Teaching & Clinical Supervision

Doctorate of Clinical Psychology Program
Coordinator for the following courses:

• PSYC6049 Child Psychological Disorders
• PSYC6064 Paediatric and Developmental Disorders
• PSYC6013 Clinical Internship 3 (Child & family therapy)

Honours program

• Child Clinical Psychology (Special Fields Seminar)

Research & Clinical Interests

Child psychopathology & conduct problems; Parenting practices & behavioural parent training; Childhood psychopathy (callous-unemotional traits); The neurobiology of antisocial behaviour. I am a clinical psychologist and researcher, specialising in behavioural and emotional problems of childhood, and family-based interventions. My research focuses on the developmental psychopathology of antisocial behaviour, and innovations in treatment approaches. This research examines the processes through which parenting practices and child neurobiology interact, and the translation of this evidence into early intervention and prevention practices.

Integrated Family Intervention is a practical and efficacious family-based treatment for conduct problems, incorporating current empirical knowledge of child and family functioning, and extensive clinical experience. The book provides practitioners with a comprehensive theoretical background, research review, practical advice, and a complete manualised 9-session treatment guide including client handouts. “…Parents are often trapped in a coercive system in which the daily toll of dealing with misbehaviour leaves them with little positive emotion left to give. Even parents who have been trained in positive parenting fall short of showing enough attachment-rich behaviour. In this treatment program we emphasise interactions applied to non-problematic child behaviour that are rich in caring and shared time. The use of tokens and other artificial rewards are replaced by a focus on love, intimacy and acceptance.”

Publications

• Hawes, D. J., Dadds, M. R., Brennan, J., Rhodes, T., & Cauchi, A. (in press). Re-visiting the treatment of conduct problems in children with callous-unemotional traits. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.
• Hawes, D. J., Dadds, M. R., Frost, A. D. J., & Russell, A. (in press). Parenting practices and prospective levels of hyperactivity/inattention across early- and middle-childhood. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.
• Dadds, M, R, Moul, C., Cauchi, A., Hawes, D. J., & Brennan, J. (in press). Replication of a ROBO2 polymorphism associated with conduct problems but not psychopathic tendencies in children. Psychiatric Genetics.
• Hawes, D. J., Zadro, L., Iannuzzelli, R., Godwin, A., MacNevin, G., Dadds, M. R., Griffiths, B., & Richardson, R. (in press). Internalising problems and the effects of peer ostracism on children’s primary needs. International Journal of Developmental Science.
• Zadro, L., Hawes, D. J., Iannuzzelli, R., Godwin, A., MacNevin, G., Griffiths, B., & Gonsalkorale, K. (in press). Ostracism and children: A guide to effectively using the cyberball paradigm with a child sample. International Journal of Developmental Science.
• Moul, C., Dobson-Stone, C., Hawes, D. J., Brennan, J., & Dadds, M. R. (in press). An exploration of the serotonin system in antisocial boys with high levels of callous-unemotional traits. PLoS ONE.
• Hawes, D. J., & Dadds, M. R. (in press). Parent and Family Assessment Strategies. In B. D. McLeod, A. Jensen-Doss & T. Ollendick (Eds.), Handbook of Child and Adolescent Diagnostic and Behavioral Assessment. New York: Guilford Press.
• Hawes, D. J., Dadds, M. R., & Pasalich, D. (in press). Observational coding strategies. In J. Comer & P. Kendall (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Research Strategies for Clinical Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Hawes, D. J., Helyer, R., Herlianto, E. C., & Willing, J. (in press). Borderline personality features and implicit shame-prone self-concept in middle childhood and early adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
• Dadds, M. R., Cauchi, A. J., Wimalaweera, S., Hawes, D. J., & Brennan, J. (2012). Outcomes, moderators, and mediators of empathic-emotion recognition training for complex conduct problems in childhood. Psychiatry Research, 199(3), 201-207.
• Hawes, D. J., Zadro, L., Fink, E., Richardson, R., O’Moore, K., Griffiths, B., Dadds, M. R., & Williams, K. D. (2012). The effects of peer ostracism on children’s cognitive processes. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 9(5), 599-613.
• Pasalich, D.S., Dadds, M.R., Hawes, D.J., & Brennan, J. (2012). Attachment and callous-unemotional traits in children with early-onset conduct problems. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 53(8), 838-845.
• Pasalich, D.S., Dadds, M. R., Vincent, L., Hawes, D. J., & Brennan, J. (2012). Emotional communication in families of conduct problem children with high versus low callous-unemotional traits. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 41(2), 302-313.
• Hawes, D. J., & Dadds, M.R. (2012). Re-visiting the role of empathy in childhood pathways to antisocial behaviour. In R. Langdon & C Mackenzie (Eds.), Emotions, Imagination and Moral Reasoning (pp.43-68). New York: Psychology Press.
• Pasalich, D. S., Dadds, M. R., Hawes, D. J. and Brennan, J. (2011), Do callous-unemotional traits moderate the relative importance of parental coercion versus warmth in child conduct problems? An observational study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52: 1308–1315.
• Hawes, D. J. (2011). Commentary: Developmental Perspectives on the Treatment of Childhood Conduct Problems. Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy, 7(3), 410-421.
• Hawes, D. J. & Dadds, M. R, Frost, A. D. J., & Hasking, P. A. (2011). Do childhood callous-unemotional traits drive change in parenting practices? Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 40(4), 1–12.
• Dadds, M. R., Jambrak, J., Pasalich, D., Hawes, D. J., & Brennan, J. (2011). Impaired attention to the eyes of attachment figures and the developmental origins of psychopathy. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52(3), 238-245.
• Pasalich, D. S., Dadds, M. R., Hawes, D. J., & Brennan, J. (2011). Assessing relational schemas in parents of children with externalizing behaviour disorders: Reliability and validity of the Family Affective Attitude Rating Scale. Psychiatry Research, 185(3), 438-443.
• Hawes, D. J., Brennan, J., & Dadds, M. R. (2009). Cortisol, callous-unemotional traits, and
  pathways to antisocial behaviour. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 22(4), 357-362...
• Salmon, K., Dadds, M. R., Allen, J., & Hawes, D. J. (2009). Can Emotional Language Skills be Taught during Parent Training for Conduct Problem Children? Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 40, 485-498.
• Dadds, M.R., Hawes, D.J., Frost, A.D.J., Vassallo, S., Bunn, P., Hunter, K., & Merz, S. (2009). Learning to “talk the talk”: the relationship of psychopathic traits to deficits in empathy across childhood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 50(50), 599-606.
• Dadds, M. R., Hunter, K., Hawes, D. J., Frost, A. J., Vassallo, S., Bunn, P., Merz., & El Masry, Y. (2008). A measure of cognitive and affective empathy in children using parent ratings. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 39(2), 111-122.
• Hawes, D. J. & Dadds, M. R. (2007). Stability and malleability of callous-unemotional traits during treatment for childhood conduct problems. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 35(3), 347-355.
• Hawes, D. J. (2007). In Defence of child’s play [Review of the book Play = Learning: How Play Movitates and Enhances Children’s Cogntiive and Social-Emotional Growth]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 52 (19).
• Hawes, D. J., & Dadds, M. R. (2006). Assessing parenting practices through parent-report and direct observation during parent-training. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 15(5), 555-568.
• Dadds, M. R., Perry, Y., Hawes, D. J., Merz, S., Riddell, A., Haines, D., Solak, E., &
  Abey, A. (2006). Attention to the eyes and fear-recognition deficits in child psychopathy. British Journal of Psychiatry, 189, 3, 280-281.
• Dadds, M. R., Whiting, C., & Hawes, D. J. (2006). Associations Among Cruelty to Animals, Family Conflict, and Psychopathic Traits in Childhood. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21, 3, 411-429.
• Hawes, D. J. (2006). Child behaviour problems. Directions in Education, 15(18), 3.
• Dadds, M. R., & Hawes, D. J. (2006). Integrated family intervention for child conduct problems. Brisbane, Queensland: Australian Academic Press.
• Hawes, D. J. (2006). What children need and what school practitioners need to know [Review of the book Children’s Needs III: Development, Prevention, and Intervention]. PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 51 (37).
• Hawes, D. J., & Dadds, M. R. (2005). The treatment of conduct problems in children with callous-unemotional traits. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73(4), 737-741.
• Hawes, D. J., & Dadds, M.R., (2005). Oppositional and conduct problems. In J. Hudson & R. Rapee (Eds.), Current thinking on psychopathology and the family (pp.73-91). New York: Elsevier.
• Dadds, M. R., Fraser, J., Frost, A., & Hawes, D. (2005). Disentangling the underlying dimensions of psychopathy and conduct problems in childhood: A community study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 400-410.
• Hawes, D. J. (2005). Childhood depression: early risk and resilience. Community Paediatric Review, 14(4), 1-4.
• Hawes, D. J., & Dadds, M. R. (2004). Australian data and psychometric properties of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 38, 644-651.
• Dadds, M. R., Hawes, D., Schaefer, B., & Vaka, K. (2004). Individual differences in imagery and reports of aversions. Memory, 12, 462-466.

Research Funding and Awards

• Dadds, M.R., Hawes, D.J., Brennan, J. (2012-2014). A biological model of early-onset aggression and antisocial behaviour. Australian Research Council. Discovery Project Grant. $235,386
• Dadds, M.R., Hawes, D.J., Brennan, J. (2010-2013). Development of a comprehensive model and programmed intervention for emotion processing deficits in childhood-onset mental health problems. Australian Research Council. Linkage grant. $371,572 (LP100200150)
• Hawes, DJ. (2010-2011). Child development and psychopathology: Translating research into clinical training modules. NSW Psychologists Registration Board. Education and Research Grant. ($77,000).
• Hawes, D. J., & Barnett, E. W. (2009-2011). The HPA-axis as a marker for disruptive behaviour disorder subtypes in toddlers. Australian Research Council. Linkage grant. $309,126 (LP0989594)
• Dadds, M.R., Hawes, D.J., Brennan, J., Hay, D.A, & Urwin, R.E. (2009-2011). Pathways to psychopathology in young females. National Health and Medical Research Council. Project grant. $387,750 (568667)
• de Rosnay, M., White, F., Zadro, L., Hunt, C., & Hawes, D.J. (2007). Research Infrastructure Block Grant, University of Sydney ($13,000)
• Dadds, MR., Hawes, DJ., Brennan, J., Falcov, A., Heriot, S., Sprague, T. & Urwin, R. (2007-2009). Improving Identification and Treatment of Early-Onset Behaviour Disorders in Children. National Health and Medical Research Council. Project grant (‘A Healthy Start to Life for All Australians Strategic Award’). $472,043 (455372)
• Dadds, MR., Hawes, DJ., Brennan, J., Hay, D., & Urwin, R. (2007-2009). Relating genetic, biological, and behavioural markers of early vulnerability in conduct problem children. National Health and Medical Research Council. Project grant. $421,875 (455439)
• Hawes, DJ. (2006) Early career researcher scholarship for international travel. Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth. $2000
• Dadds, MR., & Hawes, DJ. (2006-2009). Emotion processing deficits in childhood: Risk for psychopathology and indications for clinical intervention. Australian Research Council. Linkage grant. $300,000 (LP0669402)
• Hawes, DJ. (2005) Royce Abbey postdoctoral fellowship for research in mental health. Australian Rotary Health Research Fund. $65,000

Conferences & Invited Talks

• Hawes, D. J., Barnett, B., Wedgwood, L., Nathaniel, K., Willing, M., & Morgan, S. (July, 2012). Mutually Responsive Orientation in the Mother-Child Relationship: Associations with Early Childhood Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits. 20th World Congress: International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry & Allied Professions, Paris, France.
• Hawes, D. J., Dadds, M. R., Cauchi, A. J., Wimalaweera, S., & Brennan, J. (July, 2012). Outcomes, Moderators, and Mediators of Emotion Recognition Training for Complex Conduct Problems in Childhood: A Randomised Controlled Trial. 20th World Congress: International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry & Allied Professions, Paris, France.
• Pasalich, D. S., Dadds, M. R., Hawes, D. J., & Brennan, J. (March, 2012). Affective Qualities of the Parent-Child Relationship in Families of Antisocial Children with High Versus Low Callous-Unemotional Traits. American Psychology Law Society Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Hawes, D. J., & Dadds, M. R. (June, 2011). A Behaviour-attachment-systems intervention for parents. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference: Translating the evidence into CAMHS practice, Sydney, Australia. (Invited workshop)
• Hawes, D. J., Dadds, M. R, Frost, D. J., & Hasking, P. A. (May, 2011). Do childhood callous-unemotional traits drive change in parenting practices? Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy, Montreal, Canada.
• Hawes, D. J., Dadds, M. R., Brennan, J., & Rhodes, T. (September, 2010). The Treatment of conduct problems in children with callous-unemotional traits: What we know so far. The 2nd Sydney Symposium on Child Psychopathology and Clinical Practice, Sydney, Australia.
• Hawes, D. J. (July, 2010). Parenting and childhood conduct problems: Getting to know the victims and the architects. Invited talk – Mental Health Grand Rounds. Sydney Children’s Hospital, Mental Health Centre, Sydney, Australia.
• Hawes, D. J. (July, 2010). Parenting and childhood conduct problems: Getting to know the victims and the architects. Invited talk – Mental Health Centre colloquium. Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
• Hawes, D. J. (May, 2010). Early childhood behaviour problems: Emerging evidence and new perspectives. Karitane Wonder Years Conference, Sydney, Australia.
• Johns, A., & Hawes, D. J. (May, 2010). Building Bridges: Translating developmental research into interventions in ‘real world’ settings. Karitane Wonder Years Conference, Sydney, Australia.
• Dadds, M. R., Jambrak, J. Pasalich, D., Hawes, D. J., & Brennan, J. (2010). Impaired attention to the eyes of attachment figures and the developmental origins of psychopathy. International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Edinburgh, UK.
• Hawes, D. J., & Dadds, M. R. (September, 2009). Revisiting the role of empathy in pathways to antisocial behaviour. Inaugural Sydney Symposium on Child Psychopathology and Clinical Practice, Sydney, Australia.
• Pasalich, D., Dadds, M. R., Hawes, D. J., Brennan, J., & Kokin, A. (Semptember, 2009). Does parenting matter for conduct problems in children with callous-unemotional traits? (Poster) 39th European Association for Behaviour and Cognitive Therapy Congress (EABCT), Dubrovnik, Croatia.
• Lawson, R. J., & Hawes, D. J. (November, 2009). The Impact of callous-unemotional traits on affective priming in a school-aged sample of boys. 8th Australasian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences (ACPID), Sydney, Australia.
• Hawes, D. J., Frost, A. D. J., Dadds, M. R., & Hasking, P. A. (July, 2009). Reciprocal Relationships between Childhood Conduct Problems, Callous-Unemotional Traits, and Parenting Practices. 4th International Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, London, UK.
• Hawes, D. J., & Dadds, M. R. (September, 2008). Developmental aspects of antisocial behaviour and callous-unemotional traits: revisiting the role of empathy. Emotions, Imagination & Moral Reasoning Workshop, Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Sciences (MACCS).
• Zadro, L., Fink, E., Richardson, R., Griffiths, B., Dadds, M., Hawes, D., & Williams, K. D. (July, 2008). Ostracism and children: Does being ignored affect children’s primary needs and working memory? The 2nd International Congress on Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection. Crete, Greece.
• Allen, J. L., Salmon, K., Dadds, M., Wareham, P, & Hawes, D. J. (July, 2008). The influence of child temperament on mother-child reminiscing about shared past events: A comparison of children with conduct problems and community controls. 20th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Würzburg, Germany.
• Salmon, K., Wareham, P., Dadds, MR., Allen, J., & Hawes, DJ. (December, 2007). Training parents of young children in emotion-rich discussion of shared past experiences: Implications for clinical interventions. British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology Annual Conference, London, UK.
• Hawes, DJ., & Dadds, MR. (July, 2007). Parent training and callous-unemotional traits: How does one affect the other in the treatment of young oppositional boys? 5th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (WCBCT), Barcelona, Spain.
• Allen, JL., Salmon, K., Dadds, MR., & Hawes, DJ. (July, 2007) .Training parents of oppositional children in emotion talk about shared past events: Evaluation of an innovative language-based early intervention as an adjunct to parent training. 5th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (WCBCT), Barcelona, Spain.
• Merz, S., Dadds, MR., & Hawes, DJ. (July, 2007) . Developmental changes in emotion recognition ability of children and adolescents low in empathy. 5th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (WCBCT), Barcelona, Spain.
• Dadds, MR., Perry, Y., Hawes, DJ., Merz, S., Salmon, K., & Leist, T. (July, 2007). Look at the eyes! Attentional problems in how children read emotions are related to psychopathology. 5th World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (WCBCT), Barcelona, Spain.
• Allen, J. L., Salmon, K., Dadds, M. R., & Hawes, D. J. (June, 2007). (Poster) Training parents of oppositional children in emotion talk about shared past events. International Research Meeting: Temperament and Developmental Pathways to Psychopathology, Leuven, Belgium.
• Brennan, J., Dadds, MR., Hawes, DJ. (November 29, 2006). Can interventions to remedy Deviations in the Development of Social-Emotional Understanding in Childhood be an effective early intervention strategy? 11th NSW Rural Mental Health Conference, Orange, NSW.
• Hawes, DJ., & Dadds, MR. (September, 2006). Stability and malleability of callous-unemotional traits during treatment for childhood conduct problems (Poster). 36th European Association for Behaviour and Cognitive Therapy Congress (EABCT), Paris, France.
• Hawes, DJ. (August 16, 2006). Invited research presentation: The Treatment of conduct problems in children with callous-unemotional traits: Clinical implications & future directions. School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
• Hawes, DJ. (June 19, 2006). Invited research presentation: The Role of developmental factors in conduct problem intervention: Future directions. Dept. Education (Pedagogical Sciences), University of Amsterdam.
• Hawes, DJ., & Dadds., MR. (June, 2005). The treatment of conduct problems in children with callous-unemotional traits (Poster). 12th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, New York, USA.
• Dadds, MR., & Hawes., DJ. (June, 2004) Symposium: Pathways into and out of extreme antisocial behaviour in children. . 11th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Sydney, Australia.
• Hawes, DJ., & Dadds., MR. (September, 2002). Symposium: Parent training interventions for families of conduct problem children with and without early psychopathic traits. 32nd European Association for Behaviour and Cognitive Therapy Congress (EABCT), Maastricht, Netherlands.
• Hawes, DJ., Dadds., MR., & Fraser, J. (July, 2002). Symposium: Parent training interventions for families of conduct problem children with and without early psychopathic traits. Third International Conference on Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Brisbane, Australia.