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Associate Professor Emeritus

Dana McDermott, Ph.D., CFLE is a developmental psychologist and certified family life educator.

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Dana McDermott, Ph.D., CFLE is a developmental psychologist and certified family life educator.

July 2002 - Present	Associate Professor Emeritus, DePaul University
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Teacher Education and Professional Development, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Developmental Psychology

Psychology, Theories of Parenting, Family Life Education and Parenting Education and Support

The Parent Role
Family Values: Parenting in Cultural Context
Evaluation of Parenting Education and Support Programs
Theories of Parent-Child Development in Cultural Context

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Contribution to Book

Parents as developing adults and developing adult learners

Handbook of parent-implemented interventions for very young children with autism. (2019)

Dana R. McDermott

Theories of adult learning and development are reviewed in detail, in order to demonstrate the complexity of the parent and professional ...

Contribution to Book

Transitions lead to new meaning

Parenting teens: Collected essays by independent school educators (2001)

Dana R McDermott and M Golden

Contribution to Book

Parent education and guidance

Family life education teacher's kit (1993)

Dana R McDermott

Developing caring relationships among parents, children, schools and communities.

Dana R. McDermott

Options for a new beginning : a handbook for midlife and ...

Dana R. McDermott

Invited articles (7)

CFLE in context: Caring: A key to understanding resilience

CFLE Network (2017)

Dana R McDermott

The constructs of resilience and caring have figured prominently throughout my career in parenting education and support. For my doctorate ...

Parenting education and support competencies

CFLE Network (2016)

Dana R McDermott

For several years parenting educators have worked with the National Parenting Education Network to identify core professional competencies in the ...

Understanding the rationale for defining terms within the field of ...

CFLE Network (2016)

Dana R McDermott

In this essay, the components of parenting education and support will be defined in light of the historical context of ...

Children, parents and teachers learning how to care more effectively

Haiti Perspectives (2014)

Dana R. McDermott

Today economists [1, 2] point to the importance of preschool education, parenting education and the teaching of empathy and care, ...

Member Insights: Are schools doing enough to learn about families?

FINE The Family Involvement Network of Educators, Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education (2004)

Dana R McDermott, Debbie Pushor, Janice Kroeger and Larry and Virginia Decker

Working with parents in cultural context- Some guiding questions

CFLE Network (2001)

Dana R McDermott

Making connections: Helping a school, its families and community adapt ...

Proceedings of the Families, Technology, and Education Conference (Chicago, IL, October 30-November 1, 1997) (1998)

Dana R McDermott and Walid Elkhoury

The Latin School, a private K-12 school in Chicago, is integrating technology into the school environment and teaching its ethical ...

Service learning: Focus on generativity and care

Academic exchange quarterly (2007)

Dana R. McDermott

Parents and their young adult children: transitions to adulthood.

Child Welfare (2006)

Idy Barasch Gitelson and Dana McDermott

Special Issue of Child WelfareThe article focuses on parent-child relationships during the years of young adulthood, in order to better understand the ...

Thinking Mindfully About Parenting and Parenting Education

Child Welfare (2006)

Dana R. McDermott

Special Issue of Child WelfareLink for current DePaul faculty, staff, students: https://ezproxy.depaul.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=106232795&site=ehost-live&scope=siteLink for non-DePaul affiliated: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=106232795&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Parenting education and support : advances in theories, research, and practice ...

Child Welfare (2006)

Dana R. McDermott, H Heath and G Palm

Special issue of Child Welfare

The complex dimensions of caring in parent, teacher and student ...

International Forum of Teaching and Studies (2006)

Dana R. McDermott

Building Better Human Connections: Parenting/Caring Education for Children and ...

Childhood education (2003)

Dana R. McDermott

Link for non-Depaul access: https://search.proquest.com/docview/210387088?accountid=10477Link for current DePaul faculty, staff and students: http://ezproxy.depaul.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/210387088?accountid=10477

Sharing the wisdom on parenting

America's Family Support (2000)

K. DeBord, H Heath, Dana R McDermott and R Wolfe

Parent and teacher plan for the children

Young Children (1997)

Dana R. McDermott Murphy

Discusses the importance of planning by a parent and teacher for a child. Description of a planning process; Relevance of ...

Men, aging and breaking away from traditional molds

Nurturing Today (1989)

Dana R McDermott

Authored as Dana McDermott Murphy

Parenting Education Scenarios. Small Group Processes

National Forum on Professional Development Systems for Parenting Education (2011)

Dana R McDermott

Case studies presented at the National Forum on Professional Development Systems for Parenting Education. Corvallis, OR, May 9.Also available at ...

Educating students for their future role as parents

America's Family Support (2005)

Dana R McDermott and Harriet Heath

Educating for parenting gives students knowledge and skills useful in life whether or not they are parents. Students learn about ...

Parents as adult learners: Deconstructing parent involvement and advocacy

Family Information Services (2003)

Dana R McDermott

Theory and rationale for parenting education in schools. The parenting ...

Prepare Tomorrow's Parents (2002)

Dana R McDermott

In the past decade there has been an increasing call from educators, and most especially from child abuse and neglect ...