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School Psychology Department Chair Conducts First National Survey of Supervision and Mentoring Practices for Early Career School Psychologists
Dr. Arlene Silva, Chair of the School Psychology Department at William James College, served as Principal Investigator of the first-ever national survey
William James College Student Rachael Falk Selected as 2016 Student Representative to the Council of Professional Geropsychology Training Programs Board of Directors
Falk was one of five students in the country selected.
William James College to Re-Open the Brenner Center on Newton Campus with an Open House Event
Media Advisory/Press Release
Geriatric Volunteer Corps (GVC) Hosts Coleman House Visitors
On October 20, 2015, enthusiastic members of the Geriatric Volunteer Corps (GVC) welcomed our neighbors from across the street, Coleman House
Mental Competency still a murky concept
William James College's Dr. Jason Osher was featured in an article in Fortune Magazine. He discussed the difficulty in defining competency and how Mental Competency tests in the C-suite are common. The article focuses on Sumner Redstone, the 92 year-old executive chairman of Viacom. Osher highlights...
Threads of racial bias may be entangled in computer models for child protection
The Boston Globe, Letter to the Editor
I am getting divorced. Do I need a GAL, and what is that?Research & Advocacy
In Massachusetts, a “GAL” (Guardian ad Litem) is a person (in the past often an attorney but at present almost always a PhD/PsyD psychologist or LICSW) who is appointed by a court.
Recognizing and Responding to Domestic Violence
Domestic violence expresses itself in many ways. Among the most common are physical aggression, emotional or psychological threats or intimidation, and
Managing Anxiety
Anxiety is a common experience. Mild amounts are adaptive in that anxiety is the body’s way of alerting us to possible environmental danger. Anxiety can motivate positive action such as preparing for a presentation or even avoiding spiders. It only becomes problematic when experienced in excess, such...
When there is an Illness in the Family
The diagnosis of a chronic or life threatening illness in a family can pose significant challenges for the patient and for the entire family. Initially
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