CPS Students Present at NASP

More than 20 Center for Psychological Studies doctoral and specialist students presented at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) annual convention that took place recently in San Francisco, California.

CPS Well Represented at FASP

More than 20 Center for Psychological Studies doctoral and specialist students gave presentations at the recent Florida Association of School Psychologists Annual (FASP) convention. The students’ work represented more than two-thirds of the convention’s presentations and posters.

CPS Student Receives Women in Leadership Award

Jessica Mackelprang, M.S., a fifth year clinical psychology student, has been awarded a 2010 Women in Leadership Edith Kaplan Scholarship by the National Academy of Neuropsychology. One of four recipients, Ms. Mackelprang is currently completing a pre-doctoral internship at the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

CPS Student Volunteers in Russian Hospital

Kristie Brandt, M.S., a second year doctoral student at the Center for Psychological Studies, recently traveled to Yaroslavl, Russia for three weeks where she worked as a volunteer in mental health hospitals for women and children, interacting with the patients making crafts and listening to their stories.

CPS Students Assist with Children’s Service Fund Auction

Twenty Center for Psychological Studies students, representing the center’s school psychology and clinical psychology programs, facilitated the success of the Children’s Services Fund, Inc. auction which raised over $8,000 to assist needy children and their families throughout the state. The students also collected school supplies across the NSU campus and at the Student Education Centers for Coconut Palm K-8 Academy in Miami-Dade, Florida. The Children’s Services Fund, Inc. is the sister organization of the Florida Association of School Psychologists.

CPS Student Receives Women in Leadership Award

Jessica Mackelprang, M.S., a fifth year clinical psychology student, has been awarded a 2010 Women in Leadership Edith Kaplan Scholarship by the National Academy of Neuropsychology. One of four recipients, Ms. Mackelprang is currently completing a pre-doctoral internship at the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

CPS Student Authors Chapter

Center for Psychological Studies doctoral student Ginger V. Armas authored a chapter, Cultural competence in the trauma treatment of Thai survivors of human trafficking: The relevance of Buddhist mindfulness practices and healing rituals to transform shame and guilt of sexual slavery for Mass trauma and emotional healing around the world: Rituals and practices for resilience, edited by A. Kalayjian and D. Eugene Greenwood Publishing, Santa Barbara, CA.