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Selected Honours/Prizes
1975 M.A. in Psychology (First Class Honours)
1983 Distinguished Paper Presentation Award.Sixth National Conference on Behaviour Modification, Adelaide, May 1983.Title: The modification of disruptive mealtime behaviour using stimulus control and contingency management procedures.
1995 National Violence Prevention Award, second place, Australian Heads of Government
1996 National Violence Prevention Award, Overall first prize, Australian Heads of Government
1997 Distinguished Career Award, Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
2003 Fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology
2004 The International Collaborative Prevention Research Award from the Society for Prevention Research
2004 The International Collaborative Prevention Research Award from the Society for Prevention Research
2007 Queenslander of the Year Award
2007 President's Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology from the Australian Psychological Society
2007 Appointed Honorary President of the Canadian Psychological Association
2007 Trailblazer Award from the Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (Parenting and Families Special Interest Group)
Consultant/Honorary Positions
- Media Spokesperson
- Australian Psychological Society on Child and Family Issues Member
- Ministerial Task Force on Work and Family,
- Queensland Department of Industrial Relations Chairperson,
- Evaluation Policy Subcommittee,
- Board of the National Suicide Prevention Council Memeber,
- National Illicit Drugs Strategy, Community Expert Panel Member,
- Family Matters Advisory Committee,
- National Suicide Prevention Strategy.
- Expert Consultant for the Council of Europe;
- Director, Parenting and Family Support Centre;
- Chairperson, Scientific and Professional Advisory Committee;
- Triple P-Positive Parenting Program Consultant for the Family Support Program for the Victorian Department of Human Services;
- Consultant, Western Australian Department of Health;
- Honorary Clinical Psychologist from the Division of Psychiatry from the Royal Brisbane Hospital;
- Member on the Advisory Committee for the Psychology Clinic (RMIT,Bundoora, Victoria);
- Member of the Paediatric Advisory Panel for Queensland Health;
- Member of the Queensland School Curriculum Office (Parent Information Advisory Group);
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases;
- Member of the International Management Committee at The University of Auckland, Research Centre for Interventions in Teaching and Learning;
- Member of Scientific and Professional Advisory Committee, Triple P-Positive Parenting Program (New Zealand);
- Member of Scientific and Professional Advisory Group, Triple P-Positive Parenting Program (Germany);
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