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Elizabeth Snyder-Fickler

Research Scientist

Liz Snyder is trained as an experimental psychologist, with a focus on cognitive development. Since joining the Center in 2006, her work has focused on program evaluation within the child welfare and mental health systems. Currently, she serves as the principal investigator for a five-year grant that will develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive family assessment to improve child welfare outcomes in Alamance County. Snyder also serves as the co-principal investigator for the SAMHSA child mental health initiative serving transition age youth (16-21) in Durham, North Carolina. More recently, with funding from the Oak Foundation and the Brady Education Foundation, Snyder is serving as the co-principal investigator for the evaluation of the East Durham Children’s Initiative, which seeks to transform outcomes for children who reside in a 120-block area east of downtown Durham, NC.

Snyder was also involved in the evaluation of a system of care infrastructure grant awarded to the North Carolina Division of Social Services.

Prior to coming to the Center, she was a post-doctoral fellow at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During that time her research and training experiences involved both the Carolina Interdisciplinary Large-Scale Policy Research Training and the National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study.

Education:

• Ph.D. University of Louisville - 2004

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Snyder, E., Lawrence, C. N., & Dodge, K.A. (Accepted, December 8, 2011). The Impact of System of Care Support in Adherence to Wraparound Principles in Child and Family Teams in Child Welfare in North Carolina. Children and Youth Services Review. [010], [doi]  [abs]


2. Snyder, E., Weatherholt, T., Rosanbalm, K., & Lawrence, C.N. "Comprehensive family assessments to improve child welfare outcomes in Alamance County: Interim evaluation report."  December, 2011


3. Frenk, S., & Snyder, E. "Comprehensive family assessments in Alamance County: Service array and availability for families involved with child welfare.."  December, 2010


4. Snyder, E., Frenk, S., & Lawrence, C.N. "Comprehensive family assessments in Alamance County: Social worker perspectives on implementation and practice."  December, 2010


5. Snyder E., & Hood, H. "Improving child welfare outcomes through Systems of Care: Family partner interactions and child and family team observations.."  May, 2009

1. DSS comprehensive family assessment: Benefits of coaching and motivational interviewing., Paper presented at Prevent Child Abuse North Carolina’s Learning & Leadership Summit on Evidence-Based Programs & Family Strengthening Practice, New Bern, NC., March, 2011
2. Comprehensive family assessment: Collaborative models for improving clinical assessment and engagement skills, Paper presented at the Child Welfare League of America National Conference, Washington, DC., March, 2011
3. System of Care infrastructure development. National Technical Assistance and Evaluation Center for Systems of Care Webinar., July, 2010 [wmv]
4. Multiple response and System of Care evaluations: Measures, tools, and outcomes., Paper presented at the American Humane Annual Conference on Differential Response in Child Welfare, Long Beach, CA., November, 2007
5. Attention regulation in children from low SES families: The influence of child temperament and maternal sensitivity. In B. M. Burns (Chair), The role of maternal sensitivity in promoting self-regulatory functioning in children from high-risk populations., Symposium presented at the 2007 Biennial Conference on Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA., April, 2007