"What makes one child do well while another fails? How do culture and environment foster resilience in children? Can a child 'bounce back' after a traumatic experience?"

These questions are at the core of my research that looks at what makes children resilient. The ability to create or identify cultural contexts that promote resilience is a way to prevent psychopathology.

Title(s): Assistant Professor

Education: Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

Affiliations:

• Columnist for HOY (Newsday in Spanish; click on "Columnistas," you'll need an account to access this)
• Commentator for Univision's morning news show Al Despertar (see Hablemos de Niños)
• American Psychological Association (APA), Member
• New York State Psychological Association's (NYSPA) Division on Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, Secretary/Treasurer
• APA Division 17, Society of Counseling Psychology, Member
• APA Division 45, Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues, Member
• Reviewer:  Journal of Counseling Psychology.
• Editorial Board Member:  Advances in School Mental Health Promotion.
• Ad Hoc Reviewer Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology
• Ad Hoc Reviewer The Counseling Psychologist

last updated 9/7/07

Research interests:

My research interests include cross-cultural psychology with children and families, bilingualism in psychotherapy, resilience, and public education through the media. A key interest is to explore what fosters resilience in children and adolescents at home, in the community, and in schools.

Recent publications:

Clauss-Ehlers, C.S., & Wibrowski, C.  (in press).  Building resilience and social support:  The effects of an educational opportunity fund academic program among first- and second-generation college students.  Journal of College Student Development, 24(5).

Clauss-Ehlers, C.S.  (2006).  Diversity training for classroom teaching:  A  manual for students and educators.  New York, NY:  Springer.

Clauss-Ehlers, C.S., & Carter, R.T.  (2006). White American attitudes in interracial situations:  An empirical examination of perceived behavioral options and White racial identity.  Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 15, 117-139.

Clauss-Ehlers, C.S., Yang, Y.T., & Chen, W.J.  (2006).  Resilience from childhood stressors:  The role of cultural resilience, ethnic identity, and gender identity.  Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 5, 124-138.

Vazquez, C.I., & Clauss-Ehlers, C.S.  (2005).  Group psychotherapy with Latinas: A cross-cultural and interactional approach.   New York State Psychologist, 17, 10-13.

Clauss-Ehlers, C.S., & Weist, M.D. (Eds., 2004).  Community planning to foster resilience in children.  New York, NY:  Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Clauss-Ehlers, C.S., & Weist, M.D.  (Eds.).  (2004).  Community planning to foster resilience in children.  New York:  Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Clauss-Ehlers, C.S.  (2004).  A framework for school-based mental health promotion with bicultural Latino children:  Building on strengths to promote resilience.  International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 6(2), 26-33.   

Clauss-Ehlers, C. S. (2004).  Re-Inventing resilience:  A model of “culturally-focused resilient adaptation.” In C.S. Clauss-Ehlers, & M. D. Weist (Eds.).  Community planning to foster resilience in children (pp.27-41).  New York:  Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Clauss-Ehlers, C.S., Acosta, O., & Weist, M.D.  (2004).  Terrorism:  Voices of two communities speak out.  In C.S. Clauss-Ehlers, & M.D. Weist,  (Eds.).  Community planning to foster resilience in children (pp.143-159). New York:  Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Clauss-Ehlers, C.S.  (2003).  Promoting ecological health resilience for minority youth:  Enhancing health care access through the school health center.  Psychology in the Schools, 40(3), 265-278.

Clauss-Ehlers, C.S., & Lopez Levi, L. (2002). Violence and community, terms in conflict: An ecological approach to resilience. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless, 11(4), 265-278.

Clauss-Ehlers, C.S., & Lopez Levi, L.  (2002).  Working to promote resilience with Latino youth in schools:  Perspectives from the U.S. and Mexico.  International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 4(4), 14-20.  

Clauss-Ehlers, C.S., & Weist, M. (2002). Children are News Worthy: Working Effectively with the Media to Improve Systems of Child and Adolescent Mental Health. In Ghuman, H., Weist, M., & Sarles, R. (Eds.), Providing mental health services to youth where they are: School and community-based approaches. New York: Taylor and Francis.

last updated 9/7/07