VITA

Updated: 4/26/2016

Christina J. Groark 3607 McCrady Road

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15235

(412) 823-9092

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh 1985-1989 Special Education/Research

M. Ed. University of Pittsburgh 1975-1976 Special Education

B.A. Alliance College 1972-1973 Psychology

Hunter College 1970-1972 Psychology/Education

EMPLOYMENT

Associate Professor, Psychology in Education, Program in Applied

Developmental Psychology, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh 2001-Present

University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development, School of Education,

University of Pittsburgh (1986–1992, Director of Community Relations;

1992-Present, Co-Director)

1986-Present

Adjunct Faculty, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University

of Pittsburgh 1994-2002

Planning and Evaluation Associate, Allegheny County Mental Health/Mental

Retardation Drug and Alcohol Programs 1985-1986

Research Associate, Project Coordinator, University/Agency/Parent Connection

to Provide Service to Infants with Disabilities (U.S. Office of Education),

University of Pittsburgh, School of Education

1985-1986

Director, Children’s Services, Association for Retarded Citizens of Allegheny

County 1979-1985

Program Coordinator, Community Living Arrangements, Valley Community

Services 1978-1979

Preschool Mainstream Project Director, Association for Retarded Citizens of

Allegheny County

1976-1978

HONORS and AWARDS

University of Pittsburgh School of Education Faculty Research Award 2009

University of Pittsburgh Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award 2004

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CONSULTANTSHIPS

Editorial

Reviewer, Children and Youth Services Review 2016

Reviewer, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 2015-Present

Reviewer, Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2014-Present

Reviewer, International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice,

Consultation

2014-Present

Reviewer, Journal of Child and Family Studies 2014-Present

Reviewer, Infant Mental Health Journal 2009-Present

Reviewer, Journal of the International Association of Special Education 1998-Present

Organizations

Consultant, Universities Children’s Policy Collaborative, a collaboration among

Penn State University, Temple University, and the University of Pittsburgh (to

provide scientific information to help improve child and family policy and

programs in Pennsylvania).

2003-Present

Consultant, Cornell University Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research 2011

Consultant, University of Minnesota Youth, and Families Consortium; Chair of

External Evaluation Committee, President’s Initiative on Children, Youth, and

Families; and the Center of Excellence in Children's Mental Health.

2007-2009

Consultant, Marywood University, Scranton, PA, for replication of Office of

Child Development/University-Community collaborative activities 1998-2001

Consultant, Human Service Policy Development, Universidad Jose Matias

Delgado, El Salvador

1998-2000

Consultant, Allegheny County Empowerment Zone application to develop the

human services section of the successful $3,000,000 application

1994

Consultant, Policy Development, Human Services, City Council, St. Petersburg,

Russian Federation

1992-1996

Consultant, Strategic Planning for Families and Children, Allegheny General

Hospital

1992-1994

Consultant, Policy Development, Family Loan Program, Collaboration between

Pittsburgh National Bank and Community Human Services

1990-1992

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Consultant, NEC*TEC (National Early Childhood * Technical Assistance

System), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

1988-1990

Consultant, Community Human Services, USDHHS/Heinz Endowment project,

Families Facing the Future

1985-1989

Consultant, Community Human Services, Mainstream Child Care Services (to

provide technical assistance in an inclusion model for children with mental

health disabilities).

1982-1984

Committees

Member, Advisory Board, Brain 2.0 Series: Moving from Brain Research

Findings to Action

2016

Member, Mayor’s Consortium on Early Childhood 2014-Present

Member, Faculty Assembly, University of Pittsburgh School of Education 2013-2016

Member, Design team for school-wide EdD degree 2013

Member, Advisory Council for California Center for Infant-Family and Early

Childhood Mental Health, Sacramento, CA

2012-Present

Member, Hong Kong Baptist University, International Advisory Board 2011-Present

Member, University-Based Child and Family Policy Consortium, Duke

University

2010-Present

Member, National Advisory Board, Purdue University Military Families Research

Institute

2009-Present

Member, Perinatal Periods of Risk Committee, Allegheny County Health

Department, Maternal and Child Health Program (to improve the health and

well-being of urban women, children, and families by strengthening the public

health organizations and leaders in their communities)

2002-2009

Member, Data and Reporting Committee, Education Policy and Issues Center,

Harrisburg, PA (to advise and assist EPI in developing strategies toward

realizing the goal that all fifth grade students in southwestern Pennsylvania

will be proficient in reading, writing, and mathematics academics standards)

2000-2003

Member, Collaboration Project Advisory Committee, Robert Morris College

Center for Nonprofit Management (to provide leadership in supporting and

strengthening community-wide collaborative efforts between public and

private organizations and residents)

1999-2002

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Member, State Fiscal Analysis Initiative, Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children

(to provide timely, accessible, and credible analysis of state budget and tax

issues that impact low and modest income persons to state decision makers,

media, and the general public)

1999-2002

Member, Learning Partnerships, The Heinz Endowments (to develop and

implement strategies for a comprehensive early care and education system for

children ages birth to eight years and their families)

1999-2000

Member, Starting Points Evaluation Advisory Group, Carnegie Corporation of

New York

1996-1999

Member, Community Advisory Board, The UCLID Center (University,

Community, Leaders, and Individuals with Disabilities), University of

Pittsburgh

1995-2009

Member, Early Childhood Education Planning Committee, United Way of

Allegheny County

1995-1997

Member, Allegheny Family Support Policy Board and Executive Committee 1994-Present

Member, Managed Care Steering Committee; Chair, Special Needs Population

Working Group, Jewish Healthcare Foundation

1994-1996

Member, Child Health Needs Assessment Advisory Committee, Allegheny

County Health Department

1994-1995

Member, Board of Directors, Allegheny Children's Initiative (a joint venture

serving youth with severe mental health problems)

1993-1999

Member, Advisory Committee, Child Care Partnerships, Pittsburgh 1993-1995

Co-Chair, Institutional Review Board, Early Learning Institute 1993-1995

Co-Chair, Education and Child Development Field of Services Allocation

Committee (member since 1991), United Way of Allegheny County

1993-1995

Member, Program Investment Committee, United Way 1993-1995

Member, Early Childhood Advisory Committee, PA Partnerships for Children,

Harrisburg, PA

1992-1997

Member, Pittsburgh City School Restructuring Task Force 1992-1994

Member, Allegheny County 2001: Strategic Planning/Human Services 1991-1992

Member, Portfolio on Prevention of School Dropout, United Way of Allegheny

County

1991-1992

Member, Study Group on Infant Mortality, Jewish Health Care Foundation 1991-1992

Member, National Advisory Board, Philadelphia Children's Network 1990-1993

Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Parents League for Educational

Adjustment (PLEA)

1990-1992

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Chairperson, Governmental Relations, PA Division of Early Childhood/CEC 1988-1990

Member, PA State Interagency Coordinating Council (Governor appointed) 1987-1990

Co-Chair, State Personnel Preparation Committee for Early Intervention 1987-1990

Member, Allegheny County Commission on Children 1987-1990

Co-Chair, Statewide Policy and Planning Subcommittee on Early Intervention,

State Department of Public Welfare

1986-1987

GRANTS

Pennsylvania Project LAUNCH, The purpose of LAUNCH is to provide support

for the creation of infrastructure to support services for low-income children

from conception to eight years of age and their families. Pennsylvania Office

of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (OMHSAS) [$1,510,205].

2014-2019

Principal Investigator, University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development; to

provide core services of dissemination, training, services, program evaluation,

and networking in areas pertaining to children, youth, and families: Howard

Heinz Endowment [$500,000 (2013-2016), $500,000 (2011-2013), $500,000

(2005-2007), $300,000 (1999-2001), $300,000 (1995-1998), $400,000 (1992-

1994), $525,000 (1989-1992); R.K. Mellon Foundation $300,000 (2010-

2013), $300,000 (2004-2006), $600,000 (2001-2004), $300,000 (1998-2000)].

1989-Present

Faculty Advisor, Faculty and Student Research Grant, Caregiver Characteristics

and Perceptions, Quality of Interactions with Children, and Children's

Development in Family-Like OVC Care in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

University of Pittsburgh, School of Education [$3000].

2016

Co-Principal Investigator, United Way Children and Youth Impact Area

[$60,000].

2015-2016

Co-Principal Investigator, United Way Financially Struggling Families and

Adults [$60,000]. 2014

Principal Investigator, Communication Alliance, The Grable Foundation

[$50,000]. 2014-2015

Principal Investigator, USAID on framework for gender-sensitive indicators

Summer 2013 in global child welfare; to develop guidance and indicators on

this topic for USAID mission staff in Europe and Eurasia; JBS International

[$4,000].

2013

Principal Investigator, Russian Adoption Training, the Russian Federation’s 2012

mandate requires all parents desiring to adopt to receive 30-80 hours training.

This University program trains educators to provide this training and tests

parents for course completion documentation.

2012-2013

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Co-Principal Investigator, National Institute of Child Health and Human

Development, Long-Term Effects of Early Social-Emotional Experience; to

follow the development of children from orphanages who are transferred to

adoptive or foster families or reunified with their biological parents to

determine the longer-term benefits of having experienced a better early social-

emotional environment ($2,398,837 direct costs, five years.).

2008-2012

Co-Principal Investigator, Improving Orphanages in Latin America, Whole Child

International, Nicaragua, $176,000 (2010-2012), $135,940 (2008-2009), San

Salvador, $156,930 (2006-2007), $135,682 (2005-2006).

2005-2012

Principal Investigator, Howard Heinz Endowment and the Richard. K. Mellon

Foundation, The Early Childhood Initiative Demonstration Project; a three-

year project to demonstrate that a coordinated and cost-efficient system can be

created to deliver high quality early childhood services in low-income

neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, $8,000,000.

2001-2004

Principal Investigator, Penn State University, The Research Team for Governor

Schweiker’s Early Care and Education Task Force; a ten-month grant to

conduct a survey of higher educational institutions, a survey of early care

providers, a comprehensive review of literature, and to act as research

consultants to the Task Force and the Governor’s Policy Office, $285,000.

2002

Co-Principal Investigator, Howard Heinz Endowment, Interdisciplinary

Fellowship Training Program in Evaluation and Policy; a three-year

certificate program managed by Dr. Hidenori Yamatani, School of Social

Work, $396,000.

1998-2001

Co-Principal Investigator, National Institute on Child Health and Human

Development, Effects of Improving Caregiving on Early Mental Health; a

five-year grant to study the effects of improving the care of infants and young

children in Russian orphanages, $2,844,000 direct costs.

2000-2005

Co-Principal Investigator, Howard Heinz Endowments, Effects of Improving

Caregiving on Early Mental Health; a grant to study the effects of improving

the care of infants and young children in Russian orphanages, $300,000.

1998-2004

Principal Investigator, Allegheny County, Family Service System Reform; a four-

year grant to promote development of strong families and communities by

building upon the family support model and enhancing local governance to

systematically change the way current systems function, $2,000,000.

1996-2000

Principal Investigator, Carnegie Corporation of New York, Starting Points; a

four-year grant to promote efficient policy retention, development, and

implementation during political transitions at the state, county, and city levels,

$300,000; continuation grant $200,000.

1996-2000

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Principal Investigator, Allegheny County, Systems Reform; a four-month contract

to plan the county-wide family services system strategy for the next five

years, $28,000.

1996

Principal Investigator, Fayette County Mental Health/Mental Retardation,

Systems Reform; a seven-month contract to plan this rural county-wide

system reform strategy and to provide leadership training, $7,480.

1996

Principal Investigator, Howard Heinz Endowment, Starting Points Match, a four-

year grant (see purpose above), $400,000; continuation match grant $300,000.

1996-2000

Principal Investigator, Department of Health and Human Services, Early Head

Start; a five-year grant to provide experimental intervention services to the

birth-to-three population in three low-income neighborhoods, $7,000,000.

1995-2000

Principal Investigator, Howard Heinz Endowment, Family Centers Training and

Evaluation Project; a two-year grant to oversee a statewide evaluation project

of family support centers and to assist in the development of a training video,

$500,000.

1994-1996

Principal Investigator, Allegheny County Department of Health, Healthy Start

Project; a one-year contract to oversee the provision of technical assistance

for the development of a $30,000,000 campaign coordinating health care

providers and local governments with business and private philanthropy to

expand and improve the morbidity and mortality of infants in Allegheny

County, $90,000.

1993-1994

Program Director, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Allegheny Health

Services, Inc., Statewide Evaluation for EI Services; a one-year grant to

design and begin implementation of a statewide monitoring and evaluation

service for state funded programs serving children with disabilities ages birth

to six years, $85,000.

1990-1991

Project Administrator and Consultant, Howard Heinz Endowment, Overcoming

the Odds - Report on Children At Risk in Allegheny County; a report

documenting demographics, inventoried programs, data, and

recommendations to be used as a planning tool for policymakers, $15,000.

1990

Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,

Comprehensive Child Development Program; a six-year grant to conduct a

research study to provide congress with empirically-based information that

documents the progress of children in low-income families when services are

coordinated and follow “best practices,” $9,000,000.

1989-1995

Principal Investigator, Howard Heinz Endowment, Comprehensive Child

Development Program Match; a six-year grant (see above), $1,260,000. 1989-1995

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Principal Investigator, Allegheny County MH/MR contract, Alliance for Infants--

Intensive Neonatal Follow-Up, Assessment, Nursing, Training, and Services;

to develop an empirically-based service demonstration following best

practices in screening, tracking, and data and service coordination for children

with disabilities or at-risk of developing disabilities, $12,600,000.

1989-1996

Principal Investigator, Western Region Project Director, U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services, Mainstreaming Project, $270,000. 1982-1984

Principal Investigator, Children's Services/ARC, Allegheny Infant/Toddler

Program, Developmental Centers, $300,000. 1979-1985

U.S. Office of Education, ESPRIT, ARC/Allegheny, $250,000. 1979-1982

PUBLICATIONS

Books and Monographs

Groark, C. J., McCarthy, S. K., & Kirk, A. R. (2014). Early child development: From theory to

practice. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Publishers.

Krogh, S. L., & Groark, C. J. (2013). A bridge to the classroom and early care: A capstone. San

Diego, CA: Bridgepointe Publishers.

Groark, C. J., & Song, L. (2012). Health and nutrition of children. San Diego, CA: Bridgepointe

Publishers.

Groark, C. J. (Ed.) (2011). Early childhood intervention: Shaping the future for children with

special needs and their families (Vols. 1-3). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO/Praeger.

McCall, R. B., van IJzendoorn, M. H., Juffer, F., Groark, C. J., & Groza, V. K. (Eds.) (2011).

Children without permanent parental care: Research, practice, and policy. Monographs of the

Society for Research in Child Development, Serial No. 901, 76(4).

St. Petersburg-USA Orphanage Research Team (2008). The effects of early social-emotional and

relationship experience on the development of young orphanage children. Monographs of the

Society for Research in Child Development, 73, Serial No. 291 (3) (C. J. Groark is a member

of this Team).

Groark, C. J., Mehaffie, K. E., McCall, R. B., & Greenberg, M. T. (Eds.) (2007). Evidence-based

programs and practices for early childhood care and education. Thousand Oaks, CA:

Corwin Press.

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Chapters

Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B. “The Development of Children During and After

Institutionalization”. In Bornstein, Marc H. (Ed.). (in press, Jan 2018). The SAGE

Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications,

Inc.

Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B. “Modern International Child Welfare Systems”. In Bornstein,

Marc H. (Ed.). (in press, Jan 2018). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human

Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.

Kirk, A., Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B. (in preparation). Institutional care environments for

infants and young children in Latin American countries. In A. V. Rus, S. R. Parris, and E.

Stativa (Eds.), Child maltreatment in long-term residential centers: History, research, and

current implications. New York, NY: Springer.

Wanless, S. B., Groark, C., Hatfield, B. (2012). Assessing Organizational Readiness. In J.

Durlak, R. Weissburg, & T. Gullotta (Eds.), Handbook of Social Emotional Learning. New

York, NY: Guilford Publications.

Engle, P., Groza, V., Groark, C. J., Greenberg, A., Bunkers, K. M., & Muhamedrahimov, R.

(2011). Children without parental care. In R. B. McCall, M. H. van IJzendoorn, F. Juffer, C.

J. Groark, and V. K. Groza (Eds.), Children without permanent parents: Research, practice,

and policy. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, Serial No. 301,

76(4), 190-222.

Eichner, J., Groark, C. J., & Palmov, O. (2011). Early intervention: International policies and

programs. In C. Groark (Ed.) Early childhood intervention: Shaping the future for children

with special needs and their families, Volume 1 (pp. 37-70). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-

CLIO/Praeger.

McCall, R. B., & Groark, C. J. (2010). Challenges and issues in designing applied research. In V.

Maholmes and C. Lomonaco (Eds.), Applied research in child and adolescent development:

A practical guide (pp. 101-129). New York, NY: Taylor & Francis.

Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B. (2008). Community-based interventions and services. In M.

Rutter et al. (Eds.), Rutter’s child and adolescent psychiatry, 5th edition (pp. 971-988).

London, GB: Blackwell Publishing Company.

McCall, R. B., & Groark, C. J., (2007). A perspective on the history and future of disseminating

behavioral and social science. In M. K. Welch-Ross and L. G. Fasig (Eds.), Handbook on

communicating and disseminating behavioral science (pp. 15-32). Thousand Oaks, CA:

Sage.

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Kaczmarek, L., & Groark, C.J. (2007). Early intervention practices for children with and at risk

for delays. In C. J. Groark et al. (Eds.). Evidence-based programs and practices for early

childhood care and education (pp. 25-55). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Barnard, W. M., & Groark, C. J. (2007). Demonstration programs and successful outcomes. In C.

J. Groark et al. (Eds.). Evidence-based programs and practices for early childhood care and

education (pp. 88-101). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Groark, C. G., & McCall, R. B. (2005). Integrating developmental scholarship into practice and

policy. In M. H. Bornstein and M. E. Lamb (Eds.), Developmental psychology: An advanced

textbook, 5th edition (pp. 570-601). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Groark, C. J., & Daponte, B. O. (1999). The state of the child in Allegheny County. In R. Bangs

(Ed.), The state of the region. Pittsburgh, PA: University Center for Social and Urban

Research, University of Pittsburgh.

McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., Strauss, M. S., & Johnson, C. N. (1998). Challenges of university-

community outreach to traditional research universities: The University of Pittsburgh Office

of Child Development experience. In R. M. Lerner and L. A. K. Simon (Eds.), University-

community collaborations for the twenty-first century: Outreach scholarship for youth and

families (pp. 203-230). New York: Garland.

McCall, R. B., Green, B. L., Strauss, M. S., & Groark, C. J. (1997). Issues in community-based

research and program evaluation. In I. E. Sigel and K. A. Renninger (Eds.), Handbook of

child psychology, Vol. 4 (5th Edition) (pp. 955-997). New York: Wiley.

Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B. (1996). Building successful university-community human service

agency collaborations. In C. B. Fisher, J. P. Murray, and I. E. Sigel (Eds.), Applied

developmental science: Graduate training for diverse disciplines and educational settings,

(pp. 237-353). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Articles

McCall, R. B., Muhamedrahimov, R. J., Groark, C. J., Palmov, O. I., Nikiforova, N. V., Salaway,

J. L., & Julian, M. M. (under editorial review). The development of children placed into

different types of Russian families following an institutional intervention. International

Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation.

Warner, H. A., McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., Muhamedrahimov, R. J., Palmov, O. I., &

Nikiforova, N. V. (under editorial review). Caregiver-child interaction and relationship-

contexts as mediators between intervention and attachment and physical growth outcomes

in institutionalized children. Infant Mental Health Journal.

Muhamedrahimov, R. J., Chernego, D. I., Vasilyeva, M. J., Palmov, O. I., Vershinina, E. A.,

Nikiforova, N. V., McCall, R. B., & Groark, C. J. (in preparation). The early effect of time

in institution on the development of infants within institutional care environment.

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McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., Hawk, B. M., Julian, M. M., Rosas, J. M., Muhamedrahimov, R. J.,

Palmov, O. I., & Nikiforova, N. V. (in preparation). Early social-emotional experience and

children’s development: Lessons from the St. Petersburg---USA Orphanage Research

Project.

McCall, R. B., Muhamedrahimov, R. J., Groark, C. J., Palmov, O. I., Nikiforova, N. V, Salaway,

J., & Julian, M. M. (2016). The development of postinstitutionalized versus parent-reared

Russian children as a function of age at placement and family type. Development and

Psychopathology, 28(1), 251–64. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579415000425

O’Dell, K. E., McCall, R. B., & Groark, C. J. (2015). Supporting families throughout the

international special needs adoption process. Children and Youth Services Review, 59, 161–

170. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.11.008

Wang, W.-C., McCall, R. B., Li, J., Groark, C. J., Zeng, F., & Hu, X. (2015). Chinese collective

foster care model: Description and evaluation. International Social Work,

0020872815594863–. http://doi.org/10.1177/0020872815594863

Kirk, A., Warner, H., McCall, R. B., Li, J., Groark, C. J., & Zeng, F. (2014). The effects of a

supplementary caregiver-child intervention for infants and young children in Chinese

institutions. Unpublished report, University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development,

Pittsburgh, PA.

McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., & Rygaard, N. P. (2014). Global research, practice, and policy

issues on the care of infants and young children at risk: the articles in context. Infant Mental

Health Journal, 35(2), 87–93. http://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21441

McCall, R. B., Muhamedrahimov, R. J., Groark, C. J., Palmov, O. I., Nikiforova, N. V., Salaway,

J. L., & Julian, M. M. (under editorial review). Risk and resilience in children placed into

different types of Russian families following an institutional intervention.

Rosas, J., McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., Muhamedrahimov, R. J., Palmov, O. I., & Nikiforova, N.

V. (under editorial review). Environmental quality as mediator between an institutional

intervention and children’s developmental outcomes. Journal of Child Psychology and

Psychiatry.

McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., Fish, L., Muhamedrahimov, R. J., Palmov, O. I., & Nikiforova, N.

V. (under editorial review). Characteristics of children transitioned to intercountry adoption

and domestic adoption, foster care, and biological families from institutions in St. Petersburg

(Russian Federation). International Social Work.

Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B. (2014, September). Expert Witness Statement (regarding Russian

orphanages and children’s development while in residence and after being adopted to the

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USA). Submitted on behalf of the plaintiffs in the case of A. H. and Others vs. Russia at the

European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.

McCall, R. B., & Groark, C. J. (2014). Research on institutionalized children: Implications for

international child welfare practitioners and policymakers. International Perspectives in

Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, 4(2), 142-159.

Muhamedrahimov, R. J., Agarkova, V. V., Vershinia, E. A., Palmov, O. I., Nikiforova, N. V.,

McCall, R. B., & Groark, C. J. (2014). Behavior problems in children transferred from a

social-emotionally depriving institution to families in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.

Special Issue. Infant Mental Health Journal, 35(2), 111-122.

Martin, K., McCall, R. B., & Groark, C. J. (2014). Allegheny County Out-of-School Time

Funding Inventory Report produced for the United Way of Allegheny County.

Groark, C. J., McCall, R. B., McCarthy, S. K., Eichner, J. C., Warner, H. A., Salaway, J.,

Palmer, K., Lopez, M. E. (2013). The effects of a social-emotional intervention on caregivers

and children with disabilities in two Central American institutions. Infants & Young

Children, 26(4), 286-305. Doi: 10.1097/IYC.0b013e3182a682cb

Groark, C. J., McCall, R. B., McCarthy, S. K., Eichner, J. C., & Gee, A. D. (2013). Structure,

caregiver-child interactions, and children’s general physical and behavioral development in

three Central American institutions. International Perspectives in Psychology: Research,

Practice, Consultation, 2(3), 207-224. Doi: 10.1037/ipp0000007

McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., Fish, L., Muhamedrahimov, R. J., Palmov, O. I., & Nikiforova, N.

V. (2013). Maintaining a social-emotional intervention and its benefits for institutionalized

children. Child Development (e-pub ahead of print)

The Leiden Conference on the Development and Care of Children without Permanent Parents

(2012). The development and care of institutionally-reared children. Child Development

Perspectives, 6(2), 174-180.

McCall, R. B., Fish, L. A., Groark, C. J., Muhamedrahimov, R. J., Palmov, O. I., & Nikiforova,

N. V. (2012). The role of transitions to new age groups in the development of

institutionalized children. Infant Mental Health Journal, 33(4), 421-429.

Hawk, B., McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., Muhamedrahimov, R. J., Palmov, O. I., Nikiforova, N.

V. (2012). Age at adoption: A measure of time in the orphanage or child-specific factors.

Adoption Quarterly, 15(1). 18-34.

Groark, C. J., McCall, R. B., Fish, L. A., & The Whole Child International Team (2011).

Characteristics of environments, caregivers, and children in three Central American

Orphanages. Infant Mental Health Journal, 32(5), 509-525.

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Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B. (2011). Improving institutions: Can we? Should we? How?

International Journal of Child and Family Welfare, 14(2), 64-72.

Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B. (2011). Implementing changes in institutions to improve young

children’s development. Infant Mental Health Journal, 32(5), 509-525.

McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., Fish, L. A., Harkins, D., Serrano, G., & Gordon, K. (2010). A

social-emotional intervention in a Latin American orphanage. Infant Mental Health Journal,

31(5), 521-542.

McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., & Fish, L. (2010). A Caregiver-Child Social/Emotional and

Relationship Rating Scale (CCSERRS). Infant Mental Health Journal, 31(2), 201-219.

McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., Li, J., & Zeng, F. (2009). Caring for orphaned children with

disabilities: Building on China’s emerging success and research around the world. China

Social Welfare, 12, 23-24 (in Chinese).

McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., & Li, J. (2009). Characterizing the status and progress of a

country’s child welfare reform. International Journal of Child and Family Welfare, 12(4),

145-160.

Perzel, J. M., Universities Children’s Policy Collaborative (UCPC), & Legislative Office for

Research Liaison (LORL) (2006, Spring). Early childhood education: Universal pre-k and

other alternatives. Education in Pennsylvania, Vol. 4. (C. J. Groark is a member of UCPC.)

The St. Petersburg–USA Orphanage Research Team (2005). Characteristics of children,

caregivers, and orphanages for young children in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. Journal

of Applied Developmental Psychology: Special Issue on Child Abandonment, 26, 477-506 (C.

J. Groark is a member of this Team).

Muhamedrahimov, R. J., Palmov, O. I., Nikiforova, N. V., Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B.

(2005). Changing social environment for young children living in Baby Homes. In V. M.

Behterey (Ed.), Contemporary Psychology, Conference Abstracts (in Russian), (pp. 251-

255). Kazan: Centre of Innovative Technologies, Kazan State University.

Groark, C. J., Muhamedrahimov, R. J., Palmov, O. I., Nikiforova, N. V., & McCall, R. B.

(2005). Improvement in early care in Russian orphanages and their relationship to observed

behaviors. Infant Mental Health Journal, 26(2), 96-109.

Muhamedrahimov, R. J., Palmov, O. I., Nikiforova, N. V., Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B.

(2004). Institution-based early intervention program. Infant Mental Health Journal, 25(5),

488-501.

McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., & Nelkin, R. (2004). Integrating developmental scholarship and

society: From dissemination and accountability to evidence-based programming and

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policies. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 50th Anniversary Issue (invited), 50(3), 326-340.

Reprinted in G. W. Ladd (Ed.) (2007), Appraising the human developmental sciences: Essays

in honor of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly (pp. 366-381). Wayne State University Press, MI:

Detroit.

Muhamedrahimov, R. J., Palmov, O. I., Nikiforova, N. V., Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B.

(2003). Changing social environment in residential care: Early intervention program.

Defectology, 4, 44-53 (in Russian).

Ryan, C. S., McCall, R. B., Robinson, D. R., Groark, C. J., Mulvey, L., & Plemons, B. W.

(2002). Benefits of the Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP) as a function of

AFDC receipt and SES. Child Development, 73, 315-328.

Mehaffie, K. E., McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., Etheridge, W. A., Nelkin, R., & the Universities

Children’s Policy Collaborative (2002). The state of early care and education in

Pennsylvania: The 2002 Higher Education Survey. Pittsburgh, PA: Universities Children’s

Policy Collaborative. Executive Summary in Early Care and Education: The Keystone of

Pennsylvania’s Future, Report, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Governor’s Task Force on

Early Childhood Care and Education, 69-76.

Groark, C. J., Mehaffie, K. E., McCall, R. B., Greenberg, M. T., & the Universities Children’s

Policy Collaborative (2002). From science to policy: Research on issues, programs and

policies in early care and education. Pittsburgh, PA: Universities Children’s Policy

Collaborative. Executive Summary in Early Care and Education: The Keystone of

Pennsylvania’s Future, Report, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Governor’s Task Force on

Early Childhood Care and Education, 2002, 87-98.

Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B. (2002). Forging university-community research, practice, and

policy partnerships. NHSA Dialog, 5, (2 & 3), 224-239.

Etheridge, W. A., McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., Mehaffie, K. E., Nelkin, R., & the Universities

Children’s Policy Collaborative (2002). A baseline report of early care and education in

Pennsylvania: The 2002 early care and education provider survey. Pittsburgh, PA:

Universities Children’s Policy Collaborative. Executive Summary in Early Care and

Education: The Keystone of Pennsylvania’s Future, Report, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,

Governor’s Task Force on Early Childhood Care and Education, pp. 78-85.

McCall, R. B., & Groark, C. J. (2000). The future of applied child development research and

public policy. Child Development, 71(1), 197-204.

McCall, R. B., Green, B. L., Groark, C. J., Strauss, M. S., & Farber, A. E. (1999). An

interdisciplinary, university-community, applied developmental science partnership.

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 20(2), 207-226.

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McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., Strauss, M. S., & Johnson, C. W. (1995). An experiment in

promoting interdisciplinary applied human development: The University of Pittsburgh

model. Journal of Applied Human Development, 16(4), 593-612.

Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B. (1993). Building mutually beneficial collaborations between

researchers and community service professionals. Newsletter of the Society for Research

in Child Development, 6, 14.

Groark, C. J., Donnorummo, C., & Rudy, K. (1993). Opening the door to youth in St. Petersburg.

Surviving Together, 11(2), 37-38.

Young, C., Groark, C. J., & Wasson, G. J. (1991). Multi-institutional service system

development for high-risk infants. Journal of Health and Social Policy, 3(1), 77-90.

Reports

Pennsylvania Project LAUNCH. (2015). Environmental Scan. The purpose of LAUNCH is to

provide support for the creation of infrastructure to support services for low-income children

from conception to eight years of age and their families. Pittsburgh, PA: Office of Child

Development.

Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B. (2014, September). Expert Witness Statement (regarding research

on institutions in Russia and children’s development in residence and after adoption to the

USA), submitted on behalf of the plaintiffs in the case of A.H. and Others vs. Russia at the

European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.

Fanlin, Z., Li, J., McCall, R. B., & Groark, C. J. (2013). Final report of Half the Sky training and

technical assistance evaluation. Unpublished report, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,

PA.

Wang, W. C, McCall, R. B., Li, J., Groark, C. J., Zeng, F., & Hu, X. (2012). Chinese collective

foster care model: Description and evaluation. Final report to Society for the Psychological

Study of Social Issues. Pittsburgh, PA: Office of Child Development.

University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development (2008). A strategic approach to

monitoring the status and progress of child welfare reform in 21 CEE/CIS countries.

Produced for the Social Transition Team, Office of Democracy, Governance and Social

Transition, United States Agency for International Development.

McCall, R. B., Groark, C. J., Fish, L., & the Whole Child International Team (2008). Managua

orphanage intervention outcome report. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Office of

Child Development.

McCall, R. B., & Groark, C. J. (2008). Summary of highlights. UNICEF Global Child Protection

Systems Mapping Workshop. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Office of Child

Development.

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Groark, C. J., McCall, R. B., & the Whole Child International Evaluation Team (2007).

Managua Orphanage Baseline Report. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Office of

Child Development.

Dempsey, J. L., Farber, A. E., Groark, C. J., McCall, R. B., Musewe, L. O., Stark, E. M., &

Townsend, M. Z. (2000). Expanding the promise: An agenda for nonschool-hour programs

for elementary school-age children in Allegheny County. Pittsburgh, PA: University of

Pittsburgh Office of Child Development.

McCall, R. B., Farber, A. F., Groark, C. G., & Stark, D. S. (1998). An agency’s guide to thinking

about monitoring and evaluation. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Office of Child

Development.

Daponte, B. O., Dempsey, J., Farber, A. E., Groark, C. J., McCall, R. B., & Plemons, B. W.

(1998) Home visiting in Allegheny County: The potential, the reality, the future. Pittsburgh,

PA: University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development.

Albert, M. C., Dempsey, J., Groark, C. J., Rudy, K. L., & Steketee, M. W. (1998). Promising

futures: A health scan of adolescent girls in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. Pittsburgh,

PA: University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development in collaboration with Magee-

Womens Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Farber, A. F., Williams, J. W., & Groark, C. J. (1994). Overcoming the Odds, 1994: Another

Look. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development.

Schultz, B., Rogers, R., & Albert, P. (under auspices of C. J. Groark) (1990). Overcoming the

Odds, 1990; A report on children at-risk in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. Pittsburgh, PA:

University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development.

PRESENTATIONS

Asyl Bala/International Assistance Group. Early Intervention: Early Childhood Special

Education. February 2016. Astana, Kazakhstan.

Asyl Bala/International Assistance Group. Try Another Way: Rationale and Interventions for

Typically Developing Children and Those with Significant Special Needs. February 2016.

Astana, Kazakhstan.

Asyl Bala/International Assistance Group. Improving Care in Contexts Where Young Children

Live, Learn, and Play. February 2016. Astana, Kazakhstan.

Asyl Bala/International Assistance Group. Issues in Creating a Child Welfare System for

Vulnerable Children: Strategies for Change. February 2016. Astana, Kazakhstan.

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Asyl Bala/International Assistance Group. Children with Down Syndrome. February 2016.

Astana, Kazakhstan.

International Society on Traumatic Stress Studies. Minimizing chronic neglect by improving

caregiving for children in institutions on three continents. June 2015. Vilnius, Lithuania.

Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Global attempts to improve care

for vulnerable children. March 19, 2015. Philadelphia, PA.

World Association of Infant Mental Health. Improving orphanage care throughout China: Is it

possible and is it wise? June 17, 2014. Edinburgh, UK.

World Association of Infant Mental Health. Post-institutionalized intervention children

transferred to different types of domestic families. June 17, 2014. Edinburgh, UK.

World Association of Infant Mental Health. Post-institutionalized intervention children adopted

to the USA. June 17, 2014. Edinburgh, UK.

World Association of Infant Mental Health. Implications of results of post-institutionalized

children on child welfare policies and practices in the USA. June 17, 2014. Edinburgh, UK.

World Association of Infant Mental Health. Issues in creating a modern child welfare system for

vulnerable children. June 17, 2014. Edinburgh, UK.

World Association of Infant Mental Health. Research results at work in low-resource country

caregiver systems. June 17, 2014. Edinburgh, UK.

International Society on Early Intervention. Issues in creating a child welfare system for

vulnerable children in low-resource countries. July 2, 2013. St. Petersburg, Russian

Federation.

International Society on Early Intervention. Try another way: Rational and interventions for

typically developing children and those with significant special needs in institutions in low-

resource countries. July 2, 2013. St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.

Invited speaker. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios de la Salud Universidad Nacional

Autonóm de Nicaragua. Preliminary Findings on Three Nicaraguan Protection Centers.

May 25-26, 2012. Managua, Nicaragua.

Invited speaker. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios de la Salud Universidad Nacional

Autonóm de Nicaragua. Try Another Way: Understanding and meeting the needs of

children with significant disabilities. May 24, 2012. Managua, Nicaragua.

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World Association for Infant Mental Health 13th World Congress. Some common characteristics

and outcomes of extreme environments for young children: Hypotheses and measurements.

April 17-21, 2012. Cape Town, South Africa.

Invited speaker. Universidad de los Andes, The Care of vulnerable children: Should it be

changed? Why? How? To what benefit? March 13, 2012, Bogota, Colombia.

Invited speaker. University of Pittsburgh, Applied Developmental Psychology Brown Bag Series

Presentation. The implementation of interventions: The forgotten crucial component of

research. February 14, 2012, Pittsburgh, PA.

Invited speaker, NICHD Summer Training Institute on Applied Research in Child and

Adolescent Development. Methodological challenges and issues in designing and

implementing intervention research. June 21, 2011, Potomac, MD.

14th Annual National Human Services Training Evaluation Symposium, at Cornell University,

Training is not enough: Intervention and evaluation supplements. June 14-16, 2011.

All day workshop. Improving care for orphaned children: Science, practice, policy (China). May

18, 2011, at Chongqing, China.

Presentation for Whole Child International staff. Caring for children with special needs

workshop. April 12, 2011, Managua, Nicaragua.

Keynote Address. University of Pittsburgh School of Education. Council of Graduate Students in

Education 17th Annual Student Research Conference. Caregiver-child interaction in extreme

environments; The effect on children’s development and what can be done? March 28, 2011,

Pittsburgh, PA.

Invited participant. Caregiver-child interactions in extreme environments: The measurement and

role in children’s development. Workshop presented at the conference on Building Systems

that Care for Birth to Fives, Long Beach, CA, February 3, 2011.

Groark, C. J., & McCall, R. B. Invited participants. Think Tank on Evidence-Based Practices in

Early Childhood. Long Beach, CA, February 2, 2011.

St. Petersburg State University Faculty of Psychology Conference. Children from social

environment at risk: Research studies and intervention in biological and adoptive families.

Characteristics of institutions for young children in different countries (China, El Salvador,

Nicaragua). October 20, 2010, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.

World Association for Infant Mental Health 12th World Congress. Changing orphanages: Could

we? Should we? How? June 29-July 3, 2010, Leipzig, Germany.

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World Association for Infant Mental Health 12th World Congress. Orphanage deficiencies and

improvements. June 29-July 3, 2010, Leipzig, Germany.

Half the Sky Symposium. Structural changes in institutional settings in Chinese orphanages.

March 2010, Nanjing, China.

Institute for Children and Poverty Conference. Building collaborations between program,

evaluation, and policy for the purpose of creating evidence-based programs in communities.

January 20-21, 2010, Philadelphia, PA.

Duquesne University. Transforming an institution: The role of early social-emotional-

relationship experience in young children’s development. April 2, 2008, Pittsburgh, PA.

Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Science utilization: Collaborative

partnerships for disseminating developmental research in communities. March 29 – April 1,

2007, Boston, MA.

Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Latin American children’s home

project, March 29 – April 1, 2007, Boston, MA.

Colloquium, University of Leiden. Effects of early social-emotional-relationship experience on

the development of young orphanage children. March 9, 2007, Leiden, Netherlands.

Second Biennial Children’s Conference, Wayne State University. Beyond the principle of

evidence: The devil is in the implementation. September 28-29, 2006, Detroit, MI.

The 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology. Improving orphanages to promote early

childhood development. July 16-21, 2006, Athens, Greece.

World Association for Infant Mental Health Conference. Strategies for improving orphanages.

July 10, 2006, Paris, France.

National Head Start Conference. Improving early social-emotional relationships: The St.

Petersburg (Russian Federation) orphanage intervention project. June 27, 2006,

Washington, DC.

Designing and implementing evidence-based universal programmes in communities. Presented at

Implementing Interventions for Children, Nuffield Foundation Seminars on Children and

Families: Evidence and Implications, Nuffield Foundation, London, March 30, 2006.

The developmental consequences of improvements in social-emotional environments in St.

Petersburg (Russia) orphanages. Presented at the Social, Genetic and Developmental

Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, March 28, 2006.

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National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Annual Conference.

Strengthening early learning supports (SELS). December 7-10, 2005, Washington, DC.

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Annual Conference. The

effects of relationship-building on children’s development in Russian orphanages. December

7-10, 2005, Washington, DC.

St. Petersburg State University. Turning scholarship into action through university-community

partnerships for children, youth, and families. June 15, 2005, St. Petersburg, Russia.

St. Petersburg State University. Strategic grant writing. June 15, 2005, St. Petersburg, Russia.

12th Annual Family Support Conference. Grant writing and helpful strategies. May 3, 2005,

Pittsburgh, PA.

Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Symposium. Improving classroom

quality: administration of effective technical assistance to early childhood centers in low-

income communities. April 10, 2005, Atlanta, GA.

Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Faces of promise and hope. Video

presented as part of the symposium Developmental Consequences of Variations in Early

Environments: The Bucharest and St. Petersburg (Russia) Orphanage Studies, April 7, 2005,

Atlanta, GA.

Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Symposium. The developmental

consequences of improvements in social-emotional environments in St. Petersburg (Russia)

orphanages. April 7, 2005, Atlanta, GA.

Pittsburgh Association for the Education of Young Children (PAEYC). Grant writing and

helpful strategies. October 23, 2004, Pittsburgh, PA.

Clinical Spring Retreat of the University of Western Ontario. Integrating research, practice, and

policy: I. The University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development; II. A case study of

improving caregiving in orphanages in St. Petersburg, Russia, Invited presentations. May 30,

2003, London, Ontario.

Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Research design and

measurements in the St. Petersburg-USA orphanage project. April 24-27, 2003, Tampa, FL.

Pittsburgh Chapter of Zonta International. Effects of improving caregiving on early development.

January 2003, Pittsburgh, PA.

Children’s Trust Fund Conference, University/program partnerships – Partnering with

community resources. April 22-23, 2002, Harrisburg, PA.

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Howard Heinz Endowments. Program enhancement. January 30, 2002, Pittsburgh, PA.

Interdisciplinary Fellowship Program in Policy and Evaluation. University of Pittsburgh, Guest

Lecture Series on Contemporary Issues in Program Evaluation in Community Settings, Using

data for strategic planning and program development. November 28, 2001, Pittsburgh, PA.

Society for Research in Child Development Conference. The effects of early experience on

human development: Institutional rearing, interventions, and adoptions. April 20, 2001,

Minneapolis, MN.

The Division for Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children Conference.

The effects of improving caregiving on early mental health. December 8, 2000, Albuquerque,

NM.

University of Michigan. Forging university-community research, practice, and policy

partnerships. November 28, 2000, Ann Arbor, MI.

Permanency Planning Task Force. Forming collaborative partnerships. May 2, 2000, Pittsburgh,

PA.

Human Services Executive Academy at the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work.

Effective grant seeking strategies. April 26, 2000, Pittsburgh, PA.

Beijing National Children’s Research Center. Funding strategies. June 15, 1999, Beijing, China.

Beijing National Children’s Research Center. University/community collaborations. June 15,

1999, Beijing, China.

Hong Kong Baptist University. New trends in early childhood education. June 11, 1999, Hong

Kong.

Hong Kong Baptist University. Effective university/community collaborations. June 10, 1999,

Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Baptist University. Collaboration and team building. June 9, 1999, Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Baptist University. Program development. June 9, 1999, Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Baptist University. Effective fund seeking strategies. June 9, 1999, Hong Kong.

Russian grant team in cooperation with St. Petersburg (Russia) State University and International

Assistance Group, Beginning with love. May 6, 1999, Pittsburgh, PA.

Society for Research in Child Development Conference. University/community collaborations.

April 15, 1999, Albuquerque, NM.

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Human Services Executive Academy. Effective grant seeking strategies, University of Pittsburgh

School of Social Work in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of

Public and International Affairs. January 27, 1999, Pittsburgh, PA.

Great Lakes Group on behalf of Allegheny County. Grant seeking strategies. December 1998,

Pittsburgh, PA.

Family Support and Early Intervention Cross Training Meetings. Family support/early

intervention: A collaborative beginning. November 1998, Pittsburgh, PA.

Starting Points Annual Network Retreat. Design and use of logic models and results-based

accountability. June 24, 1998, Snowmass Village, CO.

Starting Points Annual Network Retreat. Qualitative methods to document the Starting Points

story. June 23, 1998, Snowmass Village, CO.

Fifth Annual Family Support Conference. Moving forward. May 27, 1998, Pittsburgh, PA.

Conference for Community Collaborative Boards. The value of community/university

collaboration. May 5, 1998, Harrisburg, PA.

University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work. Essentials of effective grantsmanship. March

25, 1998, Pittsburgh, PA.

The Fleming A. Barbour Community Conference. On the weather and unnatural acts:

collaborations on behalf of children’s services. March 24, 1998, Flint, MI.

Legislative Office for Research Liaison (LORL) Conference on Pennsylvania Public Policy

Issues. Tying it all together for Pennsylvania: Child care research and reality. January 29,

1998, Harrisburg, PA.

Mercyhurst College. University-community collaboration on behalf of children. December 10,

1997, Erie, PA.

International Early Childhood Conference on Children with Special Needs. An early

intervention training model for Russian orphanage staff: A study in cultural diversity and

international collaborations. November 22, 1997, New Orleans, LA.

Charles University. The Office of Child Development. November 7, 1997, Prague, Czech

Republic.

The Pittsburgh International Children and Families Institute Fall Seminar. The strategic planning

process. October 7, 1997, Pittsburgh, PA.

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The National Association of Special Education Conference. Early childhood program

development: A comprehensive, integrated approach for diverse cultures. August 7, 1997,

Capetown, South Africa.

The Grantwriting and Foundation Partnerships Conference. Grantwriting basics. June 10, 1997,

Harrisburg, PA.

Fourth Annual Family Support Conference. The family support vision for Allegheny County:

Challenges of change. May 29, 1997, Pittsburgh, PA.

The Pittsburgh International Children and Families Institute Spring Seminar. Human service

program development. May 14, 1997, Pittsburgh, PA.

The Danforth Foundation. Integration of child and family initiatives. May 8, 1997, Pittsburgh,

PA.

The Learning from Starting Points Institute. Building learning and development networks, May

7, 1997, Pittsburgh, PA.

Society for Research in Child Development. Symposium. Promoting university-community

partnership. April 4, 1997, Washington, DC.

Allegheny Family Support Policy Board Retreat. Family support model for system reform.

December 6, 1996, Hidden Valley, PA.

University of Lodz. Family support model for system reform. November 14, 1996, Lodz, Poland.

The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. Essentials of

effective grantwriting. October 24, 1996, Pittsburgh, PA.

The Pittsburgh International Children and Families Institute Fall Seminar. Strategic planning for

administrators. October 17, 1996, Pittsburgh, PA.

Family Support Annual Conference. Financing reform strategies. May 30, 1996, Pittsburgh, PA.

Center for Schools and Communities Collaborative Board Training. Return on investment:

financing system reform. May 6-8, 1996, Champion, PA.

Family Resource Coalition National Conference. A family support model for systems reform:

Allegheny County, PA -- A case study. May 1-4, 1996, Chicago, IL.

Pennsylvania Departments of Education and Public Welfare and Center for Schools and

Communities. Pregnant and parenting Teen/ELECT coordinators’ meeting. November 9,

1995, State College, PA.

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Division for Early Childhood (DEC) Conference. Global early intervention: Diverse cultures,

diverse practices. November 1-5, 1995, Orlando, FL.

Family Support Resource and Training Center. Basics of Grantwriting. October 27, 1995,

Pittsburgh, PA.

1st National Early Intervention Conference. Early intervention: How to get a law passed to

mandate services for children (birth to five) and their families. March 15, 1994, Adelaide,

South Australia.

1st National Early Intervention Conference. Childfind in the 90's: The homeless, the addicted,

the forgotten. March 14, 1994, Adelaide, South Australia.

Legislative Testimony. Children in Pennsylvania and the forces shaping their lives. Invited

testimony to the Pennsylvania Joint Committee of House Appropriations, Health & Welfare,

Education, and Aging and Youth. March 2, 1994, Harrisburg, PA.

DEC Early Childhood Conference on Children with Special Needs. Global outreach in the 90's:

US and Russian early intervention collaboration. December 11-15, 1993, San Diego, CA.

National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN). Development of successful

public/private collaborations. December 1, 1993, Pittsburgh, PA.

U.S./China Joint Conference on Early Childhood Education. Best practices: Not just a theory.

November 1993, Beijing, China.

Legislative Testimony. State of children and youth in Pennsylvania. Invited testimony to the

Pennsylvania House Committee on Aging and Youth. April 13, 1993, Harrisburg, PA.

Smoky Mountain Winter Institute: Children At Risk and Their Families. Collaborations: An

important key to the success of programs for at-risk families and their children, Keynote

Speaker. March 18-19, 1993, Asheville, NC.

MEDIA

KQV Radio and KQV.com, Pittsburgh, PA: “Higher Education Review” (eight-minute interview

on the Russian project “Effects of Improving Caregiving on Early Mental Health”); Sharon

Blake and Ken Service, co-hosts; December 6, 1999.

KQV Radio, Pittsburgh, PA: “Higher Education Review” (eight-minute interview on the Female

Adolescent Health Scan Report); Sharon Blake and Ken Service, co-hosts; December 22,

1998.

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WTAE Television, Pittsburgh, PA: “Success By Six” (30-minute prime time show presenting

children’s success stories); December 9, 1998.

Co-producer (with R. B. McCall) of “Baby Home #13,” a video of the project entitled the Effects

of Improving Caregiving on Early Mental Health. Pittsburgh, PA: TVI, The Videohouse,

Inc.; 2001; revised 2003.

KQV Radio, Pittsburgh, PA: “Higher Education Review” (ten-minute interview on the Office of

Child Development); Sharon Blake and Ken Service, co-hosts; December 2, 1996.

WDUQ Radio, Pittsburgh, PA: "Changing Society" (30 minute interview on children's social

issues); John Murray, President, Duquesne University, April 28, 1995.

WPTT Television, Pittsburgh, PA: "Beyond the Classroom" (30 minute panel discussion of

family support programs); April 2, 1995.

WTAE Radio, Pittsburgh, PA: "All Talk Radio" (10 minute interview on state of children in

Allegheny County); August 1994.

TEACHING

Courses Taught

University of Pittsburgh, School of Education, Applied Developmental

Psychology – Applied Issues 2008

University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs –

Program Development, Strategic Grant Writing 1996-2001

Special Education Instructor and Inclusion Specialist, Duquesne University 1978-1979

Students Mentored

School of Education Advisees: Robin Schweitzer, Jessica Degel, Alex Dabbas, Wen-Chi Wang,

Hilary Warner, Afton Kirk, Keely O’Dell

School of Education Doctoral Committee: Mary Scuilli, Amy Mattix, Amy Gee, Kalani Palmer

Arts and Sciences Doctoral Committee: Megan Julian, Brandy Hawk, Johana Rosas

School of Education, Professional Development Academy: Amber Harris-Fillius, Erin Krol,

Claudia Ovalle-Ramirez, Scotty Wright-Ah Sam, Krista McManus

Graduate School of Public and International Affairs Doctoral Committee: Shelly Scherer