Jeffrey Wood

Assistant Professor
Psychological Studies in Education

3132 Moore Hall

(310) 825 7292

jwood@gseis.ucla.edu

Education

Ph.D., Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2003
B.A., Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 1995

Research Interests

Dr. Wood is currently conducting research on cognitive behavioral interventions for children with Asperger syndrome, autism, and anxiety; attendance problems and truancy in urban schools; caregiver-child relationships; and children?s close friendships.

Research Projects

Cognitive behavioral intervention program addressing anxiety and social problems among children with Asperger syndrome or autism (randomized controlled trial with waitlist).

School-based intervention program for typically developing children with anxiety disorders (randomized controlled trial with waitlist).

Longitudinal, school-based study of friendship quality, parent-child relationships, and academic outcomes in typically developing elementary school children.

Longitudinal study of the effects of youth absenteeism and truancy in urban schools on the development of psychiatric disorders over the course of childhood and adolescence.

Courses

Graduate Seminar: School Interventions for Behavioral and Emotional Problems (Fall 08)

Teacher Education Program: Exceptional Learners (Students with Disabilities) (Fall 07)

Undergraduate Minor: Introduction to Exceptional Learners (Spring 09)

Graduate Seminar: Personality Development and Education (Spring 08)

Current Academic Year Courses

Graduate Seminar: School Interventions for Behavioral and Emotional Problems (Fall 06)

Teacher Education Program: Exceptional Learners (Students with Disabilities) (Fall 06)

Undergraduate Minor: Introduction to Exceptional Learners (Spring 07)

Graduate Seminar: Personality Development and Education (Fall 07)

News

Early Career Award, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division E (Counseling and Human Development), 2006.

Recent Grants

"Youth Psychopathology and School Attendance Problems"

P.I.: Jeff Wood; Agency: National Institute of Mental Health (MH081087). Project Period: 6/1/07- 6/1/09.

"Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Social Problems in Children with Autism"

P.I.: Jeff Wood; Agency: Cure Autism Now Foundation. Project Period: 6/1/06 - 5/30/09.

"CBT for Comorbid Anxiety Disorders in Children with Asperger Syndrome and PDD-NOS"

P.I.: Jeff Wood; Agency: National Institute of Mental Health (MH075806). Project Period: 9/23/05 - 9/22/07.

Recent Publications

Wood, J. J., & McLeod, B. D. (2007). Child anxiety disorders: A family-based treatment manual for practitioners. New York: W. W. Norton & Co.

Sze, K. M., & Wood, J. J. (2007). Cognitive behavioral treatment of comorbid anxiety disorders and social difficulties in children with high-functioning autism: A case report. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 37,133-143.

Wood, J. J. (2007). Understanding and addressing attendance problems in urban schools. In G. Gates (Ed.), Emerging Thought and Research on Student, Teacher, and Administrator Stress and Coping. Information Age Publishing, Inc.: Charlotte, NC.

Hwang, W., & Wood, J. J. (2007). Being culturally sensitive is not the same as being culturally competent. Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy, 3, 44-50.

Wood, J. J. (2007). Academic competence in preschool: Exploring the role of close relationships and anxiety. Early Education and Development, 18, 223-242.

McLeod, B. D., Wood, J. J., & Weisz, J. (2007). Examining the association between parenting and childhood anxiety: A meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 27, 155-172.

Wood, J. J. (2006). Parental intrusiveness and children?s separation anxiety in a clinical sample. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 37, 73-87.

Hwang, W., Wood, J. J., Lin, K., & Cheung, F. (2006). Cognitive-behavioral therapy with Chinese Americans: Research, theory, and clinical practice. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 13, 293-303.

Wood, J. J., Piacentini, J. C., Southam-Gerow, M., Chu, B., & Sigman, M. (2006). Family cognitive behavioral therapy for child anxiety disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 45, 314-321.

Wood, J. J. (2006). Effect of anxiety reduction on children?s school performance and social adjustment. Developmental Psychology, 42, 345-349.