MINNESOTA PSYCHOLOGIST GLENACE EDWALL, PHD, PSYD, ELECTED TO NATIONAL REGISTER OF HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS IN PSYCHOLOGY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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September 8, 2010, Washington, D.C. – At its June 2010 meeting, the National Register Board of Directors elected Glenace Edwall, PhD, PsyD, to a four-year term on the Board beginning January 1, 2011. Dr. Edwall reacted to her election by stating, “I am honored and delighted to have been elected to the National Register Board of Directors. I have been a registrant for 17 years, based on my appreciation for the National Register's commitment to assuring quality health care delivery to the public, promoting excellence in the delivery of psychological services, and advancing the role of psychology in health care systems. I trust that I can particularly serve the Board through the perspectives of my experiences in child-serving systems and public policy development.”
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Since 2000, Dr. Edwall has served as the Director of the Children’s Mental Health Division at the Minnesota Department of Human Services. As the Director, she oversees Minnesota’s county-administered children’s mental health service system and works on public policy issues regarding mental health benefits for children provided through Medicaid. Additionally, she is the current chair of the Minnesota Child Psychologists and the chair of the Children, Youth and Families Division of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. Her professional and scholarly focus has been on socioemotional development and its influence on children’s mental health. In 2009, Dr. Edwall received the Nancy Latimer award for service and advocacy to the early childhood population.
Dr. Edwall earned her PhD in educational psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1983 and her PsyD in clinical psychology from the University of Denver in 1986. She also earned a master’s degree in public policy from the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota in 2001. Dr. Edwall has been credentialed by the National Register since 1993.
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