Emily S. Trask

Emily S. Trask, M.A. Fifth Year Graduate Student University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Psychology e-mail: etrask1@bigred.unl.edu

Emily is a fifth year graduate student in clinical psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is currently on internship at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. Her research and clinical interests lie in the field of child maltreatment. Emily is the recipient of a F31 dissertation grant investigating the efficacy of treatments for victims of childhood sexual abuse.

Emily received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from California State University, Long Beach in 2002 where she was awarded psychology student of the year. She then received a Master’s degree in Psychology from San Diego State University (SDSU) in 2004. Her area of research at SDSU was in the field of child maltreatment. Her master’s thesis investigated how levels of family instability were related to current child functioning in a sample of maltreated children. She also worked on a project called geocoding, which assessed the usefulness of this software in a sample of maltreated children.

PUBLICATIONS

DiLillo, D., Fortier, M. A., Hayes, S. A., Trask, E., Perry, A. R., Messman-Moore, T. L., Fauchier, A., & Nash, C. (2006). Retrospective assessment of childhood sexual and physical abuse: A comparison of scaled and behaviorally specific approaches. Assessment, 13, 297-312.

PRESENTATIONS

Trask, E., Walsh, K., DiLillo, D. (2008, November). A Meta-Analysis of the Efficacy of Treatments for Sexually Abused Children: An Extension of Prior Findings. Poster accepted for presentation at the 42nd Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Orlando, FL.

Trask, E., Walsh, K., DiLillo, D. (2007, November). Efficacy of treatments for sexually abused children: A meta-analysis. Poster presented at the 41st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Philadelphia, PA.

Gale, E. B., Trask, E., & DiLillo, D. (2007, November). Emotion regulation during marital conflict: A comparison between victims and non-victims of child maltreatment. Poster presented at the 41st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Philadelphia, PA.

Tavkar, P., Trask, E., Cronch, L., Huenink, M., Hill, M., & Flood, M. F. (2007, November). Evaluation of a four-phase teacher-child interaction training protocol for reducing behavior problems in preschool classrooms. Poster presented at the 41st Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Philadelphia, PA.

Perry, A.R., Trask, E. S., DeGue, S., & DiLillo, D. (2005, November). Child maltreatment, family environment, and subsequent adjustment: Extending findings to dyadic outcomes. Poster presented at the 39th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Washington, DC.

Kras, A., Trask, E., & DiLillo, D. (2004, November). The co-occurrence between adverse childhood events and childhood physical or sexual abuse. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), New Orleans, LA.

Trask, E. & Litrownik, A. (2004) Putting assumptions of placement stability to the test of empiricism. Paper presentation at the 18th Annual San Diego Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment.

Trask, E. (2003). Using a GIS in the Social Sciences. Workshop presentation, Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Student Affiliate
ABCT Child Maltreatment and Interpersonal Violence Special Interest Group
American Psychological Association, Student Affiliate
APA Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Student Affiliate

SCHOLARSHIPS/HONORS

2007 – 2008     National Institutes of Mental Health Grant #1F31MH080533 - 01A1
                     Efficacy of Treatments for Sexually Abused Children: A Meta-Analysis
                     Total Award $36,528.

2000-2001       President’s Honor Roll

2001-2002       Member of Psi Chi, Psychology National Honors Society    

2001               Psychology Student of the Year, California State University, Long Beach