Prevention and intervention with children affected by community violence; multicultural issues in counseling psychology; the intersection of culture, race, and feminist psychology.
Sparks, E. (2009). 听Learning to be authentic with clients: The untold journey of a relational practitioner. 听 In Bloomgarden, A. & Menuti, R. B. (Eds.), Psychotherapist Revealed: Therapists Speak About Self-Disclosure in Psychotherapy (163-179). New York, NY: 听Routledge.
Sparks, E. (2008). 听REPRINT: Human rights violations in the inner city: Implications for moral educators. 听In T. Lucey & K. Cooter (Eds.), Financial literacy for children and youth(chapter 18). 听Retrieved from Digitaltextbooks.biz database.
Kenny, M., Sparks, E., & Jackson, J. (2007). 听Social justice practice through interprofessional university-school collaboration. In Aldarondo, E. (Ed.). Promoting social justice through mental health practice (pp. 313-335). 听 Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Hartling, L, & Sparks, E. (In Press). REPRINT: Relational-cultural practice: Working in a nonrelational world. Women and Therapy.
Kenny, M., Gualdron, L., Scanlon, D., Sparks, E., Blustein, D.,& Jernigan, M. (2007). 听Urban adolescents鈥� constructions of supports and barriers to educational and career attainment. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 54, 336-343.
Presentations
Sparks, E. (2010, January). 听Working with 鈥榓cting-out鈥� girls: Special issues, special concerns. Paper presented at conference entitled 鈥淪chool Mental health: Treating Students K-12鈥�, Cambridge Health Alliance and Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, January 29-30, 2010. 听md传媒国产剧, MA.
Sparks, E. (2009, April). 听Understanding diversity through the eyes of today鈥檚 emerging adults: Implications for treatment. 听 Paper presented at conference entitled 鈥淔rom Late Adolescence to Early Adulthood: Treatment Challenges鈥�, Cambridge Health Alliance and Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, April 3-4, 2009. 听md传媒国产剧, MA.
Sparks, E. (August 2009). 听Learning to be authentic: Becoming a relational practitioner. 听Roundtable Discussion presented at the 117th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August 6 - 9, 2009.
Sparks, E. (2008, September). 听Living with and learning to love a depressed adolescent. Workshop presented at the 2008 Casey Family Services Foster Parent Conference, 鈥淭he Power of Family鈥�, md传媒国产剧, MA.
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Sparks, E. & Smith, J. (October 2008). 听Continuing to realize the dream: Phase two of an institutional transformation process. 听Workshop presented at Through Her Eyes Conference: Is Your Image My Reality? Center for Human Development. 听Springfield, MA. October 22, 2008.
Sparks, E., Augenbraun, D. & Chang, R. (August 2008). 听Relational cultural views of maternal PTSD:Shame, Guilt and Beliefs. 听Symposium presented at the 116th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, md传媒国产剧, MA, August 13 - 16, 2008.
Sparks, E. & Smith, J. (October 2007). 听Realizing the dream: An institutional transformation process in a residential facility for girls. 听Workshop presented at Through Her Eyes Conference: 听Relationships for Success. 听Center for Human Development. 听Springfield, MA. 听October 24, 2008.
