Jennifer Carrasco Accepts New Behavior Clinic Position

Released: 2/26/07

Patti Grede, Vice President at Penfield Children’s Center, has generously approved a new graduate student position for the Behavior Clinic. Jennifer Carrasco, a doctoral student in counseling psychology, has accepted the offer. This new position will allow the Behavior Clinic to serve more young children from low-income families and to offer quality supervision for our practicum students. Right now, the Clinic plans to accept four new practicum students for the fall, 2007 term. Right now, 14 graduate students from five local universities apply to do a year long practicum with the Behavior Clinic.

The Behavior Clinic was founded in 2003 by Marquette University’s School of Education in partnership with Penfield Children’s Center, a large, community-based agency serving inner-city families with young children who have developmental disabilities.  The Behavior Clinic offers free mental health services for children who are experiencing significant behavior and emotional problems.  Graduate students receive specialized training and gain supervised clinical experiences working directly with the children and their families.  The clinic also has an ongoing applied research program that regularly contributes new findings to the relatively new field of pediatric mental health.