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Name: Donald Wertlieb
Title: Professor
Departmental Affiliation: Child Development Department
Degrees: Ph.D. Boston University
Expertise: Stress and coping processes in childhood, including family adaptation to stressful experiences such as marital disruption, illness or disability; research, practice and public policy issues in pediatric psychology; developmental psychopathology; program evaluation emphasizing participatory quality enhancement approaches; international projects in Israel and Ukraine.
E-mail: donald.wertlieb@tufts.edu

Other websites: http://ase.tufts.edu/epcd
Scholarship & Research: Independent mental health practice including assessment and psychotherapy, as well as consultation to families, schools and human service agencies, and state and federal officials. Evaluation of interventions for children and families experiencing stressful circumstances.

Wertlieb, D. (2003, in press) Converging trends in family research and pediatrics: Recent findings for the AAP Task Force on the Family. Pediatrics, 111, xxx-xxx.

Wertlieb, D. (2003) Applied developmental science. In Lerner, R.M., Easterbrooks, M.A., and Mistry, J. (Eds) Comprehensive handbook of psychology: Developmental Psychology Volume 6 (pp. 43-61). New York: Wiley.

Wertlieb, D., Jacobs, F. and Lerner, R. (Eds.)(2003) Promoting Positive Youth and Family Development: Community Systems, Citizenship, and Civil Society. Volume 3 of the Handbook of Applied Developmental Science. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications

Wertlieb, D. (1999, in press). Stress and coping: Children's developmental trajectories. In L. Pearlin & A. Maney, (Eds.). Social conditions, stress, resources and health. NIH

Wertlieb, D. (1999). Calling all collaborators: Advancing pediatric psychology. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 24, 77-83

Wertlieb, D. (1997). Children whose parents divorce: Life trajectories and turning points. In I. Gotlib & B. Wheaton (Eds.) Stress and adversity over the life course: Trajectories and turning points, pp. 179-196. Cambridge University Press.

Wertlieb, D. & Feldman, D.H. (1996) Doctoral education in Applied Child Development. In Applied Developmental Science: Graduate Training for Diverse Disciplines and Educational Settings, Vol. 13, pp.121-141. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corp.

Evans, D., Noam, G., Paget, K., Wertlieb, D. & Wolf, M. (1994). Self-perception and adolescent psychopathology: a clinical developmental perspective. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 64, pp. 293-300.

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