DATE OF BIRTH:

 February 21, 1963

CURRENT POSITION

Clinical Psychologist

Parmelee and Winebarger Psychological Consulting

ADDRESS

Parmelee and Winebarger Psychological Consulting

321 Fulton St.

Grand Haven, MI 49417

(616) 842-4772

(616) 842-5575 (fax)

DocAl@wbc.addr.com

LICENSURE STATUS

Licensed Psychologist,

State of Michigan, ID No. 6301010934

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Clinical Psychology

University of Oregon, 6/94

Clinical Psychology Internship Program,

Malcolm Grow USAF Medical Center

Andrews Air Force Base, MD, 8/95

APA accreditation: Full

Master of Science degree (M.S.)

University of Oregon, 12/91

Major:  Clinical Psychology

Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.)

University of Washington, 6/90

Major:  Psychology

Magna Cum Laude

Associate of Arts degree (A.A.)

North Seattle Community College, 6/88

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

01/99 to Present

Private Practice—Parmelee and Winebarger Psychological Consulting.  Provide a wide range of clinical services to adults, children and families in West Michigan.  Services include a state of the art ADHD assessment service, implementation of behavioral assessment strategies, and integration of interventions across specialties for the adults and families of children experiencing psychological difficulties.

6/97 to Present

Clinical Director, Wyoming and Grand Haven Attention Camp Project:  Duties included the development and implementation of a day-treatment camp intervention protocol for the families of children meeting diagnostic criteria for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).  This program was developed for UPLIFT (a Wyoming family advocacy group), and was supported by funding received from the Wyoming Children’s Trust Fund, the Wyoming Department of Education, and  the Wyoming Governor’s Council on Disabilities, among others.  The published protocols are listed below. 

9/97-6/01

Assistant Professor, Psychology, Tenure Track, Grand Valley State University: Duties included a full teaching load of 3 classes per semester,  student advising, and active engagement in research.  All teaching and contract renewal requirements were consistently met or exceeded. 

9/95 to 8/97

Chief, Psychology Services, F.E. Warren Air Force Base Mental Health Clinic:  Duties included supervision of other mental health professionals (psychologists, social workers and substance abuse counselors), the delivery of individual and group psychotherapy services to a wide range of active duty Air Force personnel and their dependents, provision of psychological testing to include personality, IQ, achievement, and general neuropsychological testing, and the administration of the prevention and substance abuse treatment programs.  Additional duties included the development and administration of the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) service which provided state of the art assessment and treatment for children and adults experiencing ADHD.  

01/96 to 7/97

 Behavior Disorders Consultant, Western Behavioral Consulting, Cheyenne, Wyoming.  Designed and implemented a state of the art ADHD assessment service.  Duties include assessment, implementation of behavioral assessment strategies, and integration of interventions across specialties for the families of children experiencing externalizing disorders.

7/94 to 8/95

Psychology Intern, Clinical Psychology Internship Program, Malcolm Grow USAF Medical Center (APA accreditation: Full), Washington D. C.:  This internship allowed a combined emphasis on general out patient training and pediatric psychology, while providing experiences in neuropsychology, in-patient treatment and substance abuse. This program met or exceeded all APA clinical internship requirements.

9/92 to 6/94

Behavior Disorders Therapist, Therapeutic Foster Care Program, Oregon Social Learning Center, OSLC, Eugene, Oregon:  Duties included the provision of therapeutic services (under supervision), to individual adolescents, families and groups in the context of a therapeutic foster care setting.  The average case load consisted of 8 adolescents, 2 families and one parent group.  This position represented an integration of treatment and prevention interventions. 

ADDITIONAL CLINICAL TRAINING/EXPERIENCE

6/00

Child Custody Evaluation Training, American Board Of Examiners in Professional Psychology:  A continuing education course for licensed practitioners designed to ensure competency and preparation for the forensic ABEPP certification.  All aspects of child custody evaluations, to include assessment, developmental, and legal issues were covered in detail. 

10/98

Bricklin Custody Evaluation Workshop:  A 21 credit continuing education course covering the basics of child custody evaluation, and exposure to the Bricklin Custody Evaluation system. 

 6/91 TO 6/94

Doctoral Trainee, General Team (Psychodynamic Practicum):  An adult-oriented individual psychotherapy practicum, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon.  Theoretical approaches utilized, while primarily Psychodynamic (object relations), also included social learning, behavioral and cognitive approaches.  Experiences include intake evaluations, therapy with individual outpatient clients, and individual and group supervision from the clinic director.  A typical week included 3 hours of client contact, 1 hour of individual supervision and 2 hours of group supervision.

9/92 to 6/94

Child and Family Practicum:  A social learning based practicum, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, and the Oregon Social Learning Center.  Experiences include individual therapy with court referred delinquent adolescents, family therapy conducted with the families of court referred adolescents, consultation with school personnel, intelligence and achievement testing (e.g. WISC-III; WAIS-R; Woodcock-Johnson), and parent training groups conducted as part of an intervention project. A typical week included 12 hours of client contact, 5 hours group contact, and 2 hours individual supervision.  This placement represented an integration between typical practicum experiences and exposure to prevention-intervention research protocols. 

8/92 to 10/92

Psychological Associate, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, Tacoma, WA.  Conducted assessments with children referred for possible Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.  Assessment measures utilized included:  semi-structured interviews with parent(s) and child (K-SADS), The Child Behavior Checklist, the Conners Behavior Checklist, the Piers-Harris Self Concept Scale, the WISC-III, the TAT, and behavioral observation.  A typical week included 12 hours client contact and 2 hours individual supervision per week.

1/92 to 8/92

Psychology Intern, Sacred Heart Adolescent Recovery Program (S.H.A.R.P.):  An inpatient adolescent substance abuse and behavior disorder treatment program.  Experiences included conducting DSM-IIIR based semi-structured interviews, supervised MMPI interpretation, supervised administration, scoring and interpretation of the WISC-III and the WAIS-R, leading psychology groups, conducting biofeedback with ADHD clients, and participation in client staffing.  Supervision consisted of one hour individual and two hours group supervision a week.  This was a 15 hour per week commitment.

9/91 to 6/92

Oregon Attention Assessment Team (OAAT):  A practicum designed to assess children referred to the Psychology Clinic at the University of Oregon for behavioral, emotional and attentional difficulties.  Experiences included conducting semi-structured interviews with children and their parents (K-SADS; SADS), administration of intelligence and achievement tests (e.g. WISC-R; Woodcock Johnson; WRAT), writing comprehensive psychological evaluation reports and supervised parent training/therapy.  In addition, attendance at IEP meetings and other school coordination activities were required experiences.  A typical week consisted of 2-6 hours of client contact, 1 hour individual supervision and 2 hours group supervision.   

CONSULTING  AND SERVICE

1995 to Present

Consultant, Behavioral Medicine Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX.  Duties include provision of  consultation on Behavioral Genetics issues and the potential role of genetic factors in obesity and addictive behaviors. 

1994 to Present

Consultant, Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC):  Duties include consultation on Behavioral Genetics studies. 

1996 to 1997

Consultant and Member of the Board of Directors for UPLIFT (Unified Parents Lifting Kids For Tomorrow).  Duties include conducting workshops and dissemination of empirically validated information to the Wyoming families served by this organization.

1996 to 1998

Military Psychology Consultant, Pacific Behavioral Sciences Corporation.   Duties include providing grant consultation on psychological issues relevant to populations consisting of military families.

1995 to 1997

Consultant and Adjunct Faculty Member,  F. E. Warren AFB Health And Wellness Center (HAWC).  Duties included consultation on stress management, obesity, and parenting programs offered by the HAWC. 

1994 to 1995

Consultant, Child Development Center, Andrews Air Force Base:  Provided parent skills-enhancement training and consultation to families and staff.  Also provided stress management consultation and training to staff members.

CURRENT RESEARCH

ENDEAVORS

1/98 to present

Data-Based Decision-Making to Improve the Postsecondary Education of Students with Disabilities, Co-PI:  This on-going research program is evaluating the efficacy and utility of data-based decision making training in a population of ADHD undergraduate students.  This program consists of a series of single-subject interventions designed to empower students, and to teach them the skills necessary to make informed decision about medication and other treatment accommodations. (PI:  Elizabeth Schaughency, Ph.D.)

8/97 to present

Grand Valley Twin Project, Grand Valley State University, Co-PI:  This project is devoted to developing behavioral genetics methodologies designed to estimate the relative impact of genetic and environmental factors on the development of attention problems, behavior problems, reading and language.  This project is being co-lead by Dr. Alexandra Gottardo. 

  6/93 to Present

Oregon Twin Project:  As a result of the findings obtained via my doctoral dissertation, this project has become a permanent part of  the Oregon Social Learning Center’s NIMH PIRC site, and utilizes a behavior genetics approach to examine children’s perceptions of and emotional/ behavioral responses to parental discipline and reward behaviors.  The project combines social learning theory and behavioral genetics in the attempt to evaluate the following: 1)  Genetic and environmental (both shared and unshared) components of children’s perception of, and affective responses to episodes of parental discipline and reward behaviors; and 2) Relationships between the perception of discipline events, the emotional connotations assigned to discipline events and the behaviors utilized in response to these events. 

 9/92 to Present

Development and evaluation of the Perception of Parenting scale for Adults (POP-A), The POP-A is a 61 item questionnaire requiring adults to rate examples of parenting on dimensions of “harshness,” “appropriateness,” and “effectiveness.”  Three factor scores (Factor 1--Constructive/Limit Setting Parenting, Factor 2--Severe/Harsh Parenting, Factor 3--Permissive/Positive Parenting) are obtained for each subject.  Evaluation of the psychometric properties of this scale is currently underway.

Co-Investigators:  Dr. John Reid, Dr. Leslie Leve, Dr. Mary Bower

11/96 to Present

Day-Treatment Camp Interventions For Families Living With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD):  This line of research seeks to explore the efficacy, and utility of a cost-effective intervention protocol designed to enhance the parenting skills of the primary care-givers of ADHD children, and to enhance the social skills and self-management skills of such children.  This protocol attempts to move empirically validated approaches out of academia and into the real of community mental health.

GRANTS/AWARDS

1996-1999

Data-Based Decision-Making to Improve the Postsecondary Education of Students with Disabilities:  The Case of Pharmacological Intervention for Students with ADHD: (Co-Principal Investigator), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 3 years, 1996 - present.  Approximately $350,000.00 total. 

1998

Wyoming State Department of Family Services, Wyoming Children’s Trust Fund Grant:  Principal Investigator: Cheyenne Attention Camp Program:  Total funding: $45,000.00

1996

Wyoming State Department of Family Services, Wyoming Children’s Trust Fund Grant:  Principal Investigator: Cheyenne Attention Camp Program:  Total funding: $15,000.00

1993

NIMH Emotions Research Training Grant:

Trainee/Co-investigator, University of Oregon

Total Funding:  Two years of full financial assistance and $1500.00 in research funding

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

08/97 to 6/01

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Grand Valley State University.  The duties of this tenure track position to date have included teaching sections of Psy 380 (Introduction to Clinical Psychology), Psy 326 (Mental Retardation), Psy 101 (Introductory Psychology), Psy 490 (the undergraduate practicum/internship program) and Psy 303 (Abnormal Psychology). 

9/92 to 12/92

Graduate Teaching Fellow Instructor, Research Methods,  Fall 1992, Department of  Psychology, University of Oregon.  Course entailed instructing undergraduate psychology majors in social science research methods and design.

6/92 to 8/92

Graduate Teaching Fellow Instructor, Abnormal Psychology, Summer 1992, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon.  This course was designed as a combined upper division undergraduate/graduate level course.  Content included history, assessment of psychopathology, and treatment theory.