Episode 48 – APA Division 16 Early Career Professionals Workgroup

Episode 48

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Division 16 Early Career Professional Workgroup

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Early Career Professionals (ECPs), individuals within ten years of the receipt of their degree, are a unique group with particular needs within the field of psychology. In line with Division’s 16 continued interests in meeting the needs of their members, the Early Career Workgroup was established to better address the needs of ECPs in the field of School Psychology. Since it’s inception, members of Division 16’s ECP Workgroup have worked to increase ECP-focused programming and engage ECPs within School Psychology, including practitioners and academicians, within the Division. In 2014, the Workgroup was recognized as the Runner-up for Early Career engagement across APA’s divisions.

Julie A. Grossman has worked as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist in Prince George’s County Public Schools, Maryland since July, 2014. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester and her Master of Arts and Doctorate of Philosophy in School Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has authored three publications and presented over twenty posters and workshops at different local, national, and international conferences and meetings. Her professional and research interests include home-school partnerships, parent involvement and engagement, and school-based mental health. Julie also is involved, including leadership roles, in several local, state, and national-level school psychology related organizations, such as the American Psychological Association, Division 16- Early Career Professional Workgroup, National Association for School Psychologists, Maryland School Psychology Association, and the Prince George’s County School Psychologists’ Association.

Jacquie Brown, PhD, NCSP, is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Montana who teaches specialist and doctoral students in school psychology. She completed her specialist degree in School Psychology at the University of British Columbia and did her internship at both an elementary school and at the Provincial Outreach Program for Autism and Related Disorders (POPARD) in British Columbia. She then completed her doctoral degree in Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology, with an emphasis in School Psychology, at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and did her doctoral internship at Boys Town Center for Behavioral Health in Omaha. Her interests include school-based crisis prevention and intervention, focusing specifically on building resilience in school-aged children and providing effective support to grieving students. She is the Chair of the Division 16 Early Career Professional Workgroup and is dedicated to ECPs and the profession of school psychology.

Dr. Devadrita (Tanya) Talapatra is an Assistant Professor in the Child, Family, and School Psychology Program within the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver. She received her B.S. from Emory University in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology and a Doctorate in School Psychology from Georgia State University. Tanya’s research interests focus on enhancing outcomes for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) through promotion of inclusion in post-secondary settings and development of adaptive interventions to improve post-school transition and self-determination. She is also committed to the training of school psychologists to increase their engagement with students with IDD. When she is not at school, Tanya enjoys exploring with her dog, reading a good book, and finding delicious food!

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