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The faculty of the program in Child Development and Child
Care have worked and studied in various capacities with
children, youth, and families. They offer diverse
backgrounds, including human development, child and youth
care, special education, clinical psychology, existential
psychology, psychodynamic theory, and cognitive psychology.
Shirley M. Atkins
Interest areas:
Management of human diversity in the
professional environment, multicultural preschool education,
children with special needs, clinical work with young
children.
Education:
Ph.D. Higher Education, University of
Pittsburgh.
M.Ed. University of Pittsburgh.
B.A. Sociology and Art, West Virginia Wesleyan College.
Present position:
Associate Professor of Child Development and
Child Care.
Previous positions:
Assistant Dean, School of Health Related
Professions, University of Pittsburgh; Program Director,
Poale Zedeck School for Emotionally Disturbed Children;
Demonstration Teacher of learning disabled children,
Pittsburgh Public Schools; Faculty member for a national
developmental disabilities training program sponsored by
American Society of Allied Health Professions.
Address:
1717 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pa., 15260
satssw+@pitt.edu
Jerlean E. Daniel
Interest areas:
Infant and toddler caregiver training;
accessibility of affordable, good quality child care; public
policy related to good quality services for children and
families.
An Overriding Concern:
Far too many developmentalists do not view
themselves as changes agents in the larger policy arena.
They refer to themselves as just an early childhood teacher,
just a child care worker, or just a teen counselor. The fact
of the matter is that such individuals have a knowledge base
that could alter the course of the national social policy
agenda. Advocacy should be part of every developmentalist's
job description. Advocacy is a professional mandate that can
impact the daily lives of children and families.
Education:
Ph.D. Education, University of
Pittsburgh.
M.S. Child Development and Child Care, University of
Pittsburgh.
B.S. Political Science, University of Pittsburgh.
Present positions:
Assistant Professor of Child Development and
Child Care, Past-President, National Association for the
Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
Previous positions:
President, National Association for the
Education of Young Children, (NAEYC), Director, University
Child Development Center, University of Pittsburgh;
Director, Carlow College Child Development Center; Director,
Sewickley Care and Development Center; Preschool Teacher,
Pittsburgh Board of Education; Caseworker, Department of
Public Welfare.
Address:
1717 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15260
sswjd+@pitt.edu
Carl N. Johnson
Interest areas:
Cognitive psychology, children's
understanding of themselves and their world; qualitative
research; fostering linkages between science, practice, and
common sense.
Education:
Ph.D. Institute of Child Development,
University of Minnesota.
B.A. Bucknell University.
Present position:
Associate Professor of Child Development and
Child Care. Associate Director of the University Office of
Child Development.
Address:
1717 Cathedral of Learning|
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pa., 15260
johnson@vms.cis.pitt.edu
Mark E. King
Interest areas:
Creative communication skills for clinicians,
including clinical hypnosis; understanding and working with
parents and families; psychopathology of children;
personality theories; including existentialism.
Education:
Ph.D. Iowa State.
M.S. University of Connecticut.
B.A. University of Maryland.
Present positions:
Associate Professor of Child Development and
Child Care. Licensed psychologist with a private practice,
specializes in clinical hypnosis for medical and
psychological disorders; on the Continuing Education faculty
of the Sheppard Pratt Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and
teaches hypnosis and communication skills for health
professionals, understanding and working with parents and
families, psychopathology of children, and personality
theories.
Books published:
- 1975 For We Are. Addison-Wesley Publishing
Company.
- 1979 Existential-Phenomenological Alternatives for
Psychology. (Co-editor), Oxford University Press.
- 1985 Irresistible Communication: Creative Skills
for the Health
Professional. (Senior author). W.B. Saunders and
Company.
- 1985 Modern Clinical Hypnosis For Habit.
(Co-author), W.W. Norton.
- 1990 The Courage to Recover. Copley Press.
- 1992 Existential Hypnotherapy. Guilford Press.
Address:
1717 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pa., 15260
mking922@aol.com
Interests and Current
Work:
Current Work: project to
solicit and analyze specific ethical dilemma of child and
youth care practice; project for a meta-analysis of the body
of data on competencies for child and youth care work;
beginning a project to look at how child and youth care
practitioners think about ethical issues.
Professional Activities: member of The
Academy of Child and Youth Care Professionals (invited);
Board of Directors and 3rd Vice-president of the National
Organization of Child Care Worker Associations (NOCCWA);
member NOCCWA Education and Training Committee; co-chair of
the International Leadership Coalition for Professional
Child and Youth Care task group to establish a North
American Code of Ethics for Child and Youth
Care; member of the FICE task group to draft an
International Code of Ethics for Child and Youth Care;
reviewing editor for the Child and Youth Care Forum.
Writing and Presentation: stress in
CYC work, ethics, certification and professional standards
in child and youth care at the regional, national, and
international levels.
Education:
Ph.D. Duquesne University, Psychology
M.A. Duquesne University, Psychology
B.S. Ohio State University, Chemistry
Present positions:
Professor of Child Development and Child
Care. Licensed psychologist (PA). Certified Child Care
worker (PA).
Address:
1717 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15260
mattgly+@pitt.edu
Karen VanderVen
Interests:
Activities and play - ranging from juggling
to basketball - and how these can promote development of
children and youth today - are a prime interest of mine.
Meeting the needs of at risk children and youth through both
in- and out-of-school programming is a specific concern.
Chaos and complexity - or non-linear dynamic systems
theory - and how this perspective can be applied to better
understand development, administration, and other aspects of
developmental and human service work is another prime area
of my work.
I'm also involved in leadership development in early
childhood education, and am interested in the movement to
"reconceptualize" early childhood education.
Professionalization of "direct care" work in a
developmental perspective is another area I'm working in,
with a specific focus on extending the care perspective from
children and youth to people of all ages in all kinds of
settings. Similarly, I have been very involved in
intergenerational projects.
Special Activities:
Visiting Scholar, Risk and Prevention
Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1995-1996;
Editor, Journal of Child and Youth Care Work,
Editorial Board of several other child and youth journals;
Secretary, National Association of Early Childhood Teacher
Educators; author of over 175 publications and international
presenter on areas of interest; co-founder, North American
branch of International Federation of Educative Communities:
national consultant on activity programming and other areas;
member of community boards; direct practice in community
mental health, residential treatment, early childhood care
and education, parent and family work prior to and during
academic employment. Received distinguished service awards
from the National Organization of Child Care Workers
Associations, the Albert E. Treischman Center, and the
Kansas Association of Child Care Workers.
Education:
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, Education
M.S. University of Pittsburgh, Child Development and Child
Care
A.B. Vassar College, Psychology
Certified Child and Youth Care Worker (PA)
Certified by State Board of Private Academic Schools
(PA)
Geriatric Education Center of Pennsylvania - completed
faculty fellowship program
Present position:
Professor of Child Development and Child
Care. Director, Program in Child Development and Child Care,
University of Pittsburgh.
Address:
1717 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pa., 15260
sswkv+@pitt.edu
Part Time Faculty
Ellen Catherine
Good:Manager of Child
Life and Volunteer Services, Children's Hospital of
Pittsburgh; M.S.Ed. Wheelock College
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