Rinad S. Beidas, M.A.

E-mail: rbeidas@temple.edu

Lab Webpage: http://www.childanxiety.org 

Bio: Rinad is an advanced doctoral candidate currently in her sixth year of graduate studies. She is completing her clinical internship at University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Juvenile Research. Rinad received her B.A. in psychology from Colgate University in 2003, and her M.A. in clinical psychology from Temple University in 2007. Her specific research spans 3 areas of inquiry that mutually inform one another. Rinad’s primary area of research focuses on the application of evidence-based practice for youth with psychopathology in community settings (e.g., training community clinicians in cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety, flexibly adapting evidence-based interventions for community settings), while secondary areas of interest include clinical research on maladaptive behavior in youth and clinical research on evidence-based psychosocial interventions for youth (e.g., cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxiety).

Representative presentations and/or publications:

Beidas, R.S. & Kendall, P.C. (2010). Training therapists in evidence-based practice: A critical review of studies from a systems-contextual perspective. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, 17, 1-30. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2850.2009.01187.x

Beidas, R.S., Benjamin, C., Puleo, C., Edmunds, J., & Kendall, P. (2010). Flexible applications of the Coping Cat Program for anxious youth. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 17, 142-153. doi:10.1016/j.cbpra.2009.11.002

Beidas, R.S., Barmish, A.J., & Kendall, P.C. (2009). Training as usual: Can therapist behavior change following reading a manual and attending a brief workshop on cognitive behavioral therapy for youth anxiety? the Behavior Therapist,32, 97-101.

Kendall, P.C., & Beidas, R.S. (2007). Smoothing the trail for dissemination of evidence-based practices for youth: Flexibility within fidelity. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 38, 13-19. doi:10.1037/0735-7028.38.1.13