This area provides students with research opportunities in the areas of clinical child, adolescent and family psychology as well as pediatric psychology. Students also have the opportunity for clinical work with children and families in the Psychology Clinic as well as the University of Idaho Child and Adolescent Student Center.

Faculty: 

Pullman clinical faculty associated with this area:                     

Theodore Beauchaine, Ph.D.
Biological and Environmental Substrates of Psychopathology and Comorbidity in Children

G. Leonard Burns, Ph.D.
Construct validity of the ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Conduct Disorder within and across cultures

Maria (Masha) Gartstein, Ph.D.
Developmental psychopathology and early social-emotional development in a cultural context

Regional campus clinical faculty associated with this area:

Christopher Blodgett, Ph.D. (Spokane campus)
Director, Area Health Education Center of Eastern Washington
Early behavioral risk intervention programs in community settings; persistent psychological trauma in children; community development research to support prevention and early intervention services quality

Paul Strand, Ph.D.  (Tri-Cities campus)
Childhood conduct problems; parent-child coordination; development and communication within families