Teachers Have an Important Role to Play in Children’s Mental Health
A blog post by Jennifer Greif Green A few weeks ago, one of my kids told me she had a sore throat. “Oh no, here we go,” I thought, since… Read more
Tag: Mental Health
The Importance of Secondary Data and How It Has Impacted My Research
A blog post by Hayoung Kim There have been many times during my PhD program in Applied Human Development where I have been truly invigorated and inspired by the work… Read more
BU Wheelock Special Education Program Partners with UC Santa Barbara to Prepare Doctoral Students
BU Wheelock’s Special Education faculty, in collaboration with the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), have been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish a new… Read more
CEED’s Keshia Harris Co-Founds Summer Boxing League for Teen Girls
Dr. Keshia L. Harris, a research scientist at BU Wheelock’s Center on the Ecology of Early Development, has co-founded a summer boxing program in Chicago for teen girls, with a… Read more
Seven Ways to Self Care
As someone who likes to keep busy, I have looked forward to student teaching since freshman year: to the crazy, amazing schedule of spending every day with tiny humans. To… Read more
Dr. Melissa Holt & Doctoral Student Katie Parodi to Present at Dane County Youth Assessment Summit
Dr. Melissa Holt, associate professor in BU Wheelock’s Counseling program, and Katie Parodi, a doctoral student earning her PhD in Counseling Psychology at BU Wheelock, will present at the upcoming Dane County… Read more
New Article in Contemporary School Psychology Continues Javier Guzmán’s Legacy at Boston University
Contemporary School Psychology has recently published an article by first author Javier Guzmán, who pursued doctoral study at Boston University School of Education and BU Wheelock before his passing in… Read more
Dr. Michelle Porche Part of BU Research Team Awarded with Grant to Study Child Anxiety Treatments
With more attention and subsequent resources being put toward analyzing and understanding the root causes of anxiety-based disorders, especially those that impact children, one study looks to test a form of… Read more
NCAA Announces $100k in Grants for Five Research Groups
The NCAA announced it’ll be awarding $100,000 in designated funds to five research teams across the US through the organization’s Innovations in Research and Practice Grant Program. In its fifth… Read more
Drs. Amie Grills, Melissa Holt Receive Outstanding Academic Title Award for Book on Student Mental Health
Drs. Amie Grills and Melissa Holt were recently informed the book they co-edited and contributed to, Critical Issues in School-Based Mental Health, was a winner of Choice magazine’s annual Outstanding… Read more