CREDENTIALS
Joyce K. Slater, Ph.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Medical College of Virginia, VCU
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
3500 Grove Avenue, Ste. 102
Richmond, Virginia 23221
Phone: (804) 353-2266
EDUCATION
B. S. Fine Arts University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
M.Ed. Psychological Examining University of Hartford
Hartford, Connecticut
Ph.D. Educational Psychology University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut
CLINICAL INTERNSHIP:
Northwest Mental Health Center, Lima Ohio, Supervised Clinical Internship
LICENSURE:
State of Virginia
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Psychological Association
Virginia Psychological Association
Virginia Association of Clinical Psychologists
Richmond Association of Clinical Psychologists
MEDICAL SCHOOL PROFESSORIAL APPOINTMENT:
Appointed in 2004-present :Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
School of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
SUPERVISOR FOR MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA PSYCHIATRY RESIDENTS:
2004-PRESENT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
9/94-PRESENT
Private Practice: specializing in parental capacity evaluations, custody evaluations, educational evaluations, parenting skills training of oppositional defiant children, and diagnosing and treating individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
9/00-PRESENT
Clinical Psychological Evaluations & Custody Evaluations
Children’s Home Society of Richmond (parenting & adoptability)
Chesterfield DSS, Richmond DSS, Alexandria DSS, Middlesex DSS, Petersburg DSS,
Fredericksburg DSS, King & Queen County DSS, Hanover DSS, Henrico DSS,
Essex DSS, Family First Children’s Services LLC. Little Kids In Focus, Rescare Inc.
Unival Corporation (Fitness for Duty Assessment), Hilliard House,
MES Disability Evaluations,
10/00-PRESENT Licensed School Psychologist
Richmond Public Schools
Richmond, Virginia
Responsibilities include full diagnostic psychological evaluations, consultation with teachers and parents, and presenter for staff development workshops.
2/01- 1/05 Staff Clinical Psychologist (part time)
Jewish Family Services
Richmond, Virginia
Responsibilities included psychological testing, individual psychotherapy with an emphasis on treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, and treatment of anxiety disorders.
4/02-04 Contract Clinical Psychologist
Memorial Child Guidance Clinic
Richmond, Virginia
Specifically engaged for the purposes of personality testing of children and adolescent clients.
9/91-9/92 Supervision by OCD Specialist
Supervised by Dr. Fred Penzel, author of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: A Complete Guide to Getting Well and Staying Well, Oxford University Press, 2000. Dr. Penzel is a member of the Science Advisory Boards of the Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation and the Trichotillomania Learning Center. He is the Executive Director of Western Suffolk Psychological Services in Huntington, New York.
4/91 Yale University School of Medicine
Workshop: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in
Children and Adolescents: Assessment and Treatment.
1/89-6/94 Milford School System
Milford, Connecticut
School Psychologist
Responsibilities included full diagnostic evaluations, member child study team, consultation with parents and teachers, crisis intervention, inclusion implementation, and staff development workshops.
ASSISTANT EDITOR:
Richmond Academy of Clinical Psychologists’ Newsletter. January 2005-2006.
FORENSIC EDUCATION:
Training in Ethical Standards and Standards of Practice for Child Custody Evaluations: Virginia Psychological Association, Speaker: Arnold Stolberg, Ph.D. Dept. of Psychology, VCU & Katherine Macie, Ph.D., Virginia Treatment Center for Children, VCU, October 2003.
Introduction to Child Custody & Parenting Evaluations: American Academy of Forensic Psychology Workshop Series, Speaker: Jonathon Gould, Ph.D., Chicago, Illinois April 28, 2011.
Advanced Issues in Child Custody Evaluations: American Academy of Forensic Psychology Workshop Series, Speaker: Jonathon Gould, Ph.D., Chicago, Illinois April 28, 2011.
Parenting Coordination: Working with High Conflict Families: American Academy of Forensic Psychology Workshop Series: Speaker: Robin Deutsch, Ph.D., Chicago, Illinois April 29, 2011.
The MMPI-2-RF(Restructured Form): An Introduction for Foresnic Psychologists: American Academy of Forensic Psychology Workshop Series, Speaker: Yossef S. Ben-Porath, Ph.D., Kent State University, April 30, 2011.
The MMPI-2-RF(Restructured Form): An Advanced Workshop for Forensic Psychologists: American Academy of Forensic Psychology Workshop Series, Speaker: Yossef S. Ben-Porath, Ph.D., Kent State University, May 1, 2011.
Juvenile Justice: Evaluations of Competence and Transfer/Reverse Transfer:
Advanced Forensic Psychological Practice: Issues & Applications, Speaker: Kirk Heilbrun, Ph.D. Drexel University, March 2011, NM.
Psychological Test Use in Forensic Applications: Advanced Forensic Psychological Practice: Issues & Applications: Speaker: Terese Hall, Ph.D., ABPP, Esq., March 2011, Albuquerque, NM.
Developments in Violence Risk Assessment: Advanced Forensic Psychological Practice: Issues & Applications: Speaker: Kirk Heilbrun, Ph.D., Drexel University, April 2011, Albuquerque, NM.
Developments in Sexual Violence Risk Assessment: Advanced Forensic Psychological Practice: Issues & Applications: Speaker: Kirk Heilbrun, Ph.D., Drexel University, April 2011, Albuquerque, NM.
Parenting Plans: Child Custody and Access Evalutions: Advanced Forensic Psychological Practice: Issues & Applications: Speaker: Marsha Hedrick, Ph.D., ABPP, April 2011, Albuquerque, NM.
Parenting Evaluations in Child Protective Matters: Advanced Forensic Psychological Practice: Issues & Applications: Speaker: Marsha Hedrick, Ph.D., ABPP, April 2011, Albuquerque, NM.
Case Law Update, American Academy of Forensic Psychology Intensive Workshop: Speaker: Terese Hall, Ph.D., ABPP, Esq., March 2011, Albuquerque, NM.
Miranda Waivers Evaluations: Advanced Forensic Psychological Practice: Issues & Applications: Speaker: Alan Goldstein, Ph.D., ABPP, April 2011, Albuquerque, NM.
Evaluations in Strict Mens Rea Cases: Advanced Forensic Psychological Practice: Issues & Applications: Speaker: Alan Goldstein, Ph.D., ABPP, April 2011, Albuquerque, NM.
Death Penalty Assessments: Ethics and Practice: Advanced Forensic Psychological Practice: Issues & Applications: Speaker: Alan Goldstein, Ph.D., ABPP, April 2011, Albuquerque, NM.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
5-Day Professional Biofeedback Certificate Program (Introduction to Biofeedback): Philip Hughes, Ph.D., M.F.T., Stens Corporation, approved by APA for CE programs for psychologists, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, November, 2007.
4-Day Professional EEG/Neurofeedback Certificate Program: John Anderson, M.A., Stens Corporation, approved by APA for CE programs for psychologists, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, November, 2007.
Psychology and Medicine: When Boundaries Blur and Ethical Issues Arise: Ann V. Denton, Ph.D., Richmond Academy of Clinical Psychologists, March 21, 2005, Richmond, Virginia.
Neuropsychology of Bipolar Disorder in Children & Adolescents: Peter Patrick, Ph.D., Virginia Psychological Association 2004 Fall Convention, October 21, 2004, Richmond, Virginia.
Use of Cinematherapy with Adolescents: Donald Kearly, B.A., & Patricia J. Brice, Ph.D., Virginia Psychological Association 2004 Fall Convention, Richmond, Virginia, October 21, 2004.
Bipolar Disorder in Children: Predictable Problems and Promising Possibilities: Mary Fristad, Ph.D. ABPP, Aradhana Sood, M.D., FAACAP, 2 nd Annual Child Psychiatry Fall Mini Conference, Richmond, Virginia, September 24, 2004.
Identifying Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Students: John Gruszkos, Ph.D., Virginia Academy of School Psychologists, Richmond, Virginia, March 26, 2004.
BASC: An Overview and More (Linking it to Interventions): Larry Hanken, Ph.D. Virginia Academy of School Psychologists, Richmond, Virginia, October 17, 2002.
WISC-IV and WISC-IV Integrated: A process Approach: George McCloskey, Ph.D., Virginian Psychological Association and the Virginia Academy of Clinical Psychologists, Charlottesville, Virginia, October 23, 2003.
The First Session with African Americans: Issues for both Majority and Minority: Janis Sanchez, Ph.D. Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Psychological Association, December, 2003.
Doing the Cognitive Behavior Analysis System of Psychotherapy: James McCullough, Ph.D. and Marilyn Spiro, Ph.D., Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Psychological Association, December 2002.
Ethical Problem Solving: Edward Tiller, Ph.D., Virginia Psychological Association, Richmond, Virginia, March 8, 2004.
Psychopharm Update—Where Are We Going: Sally Singer Horwatt, Ph.D. , Richmond Academy of Clinical Psychologists, Richmond, Virginia, December 7, 2004.
WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS BY DR. SLATER:
04/27/12 Evaluating Forensic Psychological Assessments: Richmond
School Psychologists
11/15/11 Evaluating Forensic Psychological Assessments: Hanover DSS
11/18/10 Medical College of Virginia Discussant: 4 th yr residents, Hoarding Case
4/03/08 Evidenced Based Psychotherapy as Applied to Anxiety Disorders.
Invited address Richmond Psychiatric Society.
02/08 Evidenced Based Psychotherapy as Applied to Anxiety Disorders. One
class session for 3 rd and 4 th year psychiatric residents MCV, VCU.
05/07 Workshop on Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory for Richmond School
Psychologists.
09/06 Taming the Worry Monster, OCD. Invited guest lecturer for MCV
Psychiatry Grand Rounds. MCV, Richmond, Virginia
05/05 Psycho-pharmacological Treatment and Diagnosis of Childhood
Psychiatric Disorders. Virginia Academy of School Psychologists
Regional Workshop. Richmond, Virginia.
10/02 Three Hour Invited Workshop Entitled:
Understanding OCD: Etiology, Diagnosis & Treatment. Virginia
Psychological Association, Richmond, Virginia
10/01 How to Teach Reading Phonically. Overby-Sheppard Elementary
School, Elizabeth Redd Elementay School, Richmond , Virginia
2/01 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Childhood. Workshop for Richmond
School Psychologists
5/01 Obsessive Compulsive Disorders: Diagnosis & Treatment: Workshop for
staff and clients, Jewish Family Services, Richmond, Virginia
2/95 Behavior Management for Teachers. Special Education Resource
Center. Middletown, Connecticut
3/94 Behavior Management for Child Study Teams: Special Education
Resource Center. Middletown, Connecticut
9/93 Lee Cantor’s Assertive Discipline for Parents & Teachers . Milford
School System, Milford, Ct.
3/92 What is Metacognition? New Strategy for Learning: Milford School
System, Milford, Connecticut.
PUBLICATIONS:
Slater, J. K. (1991). Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Childhood, Communique, National Association of School Psychologists, 20,( 2).
Slater, J. K. (1991).Parent Hand-out: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Childhood,Communique, National Association of School Psychologists, Vol. 20 ( 2).,
Slater, J. K. (1992).Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Childhood, Helping Children Grow in the ‘90’s National Association of School Psychologists.
PAPER PRESENTATION:
Slater, J. K. (1992). Diagnosis & Treatment of Children with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. National Association of School Psychologists. Washington, D.C., April 1993.
BOARD MEMBER:
10/01-05 Virginia Academy of School Psychologists
10/04-06 Richmond Academy of Clinical Psychologists