Dr. Karen Jones

Karen Jones currently serves as the Clinical Director for Wyoming programs. She is a licensed psychologist and licensed professional counselor in WY. She holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and Developmental Psychology from the University of Notre Dame. After earning her doctorate, Dr. Jones worked as a research scientist and statistician for Children's Hospital Medical Center of Seattle and the University of Washington. She continued to serve as a research and methodology consultant on various projects through the University of Washington, Children�s Hospital Medical Center of Seattle, and The Pennsylvania State University after moving to Wyoming in 1998. Dr. Jones has co-authored numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and presented research at regional, national and international conferences (click here for a list of publications and presentations). Her research interests include disruptive behavior disorders across the lifespan, attachment and developmental psychopathology, social intelligence and peer relationships, psychological sequelae of cleft palate disorder, and statistical applications in developmental research. Dr. Jones also taught for the Department of Psychology at Casper College prior to joining CEC in 2001.

Dr. Jones' clinical experience includes working with child, adolescent, and adult clients in a variety of settings. She has worked in outpatient community mental health, inpatient psychiatric, and college counseling center settings prior to joining CEC. Her primary clinical interests lie in psychological and risk assessment, lifespan developmental issues, and treatment of disruptive behavior disorders.

Karen Jones: Research Publications and Presentations

Schwebel, D. C., Speltz, M. L., Jones, K., & Bardina, P. (2002). Unintentional injury in preschool boys with and without early onset of disruptive behavior. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 27, 727-737.

Coy, K., Speltz, M., & Jones, K. (2002). Facial appearance and attachment in infants with orofacial clefts: A replication. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 39(1), 66-72.

McClellan, J., McCurry, C., Speltz, M., & Jones, K. (2002). Symptom factors in early onset psychotic disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 41(7), 791-798.

Greenberg, M., Speltz, M., DeKlyen, M., & Jones, K. (2001). Correlates of clinic referral
for early conduct problems: Variable and person-oriented approaches. Development and Psychopathology, 13, 255-276.

McClellan, J, McCurry, C, Speltz, M, & Jones, K. (2001, June). Symptom factors in early onset psychotic disorders. Poster presented at the International Society for Researchers in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Vancouver, B.C.

Coy, K., Speltz, M.L., & Jones, K. (2001). Do psychosocial variables predict the physical growth of infants with orofacial clefts? Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics,21, 198-206.

Coy, K., Speltz, M., DeKlyen, M., & Jones, K. (2001). Social cognitive processes in preschool boys with and without oppositional defiant disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 29, 107-119.

White, K., & Jones, K. (2000). Effects of teacher feedback on the reputations and peer perceptions of children with behavior problems. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 76, 302-326.

Maris, C., Endriga, M., Speltz, M., Jones, K., & DeKlyen, M. (2000) Are infants with orofacial clefts at risk for insecure mother-child attachments? Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 37, 257-265.

Schwebel, D. C., Speltz, M. L., Jones, K., & Bardina, P. (2000, October). Unintentional injury risk in boys with oppositional defiant disorder. Paper presented at the biennial Kansas Conference in Clinical Child Psychology, Lawrence, KS.

Speltz, M., Endriga, M., Hill, S., Maris, C., Jones, K., & Omnell, L. (2000). Cognitive and psychomotor development of infants with orofacial clefts. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 25(3), 185-190.

Coy, K., Speltz, M., DeKlyen, M., & Jones, K. (1999, April). Social cognitive processes in preschool boys with and without oppositional defiant disorder. Poster presented at the Society of Research in Child Development, Albequerque, New Mexico.

Speltz, M., McClellan, J., DeKlyen, M., & Jones, K. (1999). Preschool boys with oppositional defiant disorder: Clinical presentation and diagnostic change. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 38(7), 838-845.

Endriga, M., Speltz, M., Maris, C., & Jones, K. (1998). Feeding and attachment in infants with and without orofacial clefts. Infant Behavior and Development, 21(4), 699-712.

Speltz, M., Coy, K., DeKlyen, M., Smith, C., Jones, K., & Greenberg, M. (1998). Early onset oppositional defiant disorder: What factors predict its persistence? Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 3(4), 302-319.

Coy, K., Speltz, M., DeKlyen, M., & Jones, K. (1998, March). How does attachment affect how children think about social situations? Paper presented to the Academic Discussion Group, Psychiatry Department, Children�s Hospital Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.

White, K., Jones, K., & Sherman, M. (1998). Reputation information and teacher feedback: Their influences on children�s perceptions of behavior problem peers. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 17(1), 11-37.

Jones, K., & Day, J. (1997). Discrimination of two aspects of cognitive social intelligence from academic intelligence. Journal of Educational Psychology, 89(3), 486-497.

Jones, K., & Day, J. (1996). Cognitive similarities between academically and socially gifted students. Roeper Review, 18(4), 270-273.

White, K., Sherman, M., & Jones, K. (1996). Children�s perceptions of behavior problem peers: Effects of teacher feedback and peer-reputed status. Journal of School Psychology, 34(1), 53-72.

Jones, K., & White, K. (1994, April). Influence of teacher feedback on children�s reputation. Poster presented at the annual Great Lakes conference, Notre Dame, Indiana.

White, K., Jones, K., & Sherman, M. (1992, November). Reputational bias: Can teacher feedback modify children�s peer preferences and perceptions? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, Massachusetts.


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