 Targeted Research Grant Recipients The Society of Pediatric Psychology’s Targeted Research Grant Committee will fund two grant submissions: Claire Coyne, Ph.D., and Matthew Hocking, Ph.D. These proposals exemplify the…

Discover What’s New with Your Professional Journals

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CPPP Update: Ringing in a New Year By Editor Jennifer VerrillSchurman, Ph.D. General Call for Papers As a new year begins, I want to encourage you to consider submitting a…