Examples of some projects from past years are:

	Violence Prevention among Youth
	The effects of direct instruction on the acquisition of money skills for a student with learning disabilities.
	Effective asthma management in children.
	Cystic Fibrosis: A review for school psychologists.
	Pharmacological treatment of seizure disorders.
	Felbamate: A new pharmacological treatment for children with epilepsy.
	Depression in children and adolescents: Biological etiologies and treatments.
	Cognitive-behavioral treatment for childhood and adolescent depression.
	Developed and implemented culturally sensitive group sessions on building self-esteem in Philadelphia School District placement.
	Ethics and ethnicity: Guidelines for the Pediatric School Psychologist.
	The effects of self-monitoring academic productivity on the performance of students at-risk for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
	The relationship between substance abuse and violence among minority adolescents.
	School-based relaxation training for children and adolescents with chronic tension-type headache: Direct and collateral effects.
	The relationship between substance abuse and violence among minority adolescents.
	Cracking the code: Teaching letter-sound corresponded using direct instruction techniques to a 2nd grade student (as part of participation in on-going research project at Rhoads, Reading Rescue).
	Seizures and epilepsy: Information for School Psychologists.
	Side effects of cabamaepine in children with epilepsy: Self-reported side effects versus parent and teacher reports.
	Self-injurious behavior: Biological mechanisms and pharmacological treatments.
	Pharmacological treatment of aggression.
	Improving compliance to asthma management: A comparison of self-management and token economy interventions.
	Presentation on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder at Grand Rounds at Lehigh Valley Hospital for Residents.
	Inservice presentation for pediatric clinic staff at Lehigh Valley Hospital on Pediatric School Psychology, a new direction for psychological services.
	Outlook on life and perception of contracting HIV in the future, presentation using the ADD-Health data base.
	Grant to McDonald’s Foundation, A Healthy Start: School Breakfast Promotion. (Not Funded)
	Grant to PA Dept. of Education, A Healthy Start: School Breakfast Promotion. (Funded; will serve as dissertation).
	AIDS prevention programs for children and adolescents: A review of programs that have applied theories of health behavior change.
	Dissertation Proposal: Intervening in Dietary Habits of African-American Children: Outcome Evaluation of the Every Day, Lots of Ways Interdisciplinary Nutrition Education Curriculum.
	Grant to establish ADHD evaluation center at LVH (funded- Anderson Foundation)

Student participants in the Leadership Training project are expected to design and implement at least one research project related to meeting the medical, educational, and psychological needs of children and youth. Examples of some more recently finished projects are:

	nutrition education and improving eating habits of children in an urban setting
	>>	Jessica Blom-Hoffman (competed the full two-year endorsement). Project is a result of a grant from the Pennsylvania Deaprtment of Education. This project served as Dr. Blum-Hoffman's dissertation.
	children with asthma and significant allergies
	>>	David Guresko-Moore, Increasing adherence to medication regimens of children using asthma inhalers.
	>>	Kristin Stiles, (completed the full two-year endorsement). Understanding the peer relationships of children with asthma: The use of sociometric status and social networks." (Doctoral dissertation)
	medication monitoring
	>>	Michelle Nebrig. The effects of Bupropion Hydrochloride on the classroom performance of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
	children with chronic illnesses