Auteur: Susan G. Forman

Susan G. Forman, Ph D, is University Professor at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. She has served as Chair of the Department of Applied Psychology, and Director of Clinical Training for the School Psychology Program in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, and as Vice President for Undergraduate Education at Rutgers.  Prior to coming to Rutgers, she was Professor of Psychology and also served as Associate Provost at the University of South Carolina. Her research and scholarship focus on factors that influence intervention implementation, implementation of interprofessional collaborative approaches to pediatric behavioral healthcare, and the effectiveness of behavioral and cognitive-behavioral interventions in educational settings.  She has authored approximately 100 publications, including Implementation of Mental Health Programs in Schools:  A Change Agent’s Guide, published by the American Psychological Association.  She has served on the editorial boards of many psychology and education journals, including School Psychology Review and the Journal of School Psychology.  Her work has been supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Education, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Science Foundation, and the American Psychological Association, as well as a number of corporate and family foundations. She has also served on the executive boards of the School Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association and the National Association of School Psychologists, and has served as Chair of the Council of Directors of School Psychology Programs.  She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and has been elected to membership in the Society for the Study of School Psychology based on her scientific contributions to the field. Jeffrey D. Shahidullah, Ph D, is a licensed psychologist, a National Register Health Service Psychologist (HSP), and a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP).  He is currently an Assistant Professor of School Psychology within the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. He also holds an appointment as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.  Dr. Shahidullah earned a BA in Psychology and Ed S in School Psychology from Baylor University.  He then earned a Ph D in School Psychology at Michigan State University.  He completed his APA-accredited predoctoral internship at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and postdoctoral fellowship at Geisinger Medical Center, both in pediatric psychology.  While at CHOP, he was a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) fellow.  Dr. Shahidullah’s clinical, research, and training interests pertain to the development and delivery of models of integrated behavioral healthcare that are evidence-based and coordinated amongst the numerous systems in which children and adolescents interact – the family, school, community, and healthcare system.  He is also interested in models of interdisciplinary training and collaboration amongst healthcare providers.