Predoctoral Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship In Psychology

Faculty

Psychology trainees at the Child Study Center enjoy the opportunity to work with faculty from all disciplines. The Center has a highly stable group of senior faculty. Chief Psychologist Laurie Cardona, Michele Goyette-Ewing, Director of Training, and Ami Klin, Director of Autism have all served on the faculty for more than 15 years. Each of these individuals is involved in training.

The psychology training program is coordinated by a group of more than ten core faculty. In addition, more than twenty other psychologists provide supervision, lectures, consultation or other training opportunities for interns and fellows. Core and associated faculty are listed below.

Core Psychology Faculty

Laurie Cardona, Chief of Psychology, Child Study Center and Children's Psychiatric Inpatient Service; Coordinator, Pediatric Psychology, Yale New Haven Hospital. Psy.D. Rutgers University, 1986. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: psychological assessment; group therapy, pediatric psychology.

Michele Goyette-Ewing, Director of Psychology Training, Child Study Center, Ph.D., Yale University, 1992. Major areas of interest: parenting, autism, child development and social policy; psychological assessment.

Ami Klin, Harris Professor, Child Study Center. Ph.D., University of London, 1988. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: autism; early childhood development.

Maysa Akbar, Associate Research Scientist, Child Study Center, Ph.D., Saint Louis University, 2003. Primary Training Site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Pediatric psychology, Cultural diversity, Developmental evaluations, diagnostic clarification, and treatment of children 0-5.

Katarzyna (Kasia) Chawarska, Assistant Professor. Ph.D., Yale University. 2000. Primary Training Site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: developmental disabilities and early childhood development.

Nancy Close, Assistant Professor, Child Study Center. Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College, 1983. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Early childhood development; daycare and preschool education.

Diane Findley, Associate Research Scientist, Child Study Center. Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1992. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Behavioral treatments for anxiety disorders, Tourette Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; school consultation; functional behavior assessment.

Walter Gilliam, Assistant Professor, Child Study Center. Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1996. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Early childhood development and assessment; Preschool mental health consultation; Preschool and early intervention effectiveness research; child social policy.

Steven Marans, Harris Professor of Psychoanalysis, Child Study Center. Ph.D., University of London, 1993. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Child and adult psychoanalysis; violence, aggression and trauma; collaborative work between mental health and police professionals.

Cecilia Rowland, Associate Research Scientist, Child Study Center. Ed.D., Rutgers University, 1996. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: home-based therapy; low income minority families; parenting; child and family intervention.

Celine Saulnier, Associate Research Scientist, Child Study Center. Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2002. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Assessment and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders, adaptive skill deficits in autism spectrum disorders, particularly in higher functioning individuals on the spectrum.

Sherin Stahl, Associate Research Scientist, Child Study Center. Ph.D., University of South Florida, 2002. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Psychological Assessment, pediatric psychology, adherence to treatment recommendations, early childhood, preschool mental health, autism, cognitive and behavioral effects of lead poisoning, group psychotherapy.

Cecilia Singh, IICARS Program Coordinator, IICAPS Services, Child Study Center; In-Home Services, Yale University School of Medicine, Ph.D., Northeastern University, 2006. Major areas of interest: cultural considerations in treatment; impact of trauma on development.

Carla Smith Stover, Assistant Professor, Child Study Center. Ph.D., 2002. Alliant International University-San Francisco Bay Campus. Primary training sites: UCSF Child Trauma Research Project and Yale Child Study Center. Major areas of interest:Intervention development and evaluation for children/families impacted by violence, treatment for fathers who perpetrate domestic violence, parent-child psychotherapy.

Pamela Ventola, Associate Research Scientist, Child Study Center. Ph.D. University of Connecticut, 2007. Major areas of interest: autism, developmental disabilities, neuropsychology.

Lawrence Vitulano, Associate Clinical Professor, Child Study Center. Ph.D., Catholic University, 1977. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Cognitive behavioral therapy; anxiety disorders; dissemination of evidence based treatments; professional ethics.

Associate Psychology Faculty

Jean Adnopoz, Clinical Professor, Child Study Center. MPH, Yale University, 1981. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Family support; low income minority families; mental health; child and family intervention.

Leslie Bogen, Assistant Clinical Professor, Child Study Center. J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 1981. Ph.D., St. John's University, 1998. Professional interests: forensic matters related to children and adolescents; treatment of childhood and adolescent trauma; effect of divorce on children and families; autism spectrum disorders; early childhood

Karen Carlson, Lecturer, Child Study Center. Ph.D., University of South Florida, 1990. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Pediatric Psychology; chronic illness; psychological assessment; hole in the wall camp.

Robert Casey, Assistant Clinical Professor, Child Study Center, Ph.D., Georgia State University. 1997. Primary training site: Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale Child Study Center. Major area of interest: Pediatric Oncology.

Phyllis Cohen, Associate Clinical Professor, Child Study Center. Ed.D., Boston University, 1969. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Early childhood development; psychodynamic child psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.

John Collins, Assistant Clinical Professor, Child Study Center. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1983. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Adolescent development; crisis intervention; family therapy; psychoanalytic theory.

Dawn Flanagan, Assistant Clinical Professor, Child Study Center, Professor of Psychology St. John’s University. Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1992. Primary Training Site: St. John’s University. Major areas of interest: intellectual assessment, CHC cross-battery approach, psychoeducational assessment, learning disabilities.

Robert Franks, Assistant Clinical Professor, Child Study Center. Ph.D., Boston College, 1999. Primary Training Site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Director, Connecticut Center for Effective Practice. Interests include: developmental issues of children and adolescents, children exposed to violence and trauma, research, evaluation, and implementation of evidence-based practices for children and adolescents, child policy at State and Federal levels, raising public awareness of child mental health issues.

Rosalie Greenbaum, Assistant Clinical Professor, Child Study Center. Ph.D., Yeshiva University, 1981. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Early childhood development; developmental assessment; psychoanalysis.

Saylor Heidmann, Lecturer, Child Study Center. M.S., 1967. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Educational assessment and intervention.

Howard Kahn, Assistant Clinical Professor, Child Study Center. Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1970. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Family systems; child psychotherapy.

Alan S. Kaufman, Clinical Professor, Child Study Center. Ph.D., Columbia University, 1970. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Psychological test development; assessment of intellectual and academic functioning.

Nadeen Kaufman, Lecturer, Child Study Center. Ed.D., Columbia University, 1978. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Psychological test development; clinical and educational implications of psycho-educational testing.

Thomas McMahon, Associate Professor, Child Study Center. Ph.D., New York University, 1994. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Psychological assessment; child and family mental health.

James McPartland, Assistant Professor, Child Study Center; Associate Director, Developmental Electrophysiology Laboratory; Ph.D. niversity of Washington, 2005. Major areas of interest: Autism spectrum disorders, developmental cognitive neuroscience, electrophysiology.

Robert McWilliam, Assistant Clinical Professor, Child Study Center, MD, University of Vermont, 1977. Primary Training Site: Yale University: Major areas of interest: General child and adolescent psychiatry, autism spectrum disorders, depression, and anxiety.

Nancy Moss, Assistant Clinical Professor, Child Study Center. Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1986. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Pediatric psychology; group psychotherapy; psychological assessment.

Gary Racusin, Assistant Clinical Professor. Child Study Center. Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1984. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Psychological assessment; group psychotherapy; family therapy, pediatric psychology.

Mark Schaefer, Assistant Clinical Professor, Child Study Center, Ph.D., University of Vermont, 1993. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Clinical Service Evaluation, Service System Research and Development, managed care, personality assessment, psychoanalysis.

Adrienne Smaller, Assistant Clinical Professor, Child Study Center. Ph.D., New York University, 1989. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Psychological assessment ; Pervasive Developmental Disorders.

Sara Sparrow, Professor Emerita, Senior Research Scientist, Child Study Center; . Ph.D., University of Florida, 1968. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Adaptive behavior; psychological and neuropsychological assessment; learning disorders.

Jacob Tebes, Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and Child Study Center. Ph.D., SUNY-Buffalo, 1984. Primary training site: Department of Psychiatry. Major areas of interest: Resilience; cognitive transformation of trauma; prevention research and child and family intervention.

Armin Thies ABPP, Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology, Child Study Center. Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, 1974. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Neuropsychological assessment and school consultation.

Sherrill Werblood, Assistant Clinical Professor. Director, Yale Child Study Center School. Ph.D., New York University,1977. Primary training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: Clinical treatment and evaluation of children and adolescents and their parents; school consultation; gifted and learning disabled children.

Lynne Zimmerman, Assistant Clinical Professor. Ph.D., University of Washington, 1981. Primary Training site: Child Study Center. Major areas of interest: psychological assessment; special education of seriously disturbed children.