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Alyssa M Ward

Alyssa M. Ward, Ph.D., graduated from the VCU Clinical Psychology program in 2007 after completing her thesis and dissertation projects with Dr. Michael A. Southam-Gerow. While at VCU, she was the recipient of the Deborah Braffman Schroeder Award for Research as well as the Outstanding Student in Clinical Psychology and Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Awards. In 2007, she completed her pre-doctoral internship in clinical child and pediatric psychology at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and was awarded the Martin S. Wallach Award for Clinical Psychology Intern of the Year. Dr. Ward completed five years of post-doctoral fellowship working with Dr. Bruce Chorpita at University of Hawaii-Manoa (2007-2008) and UCLA (2008-2013). Dr. Ward served as co-director and clinical supervisor o on the Child STEPs Clinic Treatment Project, a MacArthur Foundation-funded research network designed to study the dissemination of evidence-based child therapies in public health settings. Dr. Ward also served as Training Director, a Lead trainer and on the coding/data management team for PracticeWise, LLC. To date, she has trained over 1000 therapists nation-wide in the Managing and Adapting Practice system, and serves as a consultant during the implementation of this evidence-based approach in community agencies. Between 2013 and 2016, Dr. Ward served as Assistant Vice President of Clinical Training and EBP at Hathaway-Sycamores Child & Family Services, the largest child and family-serving community mental health agency in Los Angeles County. Dr. Ward is an affiliate faculty of Pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University and is the Behavioral Health Clinical Director at the Department of Medical Assistance Services, the Medicaid Agency in Virginia.

Dr. Ward's clinical and research interests include:
Modular, flexible treatment design of EBP for community and behavioral health setting implementation
Feedback monitoring systems in behavioral health care
Treatment Integrity Assessment and Monitoring in Community Practice
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth with co-morbid mental and physical conditions
Resiliency and Adaptation to chronic illness in pediatric populations
CBT for Pediatric GI Conditions
Supervisors: Bruce F. Chorpita, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Mentor and Michael A. Southam Gerow, Ph.D., Dissertation Advisor
Phone: 804-628-4959

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Research paper thumbnail of Adjustments in Treatment for Refractory Cases in CBT with Youth

Research paper thumbnail of Handbook Of Evidence-Based Therapies For Children And Adolescents

Papers by Alyssa M Ward

Research paper thumbnail of Handbook of Evidence-Based Therapies for Children and Adolescents

Issues in Clinical Child Psychology, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Long-term outcomes for the Child STEPs randomized effectiveness trial: A comparison of modular and standard treatment designs with usual care

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Tracking Evidence Based Practice with Youth: Validity of the MATCH and Standard Manual Consultation Records

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Evidence-Based Treatments for Children and Adolescents: An Updated Review of Indicators of Efficacy and Effectiveness

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of More Practice, Less Preach? The Role of Supervision Processes and Therapist Characteristics in EBP Implementation

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Child STEPs in California: A Cluster Randomized Effectiveness Trial Comparing Modular Treatment With Community Implemented Treatment for Youth With Anxiety, Depression, Conduct Problems, or Traumatic Stress

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Adapting Evidence-Based Treatments for Youth in a Community Mental Health Setting: Single-Case Design

Research paper thumbnail of More Practice, Less Preach? The Role of Supervision Processes and Therapist Characteristics in EBP Implementation

Research paper thumbnail of Long-Term Outcomes for the Child STEPs Randomized Effectiveness Trial: A Comparison of Modular and Standard Treatment Designs With Usual Care

Research paper thumbnail of Tracking evidence based practice with youth: validity of the MATCH and standard manual consultation records.

This study sought to evaluate the agreement between therapist report and coder observation of the... more This study sought to evaluate the agreement between therapist report and coder observation of therapy practices. The study sampled session data from a community-based, randomized trial of treatment for youth ages 7 to 13. We used therapist report of session content and coverage gathered using formal Consultation Records and developed complimentary records for coders to use when watching or listening to therapy tape. We established initial reliability between coders and then conducted a random, stratified, and comprehensive sample of sessions across youth (N ¼ 121), therapists (N ¼ 57), conditions (MATCH and Standard Manuals), and study sites (Honolulu and Boston) to code and compare with therapist record reports. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) representing coder versus therapist agreement on manual content delivered ranged from .42 to 1.0 across conditions and problem areas. Analyses revealed marked variability in agreement regarding whether behavioral rehearsals took place (ICCs from À.01 to 1.0) but strong agreement on client comprehension of therapy content and homework assignments. Overall, the findings indicate that therapists can be accurate reporters of the therapeutic practices they deliver, although they may need more support in reporting subtle but valuable aspects of implementation such as types of behavioral rehearsals. Developing means to support accurate reporting is important to developing future clinical feedback methodology applicable to the implementation of evidence-based treatments in the real world.

Research paper thumbnail of Adjustments in Treatment for Refractory Cases in CBT with Youth

Research paper thumbnail of Handbook Of Evidence-Based Therapies For Children And Adolescents

Research paper thumbnail of Handbook of Evidence-Based Therapies for Children and Adolescents

Issues in Clinical Child Psychology, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of Long-term outcomes for the Child STEPs randomized effectiveness trial: A comparison of modular and standard treatment designs with usual care

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Tracking Evidence Based Practice with Youth: Validity of the MATCH and Standard Manual Consultation Records

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Evidence-Based Treatments for Children and Adolescents: An Updated Review of Indicators of Efficacy and Effectiveness

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 2011

Research paper thumbnail of More Practice, Less Preach? The Role of Supervision Processes and Therapist Characteristics in EBP Implementation

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2013

Research paper thumbnail of Child STEPs in California: A Cluster Randomized Effectiveness Trial Comparing Modular Treatment With Community Implemented Treatment for Youth With Anxiety, Depression, Conduct Problems, or Traumatic Stress

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Adapting Evidence-Based Treatments for Youth in a Community Mental Health Setting: Single-Case Design

Research paper thumbnail of More Practice, Less Preach? The Role of Supervision Processes and Therapist Characteristics in EBP Implementation

Research paper thumbnail of Long-Term Outcomes for the Child STEPs Randomized Effectiveness Trial: A Comparison of Modular and Standard Treatment Designs With Usual Care

Research paper thumbnail of Tracking evidence based practice with youth: validity of the MATCH and standard manual consultation records.

This study sought to evaluate the agreement between therapist report and coder observation of the... more This study sought to evaluate the agreement between therapist report and coder observation of therapy practices. The study sampled session data from a community-based, randomized trial of treatment for youth ages 7 to 13. We used therapist report of session content and coverage gathered using formal Consultation Records and developed complimentary records for coders to use when watching or listening to therapy tape. We established initial reliability between coders and then conducted a random, stratified, and comprehensive sample of sessions across youth (N ¼ 121), therapists (N ¼ 57), conditions (MATCH and Standard Manuals), and study sites (Honolulu and Boston) to code and compare with therapist record reports. Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) representing coder versus therapist agreement on manual content delivered ranged from .42 to 1.0 across conditions and problem areas. Analyses revealed marked variability in agreement regarding whether behavioral rehearsals took place (ICCs from À.01 to 1.0) but strong agreement on client comprehension of therapy content and homework assignments. Overall, the findings indicate that therapists can be accurate reporters of the therapeutic practices they deliver, although they may need more support in reporting subtle but valuable aspects of implementation such as types of behavioral rehearsals. Developing means to support accurate reporting is important to developing future clinical feedback methodology applicable to the implementation of evidence-based treatments in the real world.

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