Wendy K. Silverman, Professor

AHC 1 Room 139

305.348.2064
 
Silverw@fiu.edu

Website for Child Anxiety and Phobia Program
Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
M.A. School Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
B.A.  School Binghamton University- State University of New York

 
Research Interests:

My research interests are in the area of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. My funded research (with Bill Kurtines) has focused on designing and evaluating psychosocial interventions to help reduce youth who suffer from these problems. Recently, we have shifted from asking not only “does the treatment work” to asking “why does the treatment work?” To help answer this question we have been studying potential mediators of therapeutic change using randomized controlled clinical trial designs. I am also interested in designing and evaluating evidence based assessments approaches and I have developed such instruments as the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Children/Parents (with Anne Marie Albano), the Child Anxiety Sensitivity Index, and the School Refusal Behavior Scale (with Chris Kearney). In addition, with colleagues and students, I have conducted research in the area of the effects of natural disasters (hurricanes) on children, as well as on investigating factors that may be associated with the development and/or maintenance of internalizing problems in young people.
 

Select Publications: (from over 150; majority of my articles are coauthored with graduate students)

Books:

La Greca, A. M., Silverman, W. K., Vernberg, E. M., & Roberts, M.C. (Eds.), (2002). Helping children cope with disaster and terrorism. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Silverman, W. K., & Treffers, P. D. A. (Eds.), (2001). Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: Research, assessment and intervention. Cambridge, U. K.: Cambridge University Press.

Silverman, W. K., & Ollendick, T. H. (Eds.), (1999). Developmental issues in the clinical treatment of children. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Silverman, W. K. & Kurtines, W. M. (1996). Anxiety and phobic disorders: A pragmatic approach. New York: Plenum Press.

Recent Journal Articles:

Silverman, W. K., Kurtines, W. M., Jaccard, J., & Pina, A. A. (2009). Directionality of change in youth anxiety treatment involving parents: An Initial Examination. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 474-485.

La Greca, A. M., Silverman, W. K., & Lochman, J. E. (2009). Moving beyond efficacy and effectiveness in child and adolescent intervention research. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 373-382.

Pina, A. A., Little, M., & Knight, G. P., & Silverman, W. K. (2009). Cross-ethnic measurement equivalence of the RCMAS in Hispanic/Latino and European American youth with anxiety disorders. Journal of Personality Assessment, 91, 58 – 61.

Carter, R., Jaccard, J., Silverman, W. K., & Pina, A. A. (2009). Pubertal timing and its link to behavioral and emotional problems among 'at-risk' African American adolescent girls. Journal of Adolescence, 32, 467-481.

Silverman, W. K., & Hinshaw, S. P. (2008). The second Special Issue on evidenc based psychosocial treatments for children and adolescents: A ten-year update. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37, 1-7

Silverman, W. K., Ortiz, C. D., Viswesvaran, C., Burns, B. J., Kolko, D. J., Putnam, F. W., & Amaya-Jackson, L. (2008). Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37, 156-183

Silverman, W. K., Pina, A. A., & Viswesvaran, C. (2008). Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for phobic and anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37, 105-130

Courses Taught:

    * Emotional Learning and its Reversal (Graduate)
    * Ethics in Psychology   (Graduate)
    * Research Seminar in Psychosocial Development  (Graduate)
    * Psychological Assessment  (Graduate)
    * Child Psychopathology   (Undergraduate)
    * Developmental Psychology (Undergraduate)
    * Psychotherapy   (Undergraduate)
    * Research Methods in Psychology    (Undergraduate)