Karen Cook, BScN, MA, MEd, PhD
Contact
Clinical Supervisor, Faculty of Education - Deans Office
- kcook@ualberta.ca
Overview
About
I am a Registered Psychologist in Alberta (2004). I began my career as a Registered Nurse (1986) in the areas of children’s health and mental-health. My educational background beyond nursing is within the area of Educational Psychology: counselling (2001); learning, development and assessment (2005); and psychological studies in education (2015). My clinical experiences have included assessment, treatment, and consultation in infant, preschool, and children's mental health (public sector in hospital, community and school settings), and individual, group counselling, and woman's mental health and wellness in the private sector.
Currently, I serve the Faculty of Education as one of the primary Clinical Supervisors in the Clinical Services area. My primary role is to provide supervision to Master and Doctoral students in the School and Clinical Child Psychology program and in the Clinical Services Clinic. In conjunction with the SCCP program, I also support the coordination of off-site practicum placements.
Research
My research interests have been in community-based research and have focused on early parent-child relationships, attachment, and individual differences.
Teaching
Since 2009, prior to becoming one of the Clinical Supervisors in Clinical Services in the Department of Educational Psychology (2018), I taught courses as a sessional Instructor in the Departments of Educational Psychology and Human Ecology.
EDPY 402: Child Development for Educators
HECOL 315: Introduction to Interviewing and Counselling
HECOL 310: Parent-Child Relations
HECOL 532: Family Health & Wellness
Courses
EDPY 523 - The Practice of School and Clinical Child Psychology
The course is intended to introduce students to the specialization of school and clinical child psychology. Topics discussed in this course include the history of school and clinical child psychology, exploration of professional identity, examination of foundational and functional competencies of practice and research, consideration of unique ethical issues in child psychology, and implementation of an evidence based practice approach. Restricted to students enrolled in the School and Clinical Child Psychology program.