Nouf Alrashid is the only Arabic-speaking counselor who works at Oakland International through Partnerships for Trauma Recovery (PTR), a nonprofit that provides psychological care and school clinicians for refugees in the Bay Area.
Read article: Oakland Schools Face Increased Challenges to Support Newcomer Students http://www.oaklandpost.org/2017/03/09/oakland-schools-face-increased-cha...
Former UC Berkeley postgraduate researcher and UC Extension instructor L. Jay Citron died in his home Dec. 26, three months short of his 70th birthday. Read more here.
Faculty member Dr. Alicia del Prado is recognized for helping support the "IamPsyched; Inspiring Histories, Inspiring Lives: Women of Color in Psychology", a media pop-up museum.
For more information on this important exhibit, please see the article:, "'I am Psyched!' Tour Shines Light on Black Female Psychologist's Race Contributions" at http://www.afro.com/psyched-tour-shines-light-black-female-psychologists...
Congratulations to Wright Institute Psy.D. student Meiyang Kadaba who has been elected for the Student Representative seat for the Division on Practice (DoP) within the Asian American Psychology Association (AAPA)!
"The Division on Practice (DoP) provides a forum for Asian American psychologists who have vast interests in the provision of clinical services to the mental health community and in bridging the gap between research and practice. The DoP offers a platform to foster collaborations between researchers and practitioners on research that truly informs practice with API clients and on current practice trends that can guide future research on API mental health issues. Furthermore, the DoP provides the networks, support, resources and institutional visibility for AAPI practitioners that reflect the core mission of AAPA."
Please congratulate Dr. Alicia del Prado who was recently invited to the White House to celebrate Filipino American History Month, on Monday, October 24, 2016.
From Alissa Ko, Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs: The program will feature discussions with Administration officials on key issues of interest to the Filipino American community, as well as performances by distinguished Filipino American artists.
What a great honor to be personally invited to this wonderful and important event! This is a testament to Dr. del Prado's tireless work in promoting the issues and well being of the Filipino American community.
Congratulations Dr. del Prado!!
Wright Institute student, Sarah Schubmehl, presented her research in a poster session at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention in Denver this past August. Her poster described an exploratory analyses on an archival data set of acute psychiatric inpatients with psychotic spectrum disorders (n=178). Results yielded significant associations between medication non-adherence and elevated grandiosity, suspiciousness, and conceptual disorganization.
Ms. Schubmehl is an intern this year in the Geriatric Psychology Concentration at the VA, Denver, an APA accredited internship. Ms. Schubmehl also presented two other posters earlier this year. All three citations follow:
Danzer, G., Schubmehl, S., Barkin, S., Zanello, A., Sugarbaker, D., & Cort, D. (2016, August). Symptom correlates of medication non-adherence for adult psychiatric inpatients with psychotic spectrum disorders. Paper presentation in symposium at American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.
One of our practicum collaborators, Partnerships for Trauma Recovery (PTR), was nominated for the 11th Annual Global Citizen's Award by the UN Association's East Bay Chapter.
The program - which was founded and led by two Wright Institute graduates - received an Honorable Mention and praise by the Chapter President who noted the impressive, laudable and important work being performed by PTR. The Wright Institute is honored to have our students training and participating at PTR and congratulate the program for this deserving recognition.
The Advocate, The Student Voice of Contra Costa College included the Wright Institute's work at Gateway to College and Middle College High School in a recent story about a pregnant teen’s death.
"...the Wright Institute, a counseling program serving Gateway to College and Middle College High School here at CCC, created a therapy circle in the Gateway Office to provide students a space to mourn and share their feelings."
See here for the full story: http://cccadvocate.com/4739/news/pregnant-teens-death-leaves-void-commun...
Wright Institute professor Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith "was the first of several speakers in the Piedmont Education Speaker Series to address a Piedmont audience Tuesday at Piedmont High School. Her topic was about how parents can talk to their children about race and she opened with these illustrative studies that show children are aware of race and making preferences before even entering kindergarten."
"While this is happening, parents are resoundingly silent," she said. "While we're worried about that, we're not narrating and helping them figure out the world around them."
The student center was packed with interested parents and students, so much so extra chairs had to be brought in and still dozens of people were standing for the 90-minute talk.
The Bay Area Trauma Recovery Clinic will open its doors in Berkeley on Thursday to individuals suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and other forms of trauma.
The low-cost clinic, which charges $15 to $80 per session depending on income, is the latest addition to the East Bay’s limited selection of affordable psychological health resources.
“We have a huge amount of experience with trauma and we just wanted to take that experience and make it available to people who don’t have the resources to pay $300 an hour for therapy,” said Matthew McKay, a clinical director of the Bay Area Trauma Recovery Clinic and a psychology professor at the Wright Institute in Berkeley. “The idea was to make a clinic for people who couldn’t get help otherwise.”
Please click here to view the article: http://www.dailycal.org/2016/08/30/new-low-cost-trauma-clinic-open-thurs...
