Pedro-Carroll receives research award

Pedro-Carroll

oAnne Pedro-Carroll, associate professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University and director of programs for Families in Transition at the Children's Institute, was honored for her research with children and families.

The Association of Family, Court and Community Professionals, an international group of judges, lawyers, mediators, and mental health professionals working for constructive resolution to family conflict, presented her with the Stanley Cohen Distinguished Researcher Award at the group's convention in Chicago.

Pedro-Carroll has focused her work for more than 20 years on helping children deal with their parents' separation and divorce. In the 1980s, she developed the Children of Divorce Intervention Program, then implemented and evaluated it initially in five suburban schools. The program has since served thousands of children throughout the United States and worldwide.

In recent years, she has taken her preventive strategies to court in Monroe County, where she has teamed up with family therapists, social workers, judges, lawyers, and mediators to create A.C.T.-For the Children, a program to teach separating parents how to reduce the stress of family changes on children and themselves.

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