Developmental Psychology

Roundtable on Developmental Psychology: Research into Practice

On March 31, 2011, during the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Montreal, Wiley hosted its second Wiley Psychology Roundtable entitled ‘Putting Research into Practice’. The invitation-only forum was a dynamic discussion about the needs and methods of making research in developmental psychology more accessible.  

Read the supporting virtual issue, Developmental Psychology: Research into Practice 

This roundtable brought together some of the most influential authors, editors, and organizations in the field to address the longstanding issues of how best to transform research into practice. Attendees included:  

Hiram E. Fitzgerald (Editor: Infant Mental Health Journal)
Jonathan Green (Practitioner Reviews Editor: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Amy Halberstadt (Editor, Social Development)  
Margaret Harris (Editor: British Journal of Developmental Psychology)
Penny Hauser-Cram
Elizabeth Lemerise (Editor, Social Development)
Jeff Lockman (Editor: Child Development)
Kathy McCartney (Co-Editor: The Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development)
Gerry Mulhern (2011 President, British Psychological Society)
Charles Nelson (Author: Neuroscience of Cognitive Development: The Role of Experience and the Developing Brain)
Thomas O’Connor (Editor: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)
Richard Rende (Author: Psychological Interventions for Biologically Based Problems in Childhood and Adolescence, Forthcoming)
Patrick Tolan (Co-Editor: Special Issue of Child Development, Raising Healthy Children)

Through this roundtable, Wiley will continue to develop its offerings to better serve this important discipline. Read the virtual issue for a selection of articles on putting research into practice.

“I thought it was a very cool session...the style of it was outstanding,” said Richard Rende, Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Brown Medical School and Butler Hospital. “I think there’s good consensus that there’s a real need to take what we’re doing on the research side and provide that information. There’s a lot of different ways that that can happen. I think the take home for me is we have to be creative about...staying connected to the science when we’re translating it for people.”

“I thought it was a fantastic event,” said Gerry Mulhern, President of the British Psychological Society (2011) “It’s a great way for publishers to contact stakeholders, allowing us to share experiences about the challenges of getting our message out to people who want to hear it, and to those with whom we wish to share our science ... the suggestions that came out of the session were excellent. Very thought-provoking.”

The Wiley Psychology Roundtable Series brings together key thinkers across psychology to focus on new, timely or longstanding issues in this vital field of research. For further information on this series, please visit the Wiley Psychology Roundtable Series website.