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DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN APPLIED DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Practica Completed by ADP Students

University of Maryland's NICU and Follow-Up Clinic

  • Conducting assessments of infants and toddlers and planning interventions


Baltimore City Public Schools

  • Conducting assessments of children for learning and behavioral difficulties
  • Managing compliance with Individual Educational Programs in a class of middle school students identified as having emotional/behavioral difficulties
  • Conducting an anger management program with middle school girls

Baltimore City and Baltimore County Head Start

  • Planning/implementing workshops and programs for teachers and administrators
  • Implementing Second Step, a program designed to foster children's social-emotional development


Baltimore County Public Schools

  • Conducting workshops on the development of math competencies for teachers


NICHD

  • Helping coordinate a conference and produce a published proceedings on literacy development in bilingual children


Anne Arundel County Public Schools

  • Participating in the Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) program to help middle and high school students prepare for college


American Psychological Association

  • Exploring policy implications of health issues


CHOICE Program

  • Working with at-risk high school students


Advocates for Children and Youth

  • Assisting in the development, implementation and evaluation of policies pertinent to children's wellbeing

 

Child Trents, Urban Institute

  • Working at local think tanks


Mayor's Office of Community and Human Development

  • Documenting community intervention programs available to children at-risk for difficulties in school

 

Maryland Office of New Americans (MONA)

  • Reviewing availability of mental health services for refugees

Kennedy Krieger Institute

  • Assessing adolescents' literacy skills as part of a project designed to improve these adolescents' literacy competencies