Dr. Amie Bettencourt is a clinical child psychologist and Associate Professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences with joint faculty appointments in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She is the Director of Research and Evaluation for Maryland Behavioral Health Integration in Pediatric Primary Care (MD BHIPP) which is a multi-university partnership between the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Medicine, the Salisbury University School of Social Work and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, whose mission is to increase access to pediatric mental health services for Maryland’s children through workforce development of pediatric primary care providers, emergency medicine providers and behavioral health providers. Dr. Bettencourt is also the Director of Training for the Chicago Parent Program which is an evidence-based parenting skills program. Dr. Bettencourt’s research focuses on identifying risk and protective factors associated with the development of disruptive behavior problems, and evaluating efforts to integrate evidence-based interventions designed to prevent and treat pediatric mental health problems into early care and education, school, and primary care settings. Clinically, Dr. Bettencourt’s focus is on the prevention and treatment of disruptive behavior problems in children, with a particular focus on parenting interventions.