Nicholas Long, Ph.D. is
the Director of the Center for Effective Parenting. He is also a professor of pediatrics
and Director of Pediatric Psychology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
and a licensed clinical psychologist. He has published extensively in the area of
parenting and has been a frequently invited speaker on parenting at the national and
international level. In addition, Dr. Long has also developed, evaluated, and disseminated
various parenting programs. He continues to be actively involved in conducting parenting
classes, having taught an average of 600 parents per year in parenting classes over the
last several years. Dr. Long has a leadership role in several regional and national
organizations concerned with parenting and children. LongNicholas@uams.edu
Mark Edwards, Ph.D. is the Program Evaluator for
Effective Parenting. He is also an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences and a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in
children and adolescents. He has been director of a large, multi-year Department of
Education grant to develop, evaluate and disseminate a model attention deficit disorder
teacher inservice program. He has experience in collaborating with education to provide
training to educators across the state, region and country. He has conducted over 130
formal presentations to schools, communities and professionals. EdwardsMark@uams.edu
Pamela Harper Kahler, B.A. is the Program Coordinator for the Center for
Effective Parenting and also serves as the Logistics Coordinator for the Arkansas Parent
Education Network. She has previously served as project manager for a large, multi-year
U.S. Department of Education grant to develop, evaluate, and disseminate a model attention
deficit disorder teacher inservice program. Prior to that, she has worked in the field of
marketing and public relations. Her educational background is in public information with
an emphasis on marketing/advertising and journalism.
kahlerpamj@uams.edu
Linda Patterson,
M.Ed. is the Parent Educator for the Center for Effective
Parenting/AR State PIRC. She has previous experience as a classroom
teacher and has also worked with families at a residential drug
treatment program. Her educational background is in education.
PattersonLindaK@uams.edu
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Revised: 1998.
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