Campus Connection

[caption id="attachment_1273" align="alignright" width="70" caption="10 UW-L graduate students to present posters at national convention. "][/caption] Ten graduate students of 12 in UW-L's School Psychology Program applied for and have received approval to present posters at the annual National Association of School Psychologist Convention. This is the largest number in the UW-L program to ever be accepted. Students and their topics are:

• Michelle Anderson — "Factors of Resiliency and Depression in Adolescents"
• Kelly Blackburn — "Parent Involvement Within Hmong Families"
• Angela Goethel — "Parent, Teacher, and Self Perceptions of Gifted Students Social Skills"
• Maureen Hampton — "Social Predictors of Adolescent Involvement in Relational Aggression"
• Melanie Hill — "Grading Practices Differences in Secondary Teachers"
• Ashley Morris — "The Impacts of Parental Attachment and Gender on Cyberbullying"
• Emilie Ratter — "Reactive Attachment Disorder: A Needs Assessment of School Psychologists' Knowledge"
• Stephanie Sabinash — "Differences in the Multicultural Competence of School Psychologists"
• Marie Schmidt — "Student-Teacher Relationships: Examining Connections to Relational Aggression"
• Raechel Torf — "Knowledge and Skills of School Psychologists Regarding Cognitive Behavior Therapy"

The conference will be held Feb. 22-25, 2011, in San Francisco. Find out more about UW-L's School Psychology Graduate Program at http://www.uwlax.edu/schoolpsych/.