Research Interests
My research lab broadly focuses on evidence-based assessment and intervention with families of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), particularly those families that are difficult to engage in mental health services (e.g., ethnic minority and/or low income). I have a grant examining relationships among readiness to change and child externalizing symptoms in children presenting to an ADHD clinic. This project will provide valuable pilot data for a larger study of how researchers can best examine readiness to change in a population of parents of children with ADHD and how readiness to change may be a target for early intervention prior to more traditional behavioral parent training. Also, I have a primary interest in parenting and parent-child interactions within this population. This year, my research lab will start to examine parenting in African American families of children with ADHD and how parenting in these families may differ by type of interaction (i.e., unstructured free play vs. structured homework time), socioeconomic status, and child diagnostic status.
Finally, I continue to collaborate with colleagues at several institutions on a number of projects investigating such topics as adolescents in partial hospitalization programming (Akron Children’s Hospital), suicidality and bullying in psychiatric inpatients (Akron Children’s Hospital), and family-school interventions for children with ADHD (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia).
Selected Publications
Jones, H. A., Epstein, J., Hinshaw, S., Owens, E. B., Chi, T. C., Arnold, L. E. et al. (2010). Ethnicity as a moderator of treatment effect on parent-child interaction for children with ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 13, 592-600.
Power, T. J., Jones, H. A., Mautone, J. A., & Blum, N. J. (2010). Partnering to Achieve School Success: A collaborative care model of early intervention for attention and behavior problems in urban contexts. In B. Doll, W. Pfohl, & J. Yoon (Eds.), Handbook of youth prevention science (pp. 375-392). New York, NY: Routledge.
Jones, H. A., & Chronis-Tuscano, A. (2008). Efficacy of teacher in-service training for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD. Psychology in the Schools, 45, 918-929.
Jones, H. A., Clarke, A. T., & Power, T. J. (2008). Expanding the concept of intervention integrity: A multidimensional model of participant engagement. In Balance, Newsletter of Division 53 (Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, 23(1), 4-5.
Recent Grants
READI Study. 2010. Primary Investigator. Akron Children’s Hospital Foundation Research Fund Award.
Recent Awards
- CHADD (National organization for Children & Adults with ADHD), Young Scientist Research Fund Award, 2008.
- CHIPS Fellow (Child Intervention, Prevention and Services Mentoring Program), 2008.
- AAMHRS Mentee (African American Mental Health Research Scientist Consortium), 2008.