Kearney

Faculty

Christopher A. Kearney, Ph.D.

Professor

Director of Clinical Training

Program:

Clinical

Website:

http://faculty.unlv.edu/ckearney/

Email:

chris.kearney@unlv.edu

Phone:

(702) 895-0183

Accepting Graduate Students 2010-2011: YES

Research Interests

Christopher Kearney is a clinical child psychologist who specializes with internalizing problems in youth, with particular emphasis on (1) problematic absenteeism and school refusal behavior, (2) posttraumatic disorder among maltreated and otherwise traumatized youths, (3) selective mutism, and (4) assessment and other anxiety-related problems such as perfectionism in children. Dr. Kearney is highly active in publishing with his graduate students, provides many resources to clinicians and lay persons regarding his assessment and treatment protocols, and commonly conducts training workshops for professional groups and school districts.

Dr. Kearney is currently Professor of Psychology, Director of the UNLV Child School Refusal and Anxiety Disorders Clinic, and Director of Clinical Training. He came to UNLV in 1990 after earning his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the State University of New York at Albany and completing his internship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Dr. Kearney has been awarded the William Morris Award for Scholarship, the Barrick Scholar Award, the Barrick Distinguished Scholar Award, and the Harry Reid Silver State Research Award from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Selected Publications

Kearney, C.A. (in press). Helping children with selective mutism and reluctance to speak: A guide for school-based professionals. New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A., Wechsler, A., Kaur, H., & Lemos-Miller, A. (in press). Posttraumatic stress disorder in maltreated youth: A review of contemporary research and thought. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review.

Kearney, C.A. (2010). Casebook in child behavior disorders (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning.

Kearney, C.A. (2008). Helping school refusing children and their parents: A guide for school-based professionals. New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A. (2008). An interdisciplinary model of school absenteeism in youth to inform professional practice and public policy. Educational Psychology Review, 20, 257-282.

Kearney, C.A. (2008). School absenteeism and school refusal behavior in youth: A contemporary review. Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 451-471.

Kearney, C.A. (2007). Forms and functions of school refusal behavior in youth: An empirical analysis of absenteeism severity. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 53-61.

Kearney, C.A., & Albano, A.M. (2007). When children refuse school: A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach/Therapist's guide (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.