Child and School-Related Issues Special Interest Group

Sherry Cheng is working as a research assistant at the Center for Psychological Services in Queens, New York. Sherry is majoring in Psychology at St. John’s University. Her work at the Center for Psychological Services led her to pursue her interest in the impact of socio economic disadvantage on client outcomes. Her Masters thesis titled is examining how factors within the New York City and State public schools relate to child treatment outcomes in a community mental health setting. This project involves data linking from a number of settings, and has revealed some very important findings, which will benefit the psychological profession.