Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, Faculty of Education, McGill University

Program Director, Human Development, Inclusive Education, and General Educational Psychology [M.Ed., M.A., Ph.D., certificate and undergraduate programs]

3700 McTavish Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A IY2
Tel.: (514) 398-3439
Fax: (514) 398-6968

E-mail: nancy.heath@mcgill.ca

Biography
Dr. Nancy Heath is a Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at McGill University. She is a professor in the School/Applied Child Psychology program and the Director of programs in Human Development, Inclusive Education, and General Educational Psychology. Her research program explores resilience and adaptive functioning in youth at-risk. She is a founding member of the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury (ISSS) and an elected Fellow in the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities (IARLD). In 2004, she was awarded the William Dawson Scholar Award at McGill for outstanding research and contributions to the field.

Research and Supervision Interests
Resilience and adaptive functioning in youth at risk; non-suicidal self-injury, learning disabilities, affect regulation, depression, self-perceptions, self-concept, emotional and behavioural difficulties

Program: School/Applied Child Psychology

Email: erin.beettam@mail.mcgill.ca

Research Interests: adolescent self-injury, treatment modalities and school response training, media representation and influence

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Program: School/Applied Child Psychology

Email: shareen.holly@mail.mcgill.ca

Current awards:

• 2007-2010 - Fonds Québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture doctorate (FQRSC, $20,000/year; Held)

Research Interests: non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents and young adults, including initiation and maintenance, social influence and social learning, functional typology, self-control theory and the development of NSSI

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Program: School/Applied Child Psychology

Email: elizabeth.roberts@mail.mcgill.ca

Current awards:

• 2008-2011 - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, CGS Doctoral Research Fellowship (SSHRC, $35,000/year; Held)

Research Interests: self-perceptions among children and adolescents with learning disabilities; specifically their development, relation to socio-emotional functioning, interaction with instructional feedback

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Program: School/Applied Child Psychology

Email: kristin.schaub@mail.mcgill.ca

Current awards:

• 2008-2011 - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, CGS Doctoral Research Fellowship (SSHRC, $35,000/year; Held)

Research Interests: non-suicidal self-injury, risk factors, addiction, at-risk youth, function

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Program: Educational Psychology (Human Development)

Email: jessica.toste@mcgill.ca

Current awards:

• 2008-2009 - Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program, Student Research Award (US $15,000; Held)
• 2008-2009 - Herschel and Christine Victor Fellowship in Education, McGill University ($10,000; Held)
• 2007-2010 - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, CGS Doctoral Research Fellowship (SSHRC, $35,000/year; Held)

Research Interests: resilience factors in youth at-risk, positive psychology, learning disabilities, reading instruction, working alliance, inclusive education, student achievement

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Program: Educational Psychology (Human Development)

Email: nancy.miodrag@mail.mcgill.ca

Research Interests: early intervention, developmental and intellectual disabilities, parental stress and coping, social competence of children with disabilities

(Supervisor: Ingrid Sladeczek)

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Program: School/Applied Child Psychology

Email: alyssa.baxter@mail.mcgill.ca

Current awards:

• 2008-2009 - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's (SSHRC, $17,500; Held)

Research Interests: non-suicidal self-injury, socio-emotional functioning of individuals with learning disabilities

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Program: School/Applied Child Psychology

Email: rnnoble@yahoo.com

Research Interests: children and adolescents with learning disabilities, math learning disabilities

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Program: School/Applied Child Psychology

Email: michael.sornberger@mail.mcgill.ca

Research Interests: non-suicidal self-injury, depression, emotional difficulties, adaptive behaviours

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Degree: School/Applied Child Psychology (2007)

Current position:

Research Interests: family relationship factors that support positive adjustment in youth at-risk, and particularly, youth with LD

Email: zincklc@hotmail.com

Degree: School/Applied Child Psychology (2006)

Current position: Psychologist, Lester B. Pearson School Board

Research Interests: learning disability subtypes, emotional / behavioural difficulties, recognizing and understanding emotions, social functioning in youth at-risk

Email: ebloom02@lbpsb.qc.ca

Degree: School/Applied Child Psychology (2006)

Current position: Licensed Psychologist, Early Childhood Mental Health, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles

Research Interests: infant and early childhood mental health, attachment, relationship-based treatment models, autism spectrum disorders, assessment practices, self-perceptions of vulnerable populations

Email: tsoles@chla.usc.edu

Jack DeStefano Ed.D. Faculty Lecturer and Professional Associate, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University

Cindy Finn Ph.D. Director of Student Services, Lester B. Pearson School Board

Marilyn Fitzpatrick Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University

Olga Heath Ph.D. Assistant Professor and Faculty Scholar, Registered Psychologist, Health Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Rusty McLouth M.S. McLouth Research and Consulting, Kansas City, Missouri

Cheryl Missiuna Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science; Director of CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, McMaster University

Mary Kay Nixon M.D. FRCPC Research Associate, Center for Youth and Society; Affiliate Associate Professor, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria

Christina Rinaldi Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta

Shana Ross Ph.D. Psychologist, Private Practice

Ingrid Sladeczek Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University

Nathalie Trépanier Ph.D. Professeure adjointe, Faculté des sciences de l'éducation, Université de Montréal

Michael Ungar Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Dalhousie University; Principal Investigator, International Resilience Project