Honored as a Team Recipient of the Rutgers Spirit Award, the RCAAS is making a profound impact by supporting autistic adults on our campus, in our state, and beyond!

GSAPP, in collaboration with faculty RutgersSSW and SAS-Newark, has secured a $4.6M federal grant to expand mental health services for children in our state’s largest school district. Through the PathwaysProject, graduate fellows in school psychology and social work will provide vital school-based mental health services in six NBOE high-need schools. 

Congratulations to our esteemed GSAPP faculty, Dr. Timothy Cleary, Dr. Anne Gregory, and Dr. Louis Sass, for being recognized as top scholars in their respective fields by the Elsevier Data Repository and its associated Science-wide Author Citation Database! 

This honor highlights their groundbreaking contributions to psychology academia and the transformative impact and influence their published work has had around the globe.

Congratulations to Autism MVP Award recipient, Jessica Huertas Monterroso, 2nd-year MAP-ABA student! This award recognizes GSAPP students working at the RCAAS who receive training in supporting adults on the autism spectrum. Their goal is to foster the development of exceptional behavior analysts who support the underserved population of adults with ASD. 

APA Presidential Task Force members, including GSAPP faculty member Dr. Germán Cadenas, visited the US-Mexico border earlier this year and were instrumental in producing the APA’s updated crossroads reports, which summarize their insightful findings and evidence-based recommendations. Through candid, impactful interviews, Dr. Cadenas and colleagues share their expertise on immigration and health.

“One of my ultimate career goals is to be able to build bridges between academics and athletics. My current roles as a doctoral student and behavioral health clinician working in athletics has positioned me at the intersection of these two spaces and has allowed me to connect with so many incredible people who have empowered me to continue striving towards this goal. This research article was born out of my commitment to building bridges by leveraging the power of sport and advocating for its use as a strength-based tool to promote wellness for youth of color.I look forward to continue building on this research for my dissertation and beyond!” - Alex Gamble

From pioneering clinician-researchers, Dr. Hien and colleague, Dr. Lisa Caren Litt, Treating Traumatic Stress and Substance Misuse is a new, must-read book that provides crucial guidance for treating co-occurring concerns that virtually all therapists are likely to encounter and many feel ill-equipped to handle.

The Ann Klein Advocate Award is given to individuals and organizations that have done exemplary work advocating for vulnerable populations and people with disabilities. The public nominates the recipients. We are proud to recognize Dr. Swarbrick for her outstanding contributions in this field. 

We R so proud of Matt Choquette, Organizational PsyD Student, for being awarded a National Collegiate Athletic Association (#NCAA) scholarship!

Dr. DiBello received this prestigious award from the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Addictive Behavior Special Interest Group.