Lead, Community Wellness Interprofessional Collaborative
PI, Jump Start Early Childhood Consultation
PI, Early Discovery
PI, Healthy Caregivers-Healthy Children
PI, Jump Start on the Go Mobile App
Biography
Dr. Natale is a pediatric psychologist and a professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of Miami School of Medicine/Mailman Center for Child Development. She obtained her dual PhD/PsyD doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Nova Southeastern University. She has been on faculty at UM for over 20 years. She is currently the Director of the Jump Start program which was funded to help build the capacity of childcare centers to work with children with challenging behaviors and reduce rates of expulsion from preschool. She also co-lead’s the University’s Community Wellness Interprofessional Collaborative with a mission to demonstrate, through solid research and scientific methods, the importance of working with young children birth through age 5 to promote mental and physical wellness. Her work has made a transformative impact in establishing and sustaining community-based partnerships to promote positive development in young children in low-income, underserved communities. With over 50 publications, she has ensured the rapid translation of research from “bench to bedside” to implement innovative, early interventions for young children. Of the utmost importance to her is helping children and families achieve optimal developmental outcomes.
Education & Training
Education
2000: Nova Southeastern University
PhD, Clinical Psychology
2000: Nova Southeastern University
Psy.D., Clinical Psychology
1993: University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124
BS, Psychology/Biology
Post Graduate Training
2003: UM/Mailman Center UCCED/LEND
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Child Clinical and Pediatric Psychology
Licensures and Certifications
FAIMH
Infant Mental Health Endorsed (IMH-E)
FL DOH
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Research Interests
early childhood development, preschool expulsion, obesity prevention, community-based participatory research
Publications
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