Lourdes Dale

(Ph.D., American University) Assistant Professor.

Infants and children, pediatric health psychology.

Dr. Dale joined the faculty of the Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology (GIPP) in the Fall of 2004. She is a clinical child psychologist licensed in Connecticut and Massachusetts. At GIPP, she is involved in the Women’s Research and Mentoring Group. She is also working with Dr. McCloskey on developing a psychophysiology laboratory. Her research will focus on children’s emotion regulation abilities and the impact of familial factors. Dr. Dale completed her internship at the Judge Baker Children’s Center/Children’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School). She developed an interest in working with medically ill including those with cancer (Dana Farber Cancer Institute), metabolic and mitochondrial disorders (Metabolic Clinic, Children’s Hospital), failure-to-thrive (Growth and Nutrition Clinic, Children’s Hospital), and diabetes (Department of Endocrinology, Boston Medical Center).


Prior to joining GIPP, Dr. Dale was on the faculty at Boston University Medical Center, where she was directing the Child Psychiatry Urgent Care Team, combined consultation/liaison and emergency services. She was also co-directing psychology training for the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Boston Medical Center.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS
Portales AL (2001, October). Risk Assessment and Levels of Psychiatric Care. Urgent Care Team Monthly Presentations to Nursing Staff of Pediatric Emergency Department, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

Portales AL. Lopez C, Volvakis AM, Korson M (2001, October). The interplay between social, emotional, nutritional, medical, and cognitive factors in a young adult with early-onset propionic acidemia. Department of Pediatrics, Case of the Week Presentation, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Portales AL (1997-1999, yearly). Helping parents with the behavioral management of their difficult children. Division of Child Psychiatriy and Child Development Training Program, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Portales AL (1999, January). Behavioral management of failure-to-thrive. Literature Seminar, Growth and Development Programs, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Cebollero AM, Llerena-Quinn R, & Portales AL (1998, July). In their own words: Latinos in the Health System. Presentation at the Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education conference entitled Medical Crisis Counseling: Caring for Diverse Patient Groups, Boston, MA

Portales AL (1997, April). Conducting research with latino diabetic overweight adults. Principles and Strategies of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

Portales AL, Porges SW, Doussard-Roosevelt JA, Abedin M, Lopez R, Young MA, Beeram MR, & Baker M (1997). Vagal regulation during bottlefeeding in low-birthweight neonates: Support for the gustatory-vagal hypothesis. Developmental Psychobiology, 30(3), 225-33.

Portales AL, Villavicencio A, Fernandez S, Brunt M, Ebner S, Levenson S, Millen B, & Chipkin S (1997). Depression and glycemic control in urban carribean latinos with NIDDM entering a weight loss program. Diabetes, May (abstract).

Die-Trill M, Bromberg J, LaVally B, Portales AL, SanFeliz A, & Farkas Patenaude A (1996). Development of social skills in boys with brain tumors: A group approach. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 14(2), 23-41.

Porges SW, Doussard-Roosevelt JA, Portales AL, & Greenspan SI (1996). Infant regulation of the vagal "brake" predicts child behavior problems: A psychobiological model of social behavior. Developmental Psychobiology, 29(8), 697-712.

Doussard-Roosevelt JA, Porges SW, & Portales AL. (1995, March). The Approach-Withdrawal Interaction Coding System (AWICS): A behavioral coding system with a physiological foundation. Poster presentation at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, IN.

Chatoor I, Portales AL, & Rivera Y 1994, June). Lack of cardiac vagal regulation in toddlers with infantile anorexia. In J. A. Doussard Roosevelt & S. W. Porges (Conveners), Cardiac vagal regulation in clinical and high-risk samples. Symposium at the International Conference for Infant Studies, Paris.

Portales AL (1991, January). Complexities and difficulties of neonatal research in the hospital environment. Human Developmental Psychology Class, Marymount University, Arlington, VA.

Portales AL, Porges SW, & Greenspan SI (1990). Parenthood and the difficult child. Infant Behavior and Development, 13, 573 (abstract).

COURSES AT GIPP
Advanced Seminar: Systems Theory and Family Therapy Dissertation Seminar Professional Seminar: Ethics Advanced Issues in Child Assessment