Stephen Scott Leff, Ph.D.
William H. Bennett Professor
Staff Psychologist, Children's Seashore House of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, Research and Training, Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Member, Curriculum Committee, Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Associate Director, The Community Schools Program, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Chair, Program Evaluation Committee, Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Member, Scientific Review Committee, The Institutional Review Board of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Director, Behavioral Health Research Affinity Group, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Mentor, Injury Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) summer program (funded by National Science Foundation)
Chair, Data & Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for Drs. Thomas Power, Jennifer Mautone, & Jenelle Nissely's PCORI grant, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Chair of Psychology Internship Program's Diversity and Inclusion Workgroup, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Co-Leader Healthier Together Initiative (Behavioral Health/Violence Prevention Pillar), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Data & Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for Dr. Ariel Williamson (K23 NIH grant), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Scholarship Oversight Committee, SOC for Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric fellows
Co-Director, Center for Violence Prevention at CHOP (formerly the Violence Prevention Initiative)
Consultant on Arcus Data Transparency Project, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
DCAPBS Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (DCAPBS), CHOP
Diversity & Inclusion Committee, Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics; Diversity & Inclusion Committee
Microaggression Workgroup Leader, Dept of Pediatrics Diversity, Equity, and Antiracism Curriculum Committee, CHOP
Department of Pediatrics, Research Council, Department of Pediatrics, CHOP
Mentor, F31 NRSA Award to Megan Quarmley (NIH), Dept. of Psychology, Temple University
Department of Pediatrics IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism) Council, Department of Pediatrics, CHOP
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Roberts Pediatric Research Center,
8th floor - 8123
2716 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
8th floor - 8123
2716 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Office: 215-590-7067
Fax: 267-426-5260
Fax: 267-426-5260
Email:
leff@chop.edu
leff@chop.edu
Publications
Links
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Description of Dr. Leff's role as the Co-Director of CHOP's Violence Prevention Initiative
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Description of Dr. Leff's role as the Co-Director of CHOP's Violence Prevention Initiative
Education:
A.B. (Psychology, cum laude)
Duke University, 1989.
M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996.
Permanent linkA.B. (Psychology, cum laude)
Duke University, 1989.
M.A. (Clinical Psychology)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992.
Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996.
Selected Publications
Blom-Hoffman J, Kelleher C, Power TJ, Leff SS: Promoting healthy food consumption among young children: Evaluation of a multi-component nutrition education program. Journal of School Psychology 32: 45-60, 2004.Leff SS, Power TJ, Costigan TE, Manz PH: Assessing the climate of the playground and lunchroom: Implications for bullying prevention programming. School Psychology Review 32: 418-430, 2003.
Nabors LA, Leff SS, Power TJ: Quality improvement activities and expanded school mental health services. Behavior Modification 28: 596-616, 2004.
Power TJ, Costigan TE, Eiraldi RB, Leff SS: Variations in anxiety and depression as a function of ADHD subtypes defined by DSM-IV: Do subtype differences exist or not? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 32: 27-37, 2004.
Leff SS, Goldstein A: Aggression. Encyclopedia of School Psychology. McMillen (eds.). McMillen, Page: 17-20, 2005.
Leff SS, Angelucci J, Goldstein AB, Cardaciotto L, Paskewich B, Grossman M: Using a particiatory action research model to create a school-based intervention program for relationally aggressive girls: The Friend to Friend Program. Bullying, Victimization, and Peer Harassment: Handbook of Prevention and Intervention in Peer Harassment, Victimization, and Bullying. Zins J, Elias M, Maher C (eds.). Haworth Press, New York, Page: 199-218, 2007.
Leff SS, Power TJ, Goldstein A: Outcome measures to assess the effectiveness of bullying prevention programs in the schools. Bullying in American Schools: A Social-Ecological Perspective on Prevention and Intervention. Espelage DL, Swearer SS (eds.). Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, Page: 269-296, 2004.
Leff SS, Kupersmidt JB, Power TJ: An initial examination of girls' cognitions of their relationally aggressive peers as a function of their own social standing. Merrill Palmer Quarterly 49: 28-53, 2003.
Power TJ, Manz PH, Leff SS: Training for effective practice in the schools. School Mental Health Handbook. Weist M, Evans S, Tashman N (eds.). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, Norwell, MA, Page: 257-273, 2003.