Welcome to the Applied Developmental Psychology Website!
GMU offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Developmental Psychology. The program focuses on development during childhood and provides basic knowledge about typical and atypical development, skills for assessing developmental level and conducting research, and techniques for planning and evaluating programs that foster optimal development. Opportunities exist for mentored research, comprehensive training in advanced statistical analysis, practica at local sites, training and experience in teaching, and applied work under faculty supervision at community sites.
Recent News - Affiliate Faculty
The ADP program welcomes Dr. Mary Ann McCabe, former Director of the SRCD Office for Policy and Communications and director of the SRCD congressional and executive branch policy fellowship programs, as its newest affiliate faculty member. She plans to teach a special topics course, entitled Child Development and Public Policy, in the Spring of 2010. Another affiliate faculty member with the ADP program at GMU that we continue to welcome is Dr. Marilou Hyson, of NAEYC.
Click here to download (PDF) the latest ADP Program newsletter.
Fall 2009 ADP Colloquia Series
All Colloquia are located in Innovation Hall 131 11:30am unless otherwise noted with an *. All members of the GMU community are welcome to attend.
Wed Sept 2 Dr. Adam Winsler, GMU
Tips for Surviving, No Thriving in Graduate School
Wed Sept 9 Dr. Nathan Fox, University of Maryland
Early Experience and Sensitive Periods in Development: Lessons from the Bucharest Early Intervention Project
Wed Sept 16 Dr. Mary Ann McCabe, George Washington University, GMU
Bridging Research, Practice, and Policy
Wed Sept 23 Dr. Tom Scruggs, George Mason University
Mnemonic strategy instruction for children with learning disorders
*Wed Sept 30* (in Sub II Rm 5,6,7 from 12:00-1:00 - GMU Psych Dept Event)
Dr. Lauren Cattaneo - Bridging science and practice to address intimate partner violence: Risk Assessment
Dr. Jim Thompson - High-level vision and the perception of social stimuli: Insights from functional neuroimaging
Wed Oct 7 Dr. Craig McDonald, GMU
Nicotine-induced Neural Plasticity
Wed Oct 14 Dr. Laraine Glidden, St. Mary's College of Maryland
Positive Dimensions of Parenting Children with Disabilities
Wed Oct 21 Sandy Sanford, GMU Office or Research Subject Protections
Research with Human Subjects: Preparing an IRB Protocol
Wed Oct 28 Dr. Andrew Mashburn, University of Virginia
Ecological Theory and School Readiness: Implications for Preschool Research, Policies, and Program Improvement Initiatives
Wed Nov 4 Dr. Nanmathi Manian, NICHD
Maternal Depression and Infant Development: Excerpts from the Dyadic Interaction Study
Wed Nov 11 Dr. Lea Dougherty, University of Maryland
A Developmental Neurobiological Pathway to Depression: The Role of Early Temperamental, Environmental and Genetic Risk
Wed Nov 18: Dr. Tamara Halle, Child Trends
Predictors and Outcomes of Early and Later English Language Proficiency among English Language Learners
Wed Dec 2: Dr. Taryn Morrissey, SRCD Congressional Fellow
Sequence of Child Care Type and Child Development: What Role does Peer Exposure Play?