GRANT AWARDS

Dr. De Barbieri has been awarded numerous grants over the course of her career. The focus of these grants has been on improving clinical expertise both in practice and in teaching as well as in support of her research on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. Below is a review of her grant awards:

Perumbilly, S., De Barbieri, P.W. & Carroll, S. (fall, 2013). SCSU Faculty Development Grant.
Clinical Work with Diverse Populations. ($2,500).

De Barbieri, P.W., & Carroll, S. (summer, 2013). SCSU Curriculum Development Grant.
MFT Curriculum Standards Review and Development of a Broader Variety of Hybrid and On-line Course Offerings and Alternate Programmatic Formats. ($5,000).

De Barbieri, P.W., Perumbilly, S. Carroll, S. Dripchak, V. & Sessler, P. (spring, 2013)
SCSUFaculty Development Grant. Two Part Series: Evidenced Based Practice: In-home evidence based therapy training. ($2,500).

De Barbieri, P.W. & Carroll, S., Zack, D. & Howe, E. (fall, 2012). SCSU Faculty Development Grant.
Developing the Self of the Therapist through Gestalt Therapy and Family Constellation Advanced Skill Development Training. ($2,500).

De Barbieri, P.W., & Carroll, S. (summer, 2012). SCSU Curriculum Development Grant.
General Program Structure, On-Site Clinical Experience, and Curriculum Standards Review of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program. ($5,000).

De Barbieri, P.W., Zack, D , Carroll, S., Davensen, W., Bulmer, S. & Fopiano, J. (spring, 2012) SCSU Faculty Development Grant.
A Collaborative Systemic Examination of Eating Disorders. ($2,500).

De Barbieri, P.W., & Manke, N, Mathany, K. (2011).The White-Travis Foundation. True North Youth Development Corporation Web Site Development and Design for marketing. 
The North Star Manual-for building resiliency in school age girls. ($5,000).

Haynes, N., Arafeh, S., Fopiano, J., De Barbieri, P.W., Sassu, K., Torre, C., Levende, D., Madonia, P., & Broadbridge, C. (2011). SCSU Faculty Development Grant. Understanding and Using the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Database. ($1675).

Haynes, N., Arafeh, S., Fopiano, J., De Barbieri, P.W., Sassu, K., Torre, C., Levende, D., Madonia, P., & Broadbridge, C (2011).
Closing the Achievement Gap In the STEM Fields. ($2300).

Haynes, N., Fopiano, J., De Barbieri, P.W., Sassu, K., & Torre, C. (2010). SCSU Faculty Development Grant.
Connecticut’s Achievement Gap: Issues, Policies ad Strategies. ($2300).

De Barbieri, P.W. (2008)
The Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation, three year challenge grant, to implement a program to train future mental health professionals in the field of eating disorders prevention, identification, and treatment. ($186,000).

Cameron, M. & De Barbieri, P.W. (Spring, 2008). SCSU Faculty Development Grant. Zero Tolerance, Suspension, and Expulsion: Is School Discipline Fair and Effective? Speaker: Russell Skiba, Ph.D., Professor in Counseling and Educational Psychology at Indiana University. ($2000).

Smith, C., Nwachuku, U., & De Barbieri, P.W. (Spring, 2007). SCSU Faculty Development Grant.
Spirituality in Higher Education and Spirituality in Counseling. Speakers: Dr. Judith Mirant, Professor Emeritus, Our Lady of Holy Cross & Dr. Jane Chauvin, Professor, Loyola University New Orleans. ($1,500).

De Barbieri, P.W., Smith, C. & Miracal, D. (Spring, 2007). SCSU Faculty Development Grant Collaborative Grant.
New Developments in Understanding and Treating Self Injury. Speaker: Dr. Barent Walsh, Dir. The Bridge of Central Massachusetts. ($1,900).

De Barbieri, P.W. (Spring 2006) Self-Injurious Behavior in Adolescents. Barent Walsh, Ph. D., Director, The Bridge of Central Massachusetts. SCSU Counseling and School Psychology Faculty Development Grant. New Haven, CT. ($2000).

Haynes, N. M., Fopiano, J., De Barbieri, P.W., & Nwachuku, U. (Spring, 2006) SCSU Faculty Development Grant. Meeting the Mandates of No Child Left Behind: Social and Emotional Learning Interventions with Low Achieving Students. Speaker: Dr. Linda Latieri, Founder and Dir. Of Creative Response to Problem Solving. ($2000).

Madonia, P., De Barbieri, P.W., Silano, M. & Haynes, N.M. (Fall, 2005). SCSU Faculty Development Grant. No Child Left Behind: School Counselors Impacting Measurable Indicators of Student Success. Speaker: Dr. Carol Dahir, Coordinator of Counseling at the New York Institute of Technology. ($1720).

Haynes, N.M., Fopiano, J. & De Barbieri, P.W. SCSU Faculty Development Grant. (Fall, 2004) Behavior Disorders in Children and Youth: Issues and strategies for schools, communities and parents. Speaker: Dr. Alan Kazdin, Dir. The Yale Behavior Disorder Clinic to speak on, ($1,500).

De Barbieri, P.W., Madera, B. & Fopiano, J. SCSU Faculty Development Grant. (Spring, 2003) Eating Disorders in the School Age Population: Etiology to intervention. Speaker: Diane Mickley, M.D. Founder and Director of the Wilkins Center for Eating and Weight Disorders in Greenwich CT. ($2,000).

De Barbieri, P.W., Manke, N. Mathaney, K. SCSU Curriculum Related Activities Grant (Spring, 2003) Development of a Curriculum Guide: The North Star Facilitators Manual, focused on the development of self esteem and resiliency through the arts and rooted in Native American tradition. ($2,500).

Haynes, N.M., & De Barbieri, P.W. (Fall, 2002). SCSU Faculty Development Grant. The Organizational Development of Effective Teams. Speaker: Dr. Peter Senge author of The Fifth Discipline. ($1,500).

De Barbieri, P.W. & Landino, R. SCSU Faculty Development Grant (Spring, 1998) Training course in administration and interpretation of the current version of the Myers Brigg Type Indicator (MBTI). ($2,500).

De Barbieri, P.W. SCSU Curriculum Related Activities Grant (1994) Development of an Instructional Module on Self Image and Self Esteem for School Age Females. ($2,500).

Sacred Heart University Drug Prevention Program. (1989) Grant to expand the existing drug prevention program and include two peer facilitator components, one campus-based, and another which reaches out into the community; and a curriculum development component that includes a computerized database of drug prevention fact sheets. Funded by the Fund For The Improvement of Postsecondary Education,Washington D.C. ($130,607).

Project DRAGNET (Drug Awareness Geographic Network).(1990) Grant to develop a local geographic network of drug prevention personnel at Connecticut institutions of higher education. Funded by the Fund For The Improvement of Postsecondary Education, Washington D.C. ($39,813).