Valerie A. Wajda-Johnston, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Education & Affiliations
Biography
Clinician, Metropolitan Child and Youth Services Clinic
Consulting Psychologist, Louisiana Children’s Museum
Clinical Supervisor, Tulane University School of Medicine’s Psychology Internship Program, Metropolitan Child and Youth Services Clinic
Faculty member, Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
Years at Tulane: Since 2000
Publications
Wajda-Johnston, V.A., Smyke, A.T., Nagle, G.A., & Larrieu, J.A. (2005). Using technology as a training, supervision and consultation aid. In K.M. Finello (Ed.) Handbook of Training and Practice in Infant and Preschool Mental Health. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Smyke, A.T., Wajda-Johnston, V.A., & Zeanah, C.H. (2004). Working with traumatized children in the child welfare system. In J.D. Osofsky (Ed.) Young Children and Trauma, New York, Guilford Press.
Wajda-Johnston, V.A., Smyke, A.T., Nagle, G.A., & Larrieu, J.A. (2005). Using technology as a training, supervision and consultation aid. In K.M. Finello (Ed.) Handbook of Training and Practice in Infant and Preschool Mental Health, San Francisco, Jossey Bass.
The main focus of Dr. Wajda-Johnston's clinical work is assessment and intervention with toddlers through teens and their families. She provides training in the areas of Infant Mental Health and child and adolescent psychology. She also provides outreach services to children in the metropolitan New Orleans area through the Louisiana Children’s Museum. Dr. Wajda-Johnston is interested in training issues at every educational level.
