Katherine Cheung, Ph.D.
Dr. Cheung specializes in promoting skill-building through evidence-based practice, through positive psychology, mindfulness, and cognitive behavioral approaches that to support personal empowerment. Expertise include diagnosis and treatment recommendations for ADHD, executive functioning, depression, anxiety, learning disabilities, social anxiety, and home-school collaboration.
- Ph.D. School Psychology - New York University (2013)
- M.A. Educational Psychology - New York University (2010)
- B.A. International Relations - Johns Hopkins University (2002)
PUBLICATIONS
Hyun, S., Li, L., McWayne, C., & Cheung, K. (2021, January) Incorporating Emic Perspectives in Defining Social Competence: Validation of Parental Assessment of Peer Play Interactions at Home for Chinese-Heritage Children from Low-Income Backgrounds. Early Childhood Education Journal.
Cheung, K., Hysun, S., & McWayne, C.M. (Revise-Resubmit, 2020). Chinese Immigrant Parenting Behaviors and Preschool Children’s Social Competence: The Moderating Role of Culturally-Salient Social Values. Asian American Journal of Psychology
McWayne, C. M., Hahs-Vaughn, D., Cheung, K., & Green Wright, L. (2011). National Profiles of School Readiness across Time for Head Start Children: A Whole-Child Investigation of Stability and Change. Early Childhood Research Quarterly.
McWayne, C. M., Cheung, K., Green Wright, L., & Hahs-Vaughn, D. (2012). National Profiles of School Readiness: Meaningful Intraindividual Patterns and Within-Group Variability. Journal of Educational Psychology.
McWayne, C.M & Cheung, K. (2009). A Picture of Strength: Preschool Competencies Mediate the Effects of Early Behavior Problems on Later Academic and Social Adjustment for Head Start Children. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 30(3), 273-285
McWayne, C.M., Green, L. & Cheung, K. (2009). Head Start: A brief history of the largest federally-funded early childhood initiative. Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology. Springer Publishers: New York, NY