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Elena Schiavone

Education

B.A. Psychology, University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests

My research interests include increasing the accessibility and cultural responsiveness of mental health services for youth and families from systematically marginalized communities. I intend to collaborate with communities to: (1) evaluate mental health service delivery models that increase access to care in both clinical and natural settings and (2) investigate how to best support community professionals (e.g., after-school staff, teachers, therapists) in implementing culturally-responsive EBPs.

Awards

McKnight Doctoral Fellowship, Florida Education Fund, 2021-Present

Morris Viteles Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 2018

Theta Alpha Kappa Honor Society, University of Pennsylvania, 2018 

Publications

Schiavone, E., Freeman, J., & O’Connor, E. (2021). Delivering Exposure Therapy via Telehealth: Benefits and Challenges. Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior Letter, 37(3).

O’Connor, E.E., Carper, M.M., Schiavone, E. et al. Trajectory of Change in Parental Accommodation and Its Relation to Symptom Severity and Impairment in Pediatric OCD. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01240-4

Herren, J., Schiavone, E., Charlton, A., & Paulo, B. (2021, under contract). Playful CBT with Children Diagnosed with OCD. In Friedberg, R.D. & Rozmid, E. (Eds.), Creative CBT with Youth: Clinical Applications Using Humor, Play, Superheroes, and Improvisation. Springer.

Benito, KG, Herren, JH, Kemp, J, Freeman, JB, Garcia, AM, Chorpita, B, Machan, J, Georgiadis, C , Sung, J, Arora, A, Wellen, B, Stewart, E, Frank, H, Schiavone, E, & Gervasio, M. (accepted). Targeting therapist behaviors during exposure: A randomized pilot training trial.

Presentations

Schiavone, E., Frank, H., de Steiguer, A., Wolff, J., Hellmuth, J., & Freeman, J. (2020, November). Latinx Representation in Anxiety/OCD Services Versus Other Psychiatric Hospital Services. Poster presented at the 54th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Latinx Special Interest Group, Philadelphia, PA.

Schiavone, E., O’Connor, E., Mirhashem, R., Gervasio, Maddi., Walther, M., & Garcia, A. (2019, November). The Association between Parental Anxiety and Parental Response to Child Negative Emotions in Anxious and Non-Anxious Youth. Poster presented at the 53rd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies convention, Child and Adolescent Anxiety Special Interest Group Pre-Conference Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Mirhashem, R., Carper, M., O’Connor, E., Kemp, J., Schiavone, E., & Freeman, J. (2019, November). Does family functioning affect pediatric OCD treatment response in young children? Poster presented at the 53rd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Child and Adolescent Anxiety Special Interest Group, Atlanta, GA.

Schiavone, E. (2018, April). Investigating the Science Gender Bias. Presented at the University of Pennsylvania Spring Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA.

Schiavone, E., Berman, M., Wong, J., Forbes, C. N., & Ruscio, A. M. (2017, August). (Low) conscientiousness distinguishes depressed and anxious individuals from healthy controls. Presented at the American Psychological Association convention, Washington, DC.