Research Group:
Issues in Pediatric School Psychology
Pediatric School Psychology is a subset of child-serving psychology that is focused on the promotion of children’s health and development through the coordination of efforts across systems, including family, school, health system, and communication agencies, with a particular emphasis on fostering success in school. The essence of pediatric school psychology is to promote linkages among systems of care and interdisciplinary connections to enable children to be successful in school” (Power & Bradley-Klug, 2013, p. 2). The Pediatric School Psychology Research Group at the University of South Florida engages in research activities to promote the physical and mental health of children, youth, and young adults who are living with a chronic health condition. Most recently, we have been discussing the impact of COVID-19 and disparities in health care availability on children, youth, and young adults and their families.
Related Publications
(+current and former graduate students’ names denoted)
BookPower, T. J., & Bradley-Klug, K. L. (2013). Pediatric School Psychology: Conceptualization, Applications, and Leadership Development. New York,
NY: Routledge.
Recent Book ChaptersBradley-Klug, K. L., +Lynn, C., & +Wesley, K. L. (2020). Classroom and school-wide universal health strategies. In A. Dempsey (Ed.), Pediatric
health conditions in schools: A clinician’s guide for working with children, families, and educators (pp. 141-157). Oxford University Press.
Bradley-Klug, K. L., & +Shaffer-Hudkins, E. (2018). Diabetes. In S. G. Forman & J. D. Shahidullah (Eds.), Handbook of pediatric behavioral
healthcare: An interdisciplinary collaborative approach (pp. 59-72). Springer.
Bradley-Klug, K. L., +Jeffries DeLoatche, K. & Wheatley, G. (2017). School psychology and students with medical issues. In M. Thielking & M.
Terjesen (Eds.), Handbook of Australian School Psychology: Integrated International Research, Practice, and Policy (pp. 655-662). Springer.
Selected Recent Publications
Larsen, R. W., Bradley-Klug, K., Bloom, M., Goldstein, H., & Sanberg, P. R. (2022). USF Pandemic Response Research Network (USF PRRN): A
highly integrative basic and applied research approach to COVID-19. Technology & Innovation, 22(2), 165-171.
Haupt, R. L., +Smith, N. D. W., Jones, P. C., Marks, L. C., Bradley-Klug, K. L., & Lindsay, K. (2020). Forming effective partnerships
between school and community service providers. Communique´, 49, 17-19.
+Lynn, C., +Chenneville, T. A., Bradley-Klug, K. L., +St. John Walsh, A., Dedrick, R., & Rodriguez, C. (2019). Depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic
stress as predictors of immune functioning: Differences between youth with behaviorally and perinatally acquired HIV. AIDS Care.
+Lynn, C., Bradley-Klug, K., +Chenneville, T. A., +St. John Walsh, A., Dedrick, R., & Rodriguez, C. (2018). Mental health screening in integrated
care settings: Identifying rates of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress among youth with HIV. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 17, 239-245.
Selected Recent Presentations: International & National
+Shaffer-Hudkins, E., +Agazzi, H., Bradley-Klug, K. L., & +Morgan, M. (2023, August). Training behavioral health providers in the national birth to
three early intervention program. Poster at the 2023 Annual American Psychological Association Conference Division 54 (Pediatric Psychology), Washington, DC.
Sommerhalder, M., Bradley-Klug, K. L., Haranin, E., Franta, E., +Chesno Grier, B., +Patruskly, L. (2023, February). Pediatric school psychology:
Training and career opportunities. Symposium presented at the 2023 National Association of School Psychologists Convention, Denver, CO.
*Scarimbolo, K., Bradley-Klug, K., Ferron, J.M, & *Nadeau, J. M. (2022, July). Supporting youth with anxiety disorders and BFRBs. Poster presented
at the International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Conference (IOCDF), Denver, Colorado.
*Morgan, M., Bradley-Klug, K., *Nadeau, J., & Ferron, J. (2022, February). Behavioral activation for minorized youth with internalizing disorders.
Paper presented at the 2022 National Association of School Psychologists Convention, Boston, MA.
Bradley-Klug, K. L., *Shaffer-Hudkins, E., *Morgan, M., & *Scarimbolo, K. (2021, October). Building empathy to enhance medical students' patient
perspective taking: Considerations for healthcare inequities and COVID-19. Discussion group facilitated at the 2021 Annual Conference of the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association, Madison, WI.
*Ross, D., *Dreiss, A., *Andrews, J., & Bradley-Klug, K. L. (2021, October). Building rapport with children & adolescents in telehealth practice.
Paper presented at the 2021 Annual Conference of the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association, Madison, WI.
Bradley-Klug, K., *Morgan, M., *Gills, P., & *Scarimbolo, K. (2021, July). Opioid use and COVID-19: The school psychologist’s role when two
pandemics collide. Paper presented virtually at the 2021 International School Psychology Association Convention, Nicosia, Cypress.
*Morgan, M., Bradley-Klug, K., Ferron, J., & +Nadeau, J. (2021, July). Do race and gender matter?: Examining adolescent outcomes following
depression treatment. Poster presented virtually at the 2021 International School Psychology Association Convention. Nicosia, Cypress.
*Scarimbolo K., Bradley-Klug, K., Ferron, J., & +Nadeau, J. (2021, July). Treatment responses among youth with anxiety disorders and body-focused
repetitive behaviors in a clinic sample. Paper presented virtually at the 2021 International School Psychology Association Convention. Nicosia, Cypress.
Jones, P. +Smith, N. D. W., Haupt, R., Hermetet-Lindsay, K., Marks, L., +Garafano, G., & Bradley-Klug, K. L. (2020, February). Navigating pediatric
school psychology internships, post-doctoral fellowships, and careers. Symposium presented at the 2020 National Association of School Psychologists Convention, Baltimore, MD.
+Singleton, D., Bradley-Klug, K. L., & +Hanson, P. (2019, August). School-based collaboration: Supporting students with chronic health conditions.
Poster presented at the 2019 American Psychological Association (Division 54) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Lindsay, K., +Garofano, J.S., Jones, P., Bradly-Klug, K.L., & +Smith, N.D. (2019, August). Finding a seat at the table: A call for the continued
essential role of school psychologists in pediatric settings. Symposium presented at the 2019 American Psychological Association (Division 54) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
+LaRosa, K., Bradley-Klug, K., Ferron, J., Suldo, S., & *Shaffer-Hudkins, E. (2019, April). Behavior change for children participating in Parent-Child
Interaction Therapy: A growth curve analysis. Poster presented at the 2019 Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Current Funded Grants
Co-Principal Investigator for two grants focused on “Civics Literacy Excellence Initiative: Oral History Resources” funded by Florida Department of Education, January 2022 – June 2024. Amount Awarded = $2,000,000.
- Current Projects
- Health Literacy and Resiliency: Our team has been working on a long-term project to develop a rating scale to assess youth and young adults’ health literacy and resiliency. We conducted a national validation study and completed our data analyses. We had a journal article published based upon this research in the Journal of Communication in Healthcare: Strategies, Media and Engagement in Global Health. We have been meeting with measurement experts to determine the “next steps” to further validate this rating scale.
- Promoting Integrated Health Care: More than 20% of children have a health care need requiring support related to learning or daily functioning. These special health care needs include chronic physical, developmental, behavioral and/or emotional conditions, and students with these conditions require integrated health care services to be successful in the educational setting. Although school psychologists and school nurses have the training necessary to provide services to these students, these professionals typically operate independently in school settings. Our research group conducted a pilot survey with school nurses in Florida. This survey was revised and one of our students used the revised survey for her thesis to conduct a national study of school nurses to assess their current collaborative relationships with school psychologists. Our goal is to conduct a national study of school psychologists to assess their perceptions of this partnership.
- Manuscript Development and Submission: School Psychology Trainees as Behavioral Health Providers in the Part C Birth to Three Intervention Program
- Partnership with 1Voice Academy: 1Voice Academy is the first school in the United States for children with cancer, providing an innovative learning environment for academic, recreational, and social support for children battling cancer. Our goal is to continue our partnership with this school to evaluate the impact of the services offered on these children and their families.
- Fall 2023/Spring 2024 Planned Activities
- Present data and implications for practice from projects at conferences such as the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and Society of Pediatric Psychology
- Revise and resubmit manuscript noted above
- Plan additional studies related to the Health Literacy and Resiliency Scale and promotion of integrated health care
- Develop and submit grant proposal to support training for school psychology graduate students in integrated health care
- Develop studies to assess the short- and long-term impact of COVID-19 and health care disparities on children, youth, and young adults and their families
Related Publications
(+current and former graduate students’ names denoted)
BookPower, T. J., & Bradley-Klug, K. L. (2013). Pediatric School Psychology: Conceptualization, Applications, and Leadership Development. New York,
NY: Routledge.
Recent Book ChaptersBradley-Klug, K. L., +Lynn, C., & +Wesley, K. L. (2020). Classroom and school-wide universal health strategies. In A. Dempsey (Ed.), Pediatric
health conditions in schools: A clinician’s guide for working with children, families, and educators (pp. 141-157). Oxford University Press.
Bradley-Klug, K. L., & +Shaffer-Hudkins, E. (2018). Diabetes. In S. G. Forman & J. D. Shahidullah (Eds.), Handbook of pediatric behavioral
healthcare: An interdisciplinary collaborative approach (pp. 59-72). Springer.
Bradley-Klug, K. L., +Jeffries DeLoatche, K. & Wheatley, G. (2017). School psychology and students with medical issues. In M. Thielking & M.
Terjesen (Eds.), Handbook of Australian School Psychology: Integrated International Research, Practice, and Policy (pp. 655-662). Springer.
Selected Recent Publications
- Schneider, T., Wolgemuth, J., Bryant, C., Bradley-Klug, K. L., & Ferron, J. (2022). The perception of school life and academic experiences of
- Shaffer-Hudkins, E., +Hinojosa, S., Bradley-Klug, K. L., & Johnson, N. (2022). The diabetes simulation challenge: A simulated learning experience
Larsen, R. W., Bradley-Klug, K., Bloom, M., Goldstein, H., & Sanberg, P. R. (2022). USF Pandemic Response Research Network (USF PRRN): A
highly integrative basic and applied research approach to COVID-19. Technology & Innovation, 22(2), 165-171.
- Smith, N. D. W., Bradley-Klug, K. L., Suldo, S. M., Dedrick, R. F., & +Shaffer-Hudkins, E. J. (2022). Associations between multiple health-promoting
Haupt, R. L., +Smith, N. D. W., Jones, P. C., Marks, L. C., Bradley-Klug, K. L., & Lindsay, K. (2020). Forming effective partnerships
between school and community service providers. Communique´, 49, 17-19.
- Lynn, C., +Chenneville, T., Bradley-Klug, K., +Walsh, A., Dedrick, R., & Rodriguez, C. (2019). Health knowledge and adherence as predictors of
+Lynn, C., +Chenneville, T. A., Bradley-Klug, K. L., +St. John Walsh, A., Dedrick, R., & Rodriguez, C. (2019). Depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic
stress as predictors of immune functioning: Differences between youth with behaviorally and perinatally acquired HIV. AIDS Care.
+Lynn, C., Bradley-Klug, K., +Chenneville, T. A., +St. John Walsh, A., Dedrick, R., & Rodriguez, C. (2018). Mental health screening in integrated
care settings: Identifying rates of depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress among youth with HIV. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 17, 239-245.
Selected Recent Presentations: International & National
+Shaffer-Hudkins, E., +Agazzi, H., Bradley-Klug, K. L., & +Morgan, M. (2023, August). Training behavioral health providers in the national birth to
three early intervention program. Poster at the 2023 Annual American Psychological Association Conference Division 54 (Pediatric Psychology), Washington, DC.
Sommerhalder, M., Bradley-Klug, K. L., Haranin, E., Franta, E., +Chesno Grier, B., +Patruskly, L. (2023, February). Pediatric school psychology:
Training and career opportunities. Symposium presented at the 2023 National Association of School Psychologists Convention, Denver, CO.
*Scarimbolo, K., Bradley-Klug, K., Ferron, J.M, & *Nadeau, J. M. (2022, July). Supporting youth with anxiety disorders and BFRBs. Poster presented
at the International Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Conference (IOCDF), Denver, Colorado.
*Morgan, M., Bradley-Klug, K., *Nadeau, J., & Ferron, J. (2022, February). Behavioral activation for minorized youth with internalizing disorders.
Paper presented at the 2022 National Association of School Psychologists Convention, Boston, MA.
Bradley-Klug, K. L., *Shaffer-Hudkins, E., *Morgan, M., & *Scarimbolo, K. (2021, October). Building empathy to enhance medical students' patient
perspective taking: Considerations for healthcare inequities and COVID-19. Discussion group facilitated at the 2021 Annual Conference of the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association, Madison, WI.
*Ross, D., *Dreiss, A., *Andrews, J., & Bradley-Klug, K. L. (2021, October). Building rapport with children & adolescents in telehealth practice.
Paper presented at the 2021 Annual Conference of the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association, Madison, WI.
Bradley-Klug, K., *Morgan, M., *Gills, P., & *Scarimbolo, K. (2021, July). Opioid use and COVID-19: The school psychologist’s role when two
pandemics collide. Paper presented virtually at the 2021 International School Psychology Association Convention, Nicosia, Cypress.
*Morgan, M., Bradley-Klug, K., Ferron, J., & +Nadeau, J. (2021, July). Do race and gender matter?: Examining adolescent outcomes following
depression treatment. Poster presented virtually at the 2021 International School Psychology Association Convention. Nicosia, Cypress.
*Scarimbolo K., Bradley-Klug, K., Ferron, J., & +Nadeau, J. (2021, July). Treatment responses among youth with anxiety disorders and body-focused
repetitive behaviors in a clinic sample. Paper presented virtually at the 2021 International School Psychology Association Convention. Nicosia, Cypress.
Jones, P. +Smith, N. D. W., Haupt, R., Hermetet-Lindsay, K., Marks, L., +Garafano, G., & Bradley-Klug, K. L. (2020, February). Navigating pediatric
school psychology internships, post-doctoral fellowships, and careers. Symposium presented at the 2020 National Association of School Psychologists Convention, Baltimore, MD.
- Smith, N.D., Bradley-Klug, K.L., Suldo, S.M., +Brennan, E.M., Dedrick, R.F., & +Shaffer-Hudkins, E.J. (2020, February). Health-promoting behaviors
- Smith, N.D., Suldo, S.M., Hearon, B.V., Ferron, J.M, & Bradley-Klug, K.L. (2020, February). An Application of the Dual Factor Model of Mental
+Singleton, D., Bradley-Klug, K. L., & +Hanson, P. (2019, August). School-based collaboration: Supporting students with chronic health conditions.
Poster presented at the 2019 American Psychological Association (Division 54) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Lindsay, K., +Garofano, J.S., Jones, P., Bradly-Klug, K.L., & +Smith, N.D. (2019, August). Finding a seat at the table: A call for the continued
essential role of school psychologists in pediatric settings. Symposium presented at the 2019 American Psychological Association (Division 54) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL
+LaRosa, K., Bradley-Klug, K., Ferron, J., Suldo, S., & *Shaffer-Hudkins, E. (2019, April). Behavior change for children participating in Parent-Child
Interaction Therapy: A growth curve analysis. Poster presented at the 2019 Society of Pediatric Psychology Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Current Funded Grants
Co-Principal Investigator for two grants focused on “Civics Literacy Excellence Initiative: Oral History Resources” funded by Florida Department of Education, January 2022 – June 2024. Amount Awarded = $2,000,000.