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Carl E. Paternite, Chair and Professor of Psychology,
Director of Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs
100B PSYC
513-529-2481
Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs
Education
Ph.D. 1980 Rutgers University
Recently Taught Undergraduate Courses
Engaging Real World Learning
Childhood Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities
Psychology Across Cultures
Recently Taught Graduate Courses
PSY 740 Adolescent Problem Behavior-Community-Oriented Youth Development Initiatives and Primary and Secondary Prevention Strategies
PSY 750 School-Based Clinical Consultation
Research Interests
Developmental psychopathology; attention deficit disorder; cognitive, social, and emotional development; assessment of the family environment; applications of multivariate methodology and statistics to clinical research; family, marital, and individual psychotherapy; school-based mental health programming.
Opportunities for Graduate Students
A variety of research and consultation projects related to implementation of "Expanded School-based Mental Health Programs", with emphasis on universal and targeted problem prevention; enhancement of school success outcomes; and formative program evaluation.
Recent Publications
Paternite, C.E., Weist, M.D., Burke, R. & Flaspohler, P. (2008). Mental health issues in schools. In F. T.L. Leong (Ed.). Encyclopedia of counseling, Volume One: Changes and challenges for counseling in the 21st Century (pp. 288-293). New York: Sage.
Flaspohler, P., Anderson-Butcher, D., Bean, J., Burke, R. & Paternite, C.E. (2008). Readiness and school improvement: Strategies for enhancing dissemination and implementation of expanded school mental health practices. Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 1, 16-27.
Burke, B. & Paternite, C.E. (2007). Teacher engagement in expanded school mental health. In S. Evans, Z. Serpell, & M.D. Weist (Eds.), Advances in school-based mental health, Volume 2. Kingston, NJ: Civic, Research Institute, Inc. Also appeared in Report on Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Youth, Winter 2006-2007, 7(1), 3-4, 22-27.
Weist, M. D., Sharon Stephan, Lever, N., Moore, E., Flaspohler, P., Maras, M., Paternite, C.E., & Cosgrove, T.J. (2007). Quality and School Mental Health. In S. W. Evans, Z. Serpell, & M.D. Weist (Eds.), Advances in School-Based Mental Health Interventions: Best Practices and Program Models, Volume 2. Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute.
Cunningham, D., Stephan, S. H., Paternite, C. E., Schan, S., Weist, M., Adelsheim, S., & Flaspohler, P. (2007). Stakeholders' perspectives on the recommendations of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. Psychiatric Services, 58, 1362-1365.
Burke, B., Axelrod, J., Weist, M., & Paternite, C. (2006). School-based programs and policies to discourage student high-risk behaviors and promote health and wellness. The State Education Standard (The Journal of the National Association of State Boards of Education), July, 33-37.
Weist, M.D. & Paternite, C.E. (2006). Building an interconnected policy-training-practice-research agenda to advance school mental health. Education and Treatment of Children, 29 (1), 173-196.
Flaspohler, P. D., Anderson-Butcher, D., Paternite, C. E., Weist, M. D., & Wandersman, A. (2006). Community science and expanded school mental health: Bridging the research to practice gap to promote child well being and academic success. Educational and Child Psychology, 23(1), 27-41.
Paternite, C.E., Weist, M.D., Axelrod, J., Weston, K., & Anderson-Butcher, D. (2006). Panel report on school mental health workforce issues. Commissioned report for The Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce. Cincinnati OH.
McLaughlin, M. D., Maras, M. A., Reiger, C. J., & Paternite, C. E. (2006). Challenging traditional approaches to school violence: Alternative constructions of youth anger and aggression. In P. Cummins (Ed.), Working with anger: A practical, constructivist approach. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons.
Paternite, C. E. (2005). School-based mental health programs and services: Overview and introduction to the special issue. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 33, 657-663.
Paternite, C. E., Flaspohler, P., & Rietz, K. (2005). Promotion of effective school mental health programs and services in Ohio. Report on Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Youth, 5(3), 65-66, 69-72.
Paternite, C.E. & Johnston, T. (2005). Rationale and strategies for central involvement of educators in effective school-based mental health programs. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 34, 41-49.
Weist, M.D., Paternite, C.E., & Adelsheim, S. (2005). School-based mental health services. Commissioned report for the Institute of Medicine, Board of Health Care Services, Crossing the Quality Chasm: Adaptation to Mental Health and Addictive Disorders Committee. Washington, D.C.