About Elaine
Elaine Clanton Harpine, Ph.D., is a motivational psychologist specializing in group-centered motivational program design. She has more than 40 years experience designing and conducting motivational programs for children and youth. Dr. Clanton Harpine earned her doctorate in Educational Psychology, Counseling from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Clanton Harpine has published 18 nonfiction books, including After-School Programming and Intrinsic Motivation: Teaching at-Risk Children to Read (2019), Group-Centered Prevention in Mental Health: Theory, Training, and Practice (2015), After-School Prevention Programs for At-risk Students: Promoting Engagement and Academic Success (2013), Prevention Groups (2013), Group-Centered Prevention Programs for At-Risk Students (2011), Group Interventions in Schools: Promoting Mental Health for At-Risk Children and Youth (2008), and No Experience Necessary! which received an Award of Excellence in 1995 and was selected as one of the top five children’s books in its class. Other published children’s writings include a two-volume series entitled, Come Follow Me, in 2001, a three-volume family series completed in 2003, a youth book in 1989 along with numerous articles for teenagers on peer pressure, coping with failure, alcohol abuse, parents, suicide, and more recently, articles on using group-centered interventions in the schools. Community leaders and educators can purchase her program packes; email Elaine for more information.
Dr. Clanton Harpine has been interviewed on local early morning TV and radio concerning her workshop "Communication for Married Couples" and has been interviewed on local university radio concerning her work with inner-city children.
Her research for the past twenty years has focused on using group-centered interventions with at-risk readers. Dr. Clanton Harpine designed the motivational reading program called, Camp Sharigan, which she has used extensively in her work and research. She also designed the Reading Orienteering Club after-school program and 4-Step Method for teaching at-risk children to read using vowel clustering. Her research with these programs has been published in psychological journals and reported through presentations at the American Psychological Association's annual conventions.
In recent years, Dr. Clanton Harpine has taught Group Therapy and Counseling, Lifespan Development, and Human Growth and Development at the University of South Carolina Aiken and is continuing her research with group-centered prevention. She is the past editor for the "Prevention Corner" column which appears quarterly in The Group Psychologist. Elaine is a past member of the Board of the Group Psychology and Psychotherapy Division of the American Psychological Association. She was selected for inclusion in Who’s Who of American Women, 2006-2015 and Who’s Who in America, 2010-2017, for her work with at-risk students and children in inner-city neighborhoods.
Here is Elaine's curriculum vitae, which lists her professional experience and qualifications.
For information about group programs and teaching children to read, look at my website about Group Centered Prevention.
Copyright 2016, 2019 Elaine Clanton Harpine
Dr. Clanton Harpine has published 18 nonfiction books, including After-School Programming and Intrinsic Motivation: Teaching at-Risk Children to Read (2019), Group-Centered Prevention in Mental Health: Theory, Training, and Practice (2015), After-School Prevention Programs for At-risk Students: Promoting Engagement and Academic Success (2013), Prevention Groups (2013), Group-Centered Prevention Programs for At-Risk Students (2011), Group Interventions in Schools: Promoting Mental Health for At-Risk Children and Youth (2008), and No Experience Necessary! which received an Award of Excellence in 1995 and was selected as one of the top five children’s books in its class. Other published children’s writings include a two-volume series entitled, Come Follow Me, in 2001, a three-volume family series completed in 2003, a youth book in 1989 along with numerous articles for teenagers on peer pressure, coping with failure, alcohol abuse, parents, suicide, and more recently, articles on using group-centered interventions in the schools. Community leaders and educators can purchase her program packes; email Elaine for more information.
Dr. Clanton Harpine has been interviewed on local early morning TV and radio concerning her workshop "Communication for Married Couples" and has been interviewed on local university radio concerning her work with inner-city children.
Her research for the past twenty years has focused on using group-centered interventions with at-risk readers. Dr. Clanton Harpine designed the motivational reading program called, Camp Sharigan, which she has used extensively in her work and research. She also designed the Reading Orienteering Club after-school program and 4-Step Method for teaching at-risk children to read using vowel clustering. Her research with these programs has been published in psychological journals and reported through presentations at the American Psychological Association's annual conventions.
In recent years, Dr. Clanton Harpine has taught Group Therapy and Counseling, Lifespan Development, and Human Growth and Development at the University of South Carolina Aiken and is continuing her research with group-centered prevention. She is the past editor for the "Prevention Corner" column which appears quarterly in The Group Psychologist. Elaine is a past member of the Board of the Group Psychology and Psychotherapy Division of the American Psychological Association. She was selected for inclusion in Who’s Who of American Women, 2006-2015 and Who’s Who in America, 2010-2017, for her work with at-risk students and children in inner-city neighborhoods.
Here is Elaine's curriculum vitae, which lists her professional experience and qualifications.
For information about group programs and teaching children to read, look at my website about Group Centered Prevention.
Copyright 2016, 2019 Elaine Clanton Harpine
