Jessica Hawks, PhD

Professional Titles

• Child and Adolescent Psychologist
• Clinical Director, Pediatric Mental Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado
• Associate Professor, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Recognitions

• Hospital Hero, U.S. News & World Report (2020)
  Special ongoing series spotlighting the extraordinary efforts being mounted by health professionals in the trenches of fighting the historic coronavirus pandemic.
• Leadership for Innovative Team Science Program Awardee, University of Colorado, Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (2018)
  This is a competitive year-long leadership training program for academic leaders on the Anschutz Medical Campus that is aimed at building leadership for clinical and translational science.
• Dr. Jeffrey Dolgan Award for Exemplary Supervision and Mentorship, Pediatric Mental Health Institute, Children's Hospital Colorado (2016)
  Trainee-nominated award for providing exemplary supervision and mentorship to psychology trainees.

Research Interests

Publications

• Kennedy SM, Henderson-Davis V, Henry L, Hawks JL, Diaz KI, Crabbs T, Khindria N, Moe-Hartman J, Nook L, President KF, Stovall S, Anthony LG. Pilot Effectiveness and Acceptability of Partial Hospitalization Treatment Incorporating Transdiagnostic, Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention. Behav Ther. 2024 Jul;55(4):751-767. PubMed PMID: 38937048
• Zik, J., Hawks, J. Penner, A., & Stoddard, J. (2024). Family and peer functioning mediation effects on the association between stress and child mental health in a clinical population during COVID-19. Current Psychology, 43, 23344-23351. Retrieved online: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-05780-5
• Sheffield, K., Horvath, S., & Hawks, J. (2024). Training mental health clinicians to provide evidence-based treatment for pediatric eating disorders in the outpatient setting. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Retrieved online: https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2024.2324780
• Mullin, B.C., Baumann, C., Meintzer, M.K., & Hawks, J. (2024). Training in evidence-based assessment and treatment of pediatric anxiety and OCD in a large hospital outpatient psychiatric clinic. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Retrieved online: https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2024.2358503
• Kennedy SM, Henderson-Davis V, Henry L, Hawks JL, Diaz KI, Crabbs T, Khindria N, Moe-Hartman J, Nook L, President KF, Stovall S, Anthony LG. Pilot Effectiveness and Acceptability of Partial Hospitalization Treatment Incorporating Transdiagnostic, Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention. Behav Ther. 2024 Jul;55(4):751-767. PubMed PMID: 38937048
• Hawks, J., Moore, M., & Leffler, J. (2024). Impact and management of staff turnover and burnout. In A. Thompson, S. Simmons, & J. Leffler (Eds.). Handbook of Evidence-Based Inpatient Mental Health Programs for Children and Adolescents. Springer.
• Hawks, J. (2024, January). An update on the youth mental health crisis. NewsNow! Monthly Updates for Our Community Partners. Retrieved from: https://mcusercontent.com/c49ad8af77717950c0296d8c1/files/b60e7e5f-8844-29ba-bbb3-1fba7cb2bb3d/NewsNow_Mental_Health_Update_77_.pdf
• Hawks, J. (2024, May). Youth mental health in the summer. NewsNow! Monthly Updates for Our Community Partners. Retrieved from: https://mcusercontent.com/c49ad8af77717950c0296d8c1/files/6d3b1168-5d31-b49d-9009-dbec687eba2a/NewsNow_Summer_Mental_Health.pdf
• Codd, E., & Hawks, J. (2024, September). Daily evidence-based suicide screening improves patient safety. Q: Advances and Answers in Pediatric Health. Retrieved from: https://www.childrenscolorado.org/advances-answers/recent-articles/suicide-screening/
• Hawks, J. & Penner, A. (2024, October). Identifying and treating ADHD in children. NewsNow! Monthly Updates for Our Community Partners. Retrieved from: https://www.childrenscolorado.org/doctors-and-departments/departments/psych/mental-health-professional-resources/primary-care-articles/identifying-treating-adhd/
• Kunik, T., Beuf, H., & Hawks, J. (2024, September). My Sister Liv: Engaging in fearless conversations to prevent youth suicide. Hosted by Dr. David Brumbaugh, Chief Medical Officer of Children’s Hospital Colorado. Charting Pediatrics. (Audio Podcast). Retrieved from: https://traffic.libsyn.com/chartingpediatrics/10.22.24_My_Sister_Liv_-_Charting_Pediatrics_Episode.mp3
• Hawks, J. (2024, November). Supporting students amidst the youth mental health crisis. Hosted by Jeffco Public Schools Elevate Education (Audio Podcast). Retrieved from: https://www.jeffcopublicschools.org/services/communications/elevate-education-podcast
• Oblath R, Twohy E, Higdon C, Duncan A, Folk JB, Schiel MA, Grewal S, Hawks JL, Martinez W, Coble K, Edwards S, Goetz A, Ramtekkar U, Kulkarni CA, Khan S, Doan BT, Nallapula K, Fornari V, Fortuna LR, Myers K. The Provision and Utilization of Telehealth within Academic Mental Health Clinics in North America during the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAACAP Open. 2023 Nov;1(3):218-229. PubMed PMID: 39220686
• Hawks JL. Editorial: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Racial Disparities in Pediatric Mental Health. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2023 Apr;62(4):398-399. PubMed PMID: 36608739
• Holzman JBW, Hawks JL, Kennedy SM, Anthony BJ, Anthony LG. Parenting in a Pandemic: Preliminary Support for Delivering Brief Behavioral Parent Training Through Telehealth. Behav Modif. 2023 Jan;47(1):128-153. PubMed PMID: 35707864
• Hawks, J. (2023, February). A family-based approach to youth mental health. NewsNow! Monthly Updates for Our Community Partners.
• Hawks, J. & Fritsch, S. (2023, September). Evidence-based practices for the assessment and treatment of youth mental health concerns in primary care settings. Pediatric Download Forum (Audio Podcast).
• Colorado has a free therapy program for kids. Here’s how it’s going, one year in (January 2023). Invited interview with Lucas Brady Woods, News Reporter. KUNC NPR for Northern Colorado (Radio broadcast and website).
• Teen mental health (February 2023). Invited interview with Jackson Endicott. KUGR-TV, Coronado High School (School-wide broadcast and website).
• Holzman JBW, Hawks JL, Kennedy SM, Anthony BJ, Anthony LG. Parenting in a Pandemic: Preliminary Support for Delivering Brief Behavioral Parent Training Through Telehealth. Behav Modif. 2023 Jan;47(1):128-153. PubMed PMID: 35707864
• Kennedy, S., Wilkie, D.P., Henry, L., Moe-Hartman, J., President, K., Townson, K., Anthony, L.G., & Hawks, J. (2022). The Unified Protocols for Children and Adolescents in partial hospitalization: Using implementation science frameworks to guide adaptation. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.  
• Holland, M. & Hawks, J. (2022). Mindfulness and acceptance and commitment practices in the school setting: Practical interventions for children and adolescents. Routledge.
• Holland, M., Hawks, J., Morelli, L.C., & Khan, Z. (2021). Risk assessment and crisis intervention for youth in a time of telehealth. Contemporary School Psychology. Advance online publication: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40688-020-00341-6
• Hawks, J., Pitula, C., & Shoop, J. (2021). A transdiagnostic approach to the treatment of autonomic dysfunction associated with orthostatic intolerance in pediatric patients. The Behavior Therapist, 44(1), 32-37.
• Folk JB, Schiel MA, Oblath R, Feuer V, Sharma A, Khan S, Doan B, Kulkarni C, Ramtekkar U, Hawks J, Fornari V, Fortuna LR, Myers K. The Transition of Academic Mental Health Clinics to Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2021 Jun 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34119633
• Holland M, Hawks J, Morelli LC, Khan Z. Risk Assessment and Crisis Intervention for Youth in a Time of Telehealth. Contemp Sch Psychol. 2021 Jan 6;:1-15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33425481
• Hawks, J., *Pitula, C., & *Shoop, J. (2021). A transdiagnostic approach to the treatment of autonomic dysfunction associated with orthostatic intolerance in pediatric patients. The Behavior Therapist, 44(1), 32-37.
• Romani, P.W., Kennedy, S., Sheffield, K., Ament, A.M., Schiel, M., Hawks, J. & Murphy, J. (2021). Pediatric mental healthcare providers’ perceptions of the delivery of partial-hospitalization and outpatient services via telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
• Hawks, J. Kennedy, S., & Holzman, J. (2021). Anger, Irritability, and Disruptive Behavior Problems. In J. Ehrenreich-May & S. Kennedy (Eds.). Applications of the Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Oxford.
• Hawks, J. (2021, March). Balancing parenting and work during the COVID-19 pandemic. NewsNow! Monthly Updates for Our Community Partners. Retrieved from: https://www.childrenscolorado.org/doctors-and-departments/departments/psych/mental-health-professional-resources/primary-care-articles/work-parenting-covid19/
• Henry, L. & Hawks, J. (2021, July). Psychiatric acute levels of care. NewsNow! Monthly Updates for Our Community Partners. Retrieved from: https://www.childrenscolorado.org/doctors-and-departments/departments/psych/mental-health-professional-resources/primary-care-articles/psychiatric-care-levels/
• Hawks JL, Kennedy SM, Holzman JBW, Ehrenreich-May J. Development and Application of an Innovative Transdiagnostic Treatment Approach for Pediatric Irritability. Behav Ther. 2020 Mar;51(2):334-349. PubMed PMID: 32138942
• Kennedy, S. & Hawks, J. (senior author; 2020). A randomized controlled pilot trial testing an inhibitory learning model of extinction in anxious youth. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2020.09.011
• Ariefdjohan, M., Judd-Glossy, L., Hawks, J., Lindwall, J., & Carubia, B. (2019). Mental health providers and trainees’ experience of treating pediatric patients with psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES): A clinical survey. Colorado Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology, 3(1), 67-75.
• Turner, S., Foss, A., Malmberg, J., & Disabato, J. (2019). Minding the gap in pediatric headache care: Can a focus on quality measures improve Outcomes? Neurology Clinical Practice, 9(3), 187-193.
• Germone, M., Judd-Glossy, L., Malmberg, J., Barnes, J., Costello, L., Schiel, M.,…Cypers, S. (2017). Academic medicine commentary: Experiences of early career faculty in pediatric mental health. Colorado Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology, 2(1), 5-17.
• Twohy, E., Malmberg, J., & Williams, J. (2017). A comprehensive transdiagnostic approach to pediatric behavioral health. Colorado Journal of Psychiatry and Psychology, 2(1), 43-57.
• Holland, M. L., Malmberg, J., Gimpel, G. A. (2017). Emotional and behavioral problems of young children: Effective interventions in the preschool and kindergarten years (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
• Malmberg, J. & Field, C. (2013) Preventative behavioral parent training: A preliminary investigation of strategies for preventing at-risk children from developing later conduct problems. Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 35(3), 212-227.
• Handwerk, M., Field, C., Dahl, A., & Malmberg, J. (2012). Conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, and disruptive behavior disorders. In M. Hersen & P. Sturmey (Eds.), Handbook of Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Psychology: Child and Adolescent Disorders (Vol. 3, pp. 267-302). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
• Kennedy, S., Henderson-Davis, V., Henry, L., Hawks, J., Diaz, K., Crabbs, T., … Anthony, L. (in-press). Pilot Effectiveness and Acceptability of Partial Hospitalization Treatment Incorporating Transdiagnostic, Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention. Behavior Therapy.
• Zik, J., Hawks, J. Penner, A., & Stoddard, J. (in-press). Family and peer functioning mediation effects on the association between stress and child mental health in a clinical population during COVID-19. Current Psychology.
• Sheffield, K., Horvath, S., & Hawks, J. (in-press). Training mental health clinicians to provide evidence-based treatment for pediatric eating disorders in the outpatient setting. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
• Hawks, J., Moore, M., & Leffler, J. (in-press). Impact and management of staff turnover and burnout. In A. Thompson, S. Simmons, & J. Leffler (Eds.). Handbook of Evidence-Based Inpatient Mental Health Programs for Children and Adolescents. Springer.
• Hawks, J. (in-press) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial disparities in pediatric mental health. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Leffler, J. & Hawks, J. (in-press). Impact and management of staff turnover and burnout. In A. Thompson, S. Simmons, & J. Leffler (Eds.). Handbook of Evidence-Based Inpatient Mental Health Programs for Children and Adolescents. Springer.
• Hawks, J. (in press). Parent training for pediatric irritability: A transdiagnostic approach. In Del Vecchio, T. & Terjesen, M. (Eds.). Handbook of Behavioral Parent Training.
• Casline, E., Henry, L., Reynolds, K., Diaz, K., Hawks, J., Anthony, L., & Kennedy, S. (in-press). Provider perception of the acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of a transdiagnostic intervention in a youth partial hospitalization setting: A mixed methods implementation process evaluation. Psychological Services.
• Hawks, J., Wojcieszak, Z., & Kennedy, S. (in-press). A transdiagnostic stepped-care approach to improving access to youth mental health treatment. Psychiatric Clinics.
• Roberts, A., Taylor-Cavelier, S., Diaz, K., Codd, E., Hawks, J., & Kennedy, S. (in-press). The unified protocol for the treatment of children and adolescents. Advances in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Vol. 5.
• Holzman, J., Taylor-Cavelier, S., Hawks, J., Anthony, B.J., Crank, P., Hatten, A., Powell, M., & Anthony, L.G. (in-press). The feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of a brief behavioral parenting group program delivered through telehealth. Pilot and Feasibility Studies.

Professional Memberships

• American Psychological Association (APA), Member
• Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Member
• Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (SCCAP), Member

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

• Mental Health and Behavior
• Mental Health and Behavior - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Mental Health and Behavior - Caregiver stress
• Mental Health and Behavior - Mood and Anxiety
• Mental Health and Behavior - Parent coaching
• Mental Health and Behavior - Sleep problems