Faculty Profile

University of Southern Mississippi, 1982

Rockwell Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Director, Institute for Child and Family Studies

Interests:

The effects of sexual abuse on children; assessment of post-traumatic stress; community outreach and prevention of abuse; parent training; serving the needs of rural families;  assessment of ADHD using virtual reality and continuous performance tests.

Vita

• Vita

Basic Information

• Basic Information

Annual Reviews

• Annual Review 2010
• Annual Review 2009

Teaching

• Summary of Teaching Activites

Research & Creative Activity

• Summary of Research and Creative Activities

Research -- Supporting Documents -- Publications

Since 2008

• Anxious School Refusers and Symptoms of PTSD in Abused Children
• Assessing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Using the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children
• The Convergent Validity of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children for a Sample of Sexually Abused Outpatients
• Factor Structure of the Adolescent Clinical Sexual Behavior Inventory
• Valuation of Services Offered by Mental Health Professionals in Swat Team Members: A Study of the Lubbock, Texas Swat Team
• Pathological Dissociation as Measured by the Child Dissociative Checklist

Previous to 2008 -- Partial, Representative Sample

• The Child Dissociative Checklist: Preliminary Findings of a Screening Measure
• The Abuse Dimensions Inventory
• School Age Children's Coping with Sexual Abuse: Abuse Stresses and Symptoms Associated with Four Coping Strategies
• Child Sexual Behavior Inventory Scores for Inpatient Psychiatric Boys: An Exploratory Study
• The Effects of Interviewer Race and Child Race on Sexual Abuse Disclosures in Forensic Interviews
• False Negatives in Sexual Abuse Interviews: Preliminary Investigation of a Relationship to Dissociation
• Family Trauma and Dysfunction in Sexually Abused Female Adolescent Psychiatric and Control Groups

Research -- Supporting Documents -- Foundations

Pending

• The Hogg Foundation Mental Health Policy Fellowship

Pre-Proposals

• Human Capital/Vulnerable Populations Brief Proposal - Not Invited
• Dave Thomas Foundation Proposal - Not Invited
• Doris Duke Foundation Pre-Proposal - Not Invited
• TRAIN for Foster Care Proposal - Not Invited
• Vodafone Narrative - Not Invited

Full Proposals

• Avon Foundation Proposal - Not Funded
• Verizon Foundation Proposal - Not Funded
• CH Foundation Proposal - Not Funded
• Lubbock Area Foundation Proposal - Not Funded

Research -- Supporting Documents -- Grants

Pending

• Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force National Training Program Propsoal - Pending

Not Funded

• SAMHSA Conference Grant Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Rural Children - Not Funded
• SAMHSA Grant Category II Application National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative - Not Funded

  Pre-Proposal -- Not Funded

  • Defense Medical Research and Development Program Pre-Proposal - Not Invited
  • Defense Medical Research and Development Program Chart

Research -- Supporting Documents -- Manuscripts

Under Review

• Editorial Manager(tm) for Child Psychiatry and Human Development

In Progress

• A Short Form of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Young Children
• Suicidal Thoughts/Behaviors in Sexually Abused Children

Service

• Summary of Service

Administration

• Summary of Administration