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Richard J. Morris, Ph.D.
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Richard J.
Morris, Ph.D. is the David and Minnie Meyerson Distinguished Professor of
Disability and Rehabilitation and Professor of School Psychology in the
Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and School Psychology at the
University Arizona.
Dr. Morris has been elected a Fellow of the American Psychological Association,
Charter Fellow of the American Psychological Society, and Fellow of the
American Association on Mental Retardation. He has authored or edited 13 books
and more than 110 journal articles and book chapters in the areas of behavior
disorders, psychotherapy, disability policy, and professional issues in the
delivery of psychological services to both children and adults.
His most recent
books are: Disability Research and Policy:
Current Perspectives (2006),
The Practice of Child Therapy, 4th edition (in press, edited with
Thomas R. Kratochwill, Ph.D.), and Evidenced-based
Interventions for Students with Learning and Emotional Difficulties (in
press, edited with Nancy Mather, Ph.D.).
His current
research interests include: the relationship between disability and juvenile
delinquency; legal and ethical issues in the delivery of children's mental
health services; and, managing childhood aggressive and disruptive behaviors in
the classroom. Dr. Morris is a
licensed psychologist and a past-president of the APA Division of
Rehabilitation Psychology, past Chair of the APA Membership Committee and past
member of the APA Ethics Committee. He is also a past Chair and two-term Board
Member of the State of Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners. He currently
serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Psychological
Association Insurance Trust.
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