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Ronald D Saletsky, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
220 713 Harrison Street
Upstate Medical University
750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
(315) 464-3175

Education and Clinical Training

MS: 1986, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Ph.D.: 1990, Case Western Reserve University
Internship: 1990, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse

Clinical Specialty

Child Clinical Psychology

Clinical Interests

Foster care/adoption, Parent-child relationships, Play therapy, Psychological aspects of pediatric illness, Multidisciplinary approaches to health care

Research Program and Department Affiliations

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Research Interests

Adaptation to type 1 and type 2 diabetes in childhood, Children and foster care, Emotional development in children

Research Abstract

The ENHANCE Clinic: Medical, Psychological and Developmental Care for Children in Foster Care. With S. Blatt, V. Meguid, C. Church, M. O''Hara, D. Franklin, J. Anderson

ENHANCE services for children in foster care provides comprehensive medical care for approximately 500 children in foster care in Onondaga County. The clinic is a unique multidisciplinary (pediatrics, child psychiatry, development, department of social services) venture. We are conducting research on the medical, developmental and psychosocial status and needs of this population and how to best meet them.

Selected References

Blatt SD, Saletsky RD, Meguid V, Church CC, O''Hara, M, Haller, S and Anderson, J: A comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach to providing health care for children in foster care. Child Welfare, 1997.

Rosenfeld AA, Pilowsky DJ, Fine P, Thorpe M, Fein E, Simms M, Halfon N, Irwin, MA, Saletsky RD, Alfaro J and Nickman S: Children in family foster care: An update for child and adolescent psychiatrists. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1998.

Kamen BA, Saletsky RD. Pain: Above all, do no harm, or make sure the pain is worthy of the result. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 2000. 17:195-97.

Saletsky RD. Personality disorders in children and adolescents. In Readings: A journal of commentary in mental health by Kernberg P, Weiner AS, Bardenstein K. 2000:15:Ch 3.

Saletsky RD, Church C, Irwin M. ENHANCE Foster Care Program. Zero to Three, 2000. 19:3:38-9.

Saletsky RD. On playing a poor hand well. In Readings: A journal of reviews and commentary in mental health by Katz M. 1998. 13:1.

Rosenfeld AA, Pilowsky DJ, Fine P, Thorpe M, Fein E, Simms M. Halfon N, Irwin M, Saletsky RD, Alfaro J, Nickman S. Children in family foster care: An update for child and adolescent psychiatrists. Journal of the Amderican Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1997. 36:4:448-57.

Blatt SD, Saletsky RD, Meguid V, Church CC, O'Hara M, Haller S, Anderson J. A comprehensive multidisciplinary approach to providing health care to children in foster care. Child Welfare, 1997. 76:2:331-48.

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This profile was last updated on 05/04/2009

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