SPP History

In February of 2008, the SPP Executive Committee approved the establishment of the position of SPP Historian and a History Committee. The initial committee (listed below) consists of a cross-section of generational representatives in the history of SPP. The History Committee will guide the collection and archived accessibility of historical material for researchers and students.

As one of the charges to the History Committee, the History Pages will provide information on the founding, development, and activities over time for the Society, and will provide resources on the vibrant field of pediatric psychology. These pages will eventually present historical milestones, articles on SPP and pediatric psychology history, photographs and artifacts from different eras, conference programs, white papers, task force reports, and other publications of SPP.

The History Pages are a work in progress. As part of their initial development, we invited anybody with photographs and other materials to submit materials for inclusion here, especially photos and documents from the early years of SPP. This invitation is still open. We look forward to hearing from you.

SPP Co-Historians: Anne Kazak, PhD, and Michael Roberts, PhD

Current History Committee

Anne Kazak, Co-Chair
Michael Roberts, Co-Chair
Brandon Aylward
Ronald Brown
Kimberly Canter
Jennifer Lee
Laura Mee
Diane Willis

Initial History Committee:

Ronald Brown
Gerald Koocher
Anne Kazak
William A. Rae
Lawrence J. Siegel
Annette La Greca
Gary Mesibov
Brian Stabler
Gene Walker
Sue White
Donald Routh
Carolyn Schroeder
Diane Willis
Dennis Drotar

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Articles on SPP History

The history committee plans to continue digging into and writing about SPP's past. You'll find more articles in this section over time! For now, check out this one by co-historians Anne Kazak and Michael Roberts, written last summer and published here for SPPAC 2023:

August 2022: Advocacy and public policy in the Society of Pediatric Psychology, by Anne Kazak and Michael Roberts

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Recollections

In 1989, as part of the celebration of “Coming of Age” for the Society of Pediatric Psychology when the organization turned 21 years old, Phyllis Magrab (SPP Historian) collected these Recollections (PDF, 21MB) from the then Past-Presidents of the Society (and the photographs were presumably from the year in which the President served his or her term).

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Bryan Carter, Ph.D., discusses the origins and evolution of his career as an academic children’s medical center pediatric psychologist focusing on the “lessons learned along the way,” including survival skills in the challenging medical center environment. He is currently an Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics with the University of Louisville School of Medicine, a co-founder of the Division 54 Consultation-Liaison Special Interest Group, recipient the SPP Carolyn S. Schroeder Award for Outstanding Clinical Practice (2014) and the SPP Wright Ross Salk Award for Distinguished Service (2023).

Bryan Carter: Coping w/ Chronic Pediatric Illness (2022)

Bryan Carter, Ph.D., in an invited Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds at Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Hospital for Children, describes the challenges of and lessons learned in the course of a career focusing on working with children, adolescents and their families coping with the demands of chronic illness. He is currently an Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics with the University of Louisville School of Medicine, co-editor with Dr. Kris Kullgren of the Clinical Handbook of Psychological Consultation in Pediatric Medical Settings (Springer), and senior author of the Children’s Health and Illness Recovery Program (CHIRP) Teen and Parent Workbook and CHIRP Clinician Guide (Treatments That Work Series, Oxford University Press).

Reflections on the 10 Years of CL SIG (2021)

Dr. Powers Interview (2012)

Dr. Schroeder Interview (2013)

Dr. Modi Interview (2012)

Dr. Drotar (2012)

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