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Congratulations to Silvia Hernandez, HaPI Measurement Scholarship Recipient!

Behavioral Measurement Database Services (BMDS) announced the two recipients of the 2020 HaPI Measurement Scholarship. Each scholarship provides a $500 award to a U.S.-based graduate student in the field of health or psychosocial science (e.g., psychology, counseling, sociology, social work, nursing, public health) who is in their 2nd year or...

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Lisa Ramirez, PhD, discusses challenges in returning to school this fall

Lisa Ramirez, PhD, Pediatric Psychology Specialist at MetroHealth & Assistant Professor at Case Western reserve University, participated in the WCPN Ideastream forum: Challenges in returning to school this fall, and continuing conversation about how the coronavirus is impacting kids’ mental health. https://www.ideastream.org/programs/sound-of-ideas/virtual-rnc-convention-for-delegates-is-different-than-4-years-ago-in-cle

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Psychology researchers recruiting 7th through 12th graders to participate in paid video-platform creativity study!

Case Western Reserve University faculty member, Dr. Sandra Russ, PhD, and her graduate student, Alexis Lee, MA, in the Department of Psychological Sciences are seeking pre-adolescents and adolescents to take part in a research initiative looking at aspects of creativity. WHO? Young people in grades 7th through 12th both...

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When playtime and COVID collide

The New York Times: Sandra Russ, Distinguished University Professor and the Louis D. Beaumont University Professor, discussed how children are incorporating COVID-19 in their pretend play. She said studies have shown children in pediatric hospitals who incorporate their experience into play—by performing “surgery” on their stuffed animals, for example—experience...

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