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About

Bilha Paryente-PhD

Paryente is an active educational psychologist and a renowned media speaker on the topic, with specific specialty in parents and children. She consults, treats and assists children, parents and teachers coping with lingering stressful events. Her research focuses on the coping processes of parents and children with continuous stressful events inducing lingering trauma or panic attacks. Her research is mainly devoted to understanding the various family multigenerational perspectives regarding complex situations in Israel and beyond; the coping of parents and children with stressful situations. Paryente’s scientific work encompasses the parental influence on intergenerational values transmission and parental coping processes in various challenging contexts. In addition, the child's perspective is also a major issue that I investigate. This regarding social identity, values and experiences from challenging events, such as continuous missile attacks, Pandemic and Children’s Placement to special education or parental divorce. I use mainly Qualitative and Mixed research methods. Given her expertise, during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2022), Dr. Paryente instructed and consulted groups of kindergarten teachers, via multiple Zoom meetings. She has also recently led a mission group to Ukraine composed of faculty and students from Achva College, in collaboration with the Jewish Agency and Ministry of Education. In Ukraine, she provided emotional support to Ukraine refugee parents and children within a refugee camp on the Ukraine-Hungary border Since the tragic events of October 7th 2023 Paryente has been accompaning the delegations of the families of kidnapped Israelis as a psychologist on their international campaign to raise public opinion calling for the immediate return of their loved ones. Parynete helped the families to deal with the challenging circumstances they are going through. In Israel, Paryente is a prominent professional in structuring and conducting counseling for parents and children at times of continuous missiles attacks (2012-2021 These activities are via: Lectures, radio and TV interviews, publicist articles, participation in national delegations and scientific papers. Dr Paryente received her Ph.D. in psychology from Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Summa Cum Laude), and was a postdoctoral visiting fellow at The Free University of Berlin.

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Bilha Paryente

Special Projects

Media and Comunication

CURRICULUM VITAE - Bilha Paryente  

Undergraduate and Graduate Studies

Period of Study 
 

Name of Institutionand Department

Degree

1999-2002

University of Ben Gurion
The Psychology Department

Ph.D
Summa cum Laude

Year of Approval of Degree

2003

1993-1996

University of Ben Gurion
The Psychology Department

MA with Honors

1997

1990-1992

The Bar Ilan University
the Psychology Department

BA

1993

Post-Doctoral Fellowship

2004-2005

The Free University of Berlin under supervision of
Prof. Ute Schoenpflug

Post-Doc.

2005

Professional Experience

Position

Educational Psychologist (Expert)

Name of institution

Public Psychology Service

Dates

2005-2015

Educational Psychologist (expert)

Public Psychology Service

2005-2015

Laboratory Research Activity

•Adan Kabha - MA Thesis - Parent’s resolution with their child’s diagnosis with special needs and the place of their religious beliefs among Muslims in Israel.
 

•Maya Berkovitz - MA Thesis- Post Traumatic Growth - The post-traumatic growth of parents living in Kibbutzim bordering Gaza Strip.
 

•Rima Kabha – MA Thesis - Post Traumatic Growth - Parenting perceptions in Bedouin mothers following traumatic events.
 

•Dikla Moria Cohen – MA Final Project - Post Traumatic Growth - Emotional interactions between Parents of children with special needs and special education kindergarten teachers.

•Adi Leonard - MA Thesis - Parenting twins - parenting characteristics and social development.

•Hadas Babayev - MA Thesis – Parental hope - The role of parental hope and death anxiety during war.

•Avichai Kaits - MA Final Project – Fatherhood - Identity and parenting in fathers in a religious Jewish settlement society.

•Hadas Shoshan – BA research assistant – Parent-Teacher interaction – Perspectives of kindergarten teachers and mothers regarding the placement process in special education kindergartens.

•Roni Darmon – BA research assistant – Parent-Teacher interaction – Perspectives of kindergarten teachers and mothers regarding the placement process in special education kindergartens.

•Noa Shalev - MA Final Project - Social shunning - The experience of parents to children who went through social shunning.

•Hadar Swissa - MA Final Project – Special families - Parenting siblings of children with ASD.•Dorin Sultan - MA Final Project – Student mothers - Motherhood of college students immediately after the birth.

Articles in Refereed Journals

Religious Celebration

Paryente, B. (2024).  Parental Coping with their Child’s Abandonment of Jewish Orthodox Religious Observance in Israel. Journal of Beliefs & Values http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2023.2297551

Woman Wearing Mask

Paryente, B.& Gez-Langerman, R. (2023). Resilience among Kindergarten Children during the Corona Pandemic: “There are those that even die from the Corona and I don’t want to die from Corona”. Zeman Hinuch

Kindergarten

Paryente, B & Gatenio-Kalush, M. (2019). The Subjective Experiences and Reactions of Kindergarten Children during and after a Period of Continuous Missile Attacks. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma 12 (4), 425-438. (Q2)

Happy Girl

Paryente, B. & Orr, E. (2003). Social identity structure: the case of religiously observant Jews in Israel. Journal of Cultural and Evolutionary Psychology, 1(3-4), 204-226.

Paryente, B. & Barak-Levy, Y. (2023)

Paryente, B. & Barak-Levy, Y. (2023). How Bedouin and Jewish mothers process their experiences of parenting their children with special needs in Israel. Israeli Affairs. 

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Paryente, B. (2023). Kindergarten Children’s Reactions to their Parents’ Divorce: “Suddenly it was quiet because they had stopped fighting”.Journal of Divorce and Remarriage http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10502556.2023.2288376

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Barak-Levy, Y. & Paryente, B. (2023). The Parental Resolution Process with a Diagnosis of Special Needs in Early Childhood. Researching @ Early Childhood, 18, 51-75 ]Hebrew[.

Boy Playing with Blocks

 Paryente, B. & Barak Levy, Y. (2022). ‘A special education kindergarten sounded like a night mare to me’; the placement of children in a special education kindergarten, the parental perspective. Educational Counselor 24, 202-220 

Wedding Ceremony

Paryente, B. & Orr, E. (2010). Identity representations and intergenerational transmission of values: The case of a religious minority in Israel. Papers on Social Representations, 19, 23.1-23.36.

Exam

Paryente, B. & Orr, E. (2006). The Religious-Zionist society in Israel- identities in conflict? In what sense? Megamot, 44(2), 247-276 [Hebrew]. (A)

Boy Playing with Blocks

Paryente, B. (2002). Parent’s Narratives regarding their main values for the next generation. Current Psychology, 4, 106-122.

Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books
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Paryente, B. & Flavian, H. (2020). Inclusion of children with special needs as an opportunity to develop better assessment and increasing achievements and quality of schools in Israel. In: Flavian, H. (Ed.). From pedagogy to quality assurance in education: An international perception (pp. 1-15). Emerald Publishing. (Q2)

The Western Wall

  Paryente, B. & Orr, E. (2007). Intergenerational transmission of hegemonic and emancipated values among religious Zionists. In Ben Asher, S. and Orr, E (eds.). The Strange and the Familiar - Social Representations in Israel. Ben-Gurion University Press [Hebrew]. (Q2)

Kippah

 Paryente, B. & Orr, E. (2007). Identity representations conflict representations and values of religious Zionists. In Ben Asher, S. and Orr, E (eds.). The Strange and the Familiar - Social Representations in Israel. Ben-Gurion University Press [Hebrew]. (Q2)

Other Scientific Publications
Exam

Paryente, B. (2009). Comparative intergenerational value transmission among Israeli versus German Religious versus Secular Families. A research report, Mofet Institute, Tel-Aviv.

Scholarly Conferences

Participation in Scholarly Conferences

Active Participation

2023

Nursing Meeting 2023

London

2023

20th International Congress of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Copenhagen

2022

Diving into the Resolution Process: Parent’s Reactions to Child’s Diagnosis

 Creating a sense of coherence: Kindergarten children’s experiences from the COVID-19 pandemic

2022

IECEP

The annual WASET Conference

2021

ICP

2019

ECER

2018

The annual WASET Conference

2016

The annual STAR International Conference.

Bar Ilan University, Israel

Parents’ Reactions to their Child’s Placement in Special Education Kindergartens: A Grounded Theory Study in Israel

Bali, Indonesia

Prague,

Czech Republic

Kindergarten children’s reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic: Creating a sense of coherence

Parenting under ongoing stressful conditions experienced with their children

Hamburg, Germany

Paris,

France

Inclusion of children with special needs, better assessment, increasing achievements and quality of schools in Israel

The Child's and Parental Perspective regarding Experiences of Preschool Children during a Military Operation.

Zagreb,

Croatia

Children's experiences during "Protective Edge Operation" at the ages of 4-6

2007

European Congress of Psychology.

Prague, Czech Republic

Parental transmission of Emancipated vs. Hegemonic values

2006

The international Congress of the Israeli Sociological Association.

The Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

Objective and Subjective conflict between identities among religious Zionists in Israel.

2005

International Congress for Cross-Cultural Psychology

St. Sebastian,

Spain

Parental transmission of Emancipated vs. Hegemonic values

2004

International Congress for Cross-Cultural Psychology

Xian,

China

Transmission of emancipated vs. hegemonic values: the case of religiously observant Jews in Israel

2004

International Congress for Cross-Cultural Psychology

Xian,

China

Transmission of emancipated vs. hegemonic values: the case of religiously observant Jews in Israel

2003

International Congress for Cross-Cultural Psychology

Budapest,

Hungary

Intergenerational transmission of values and social identity: The case of religiously observant Jews in Israel

2002

Social Representations sixth International Congress

Stirling University of Scotland

Identities in conflict and their core of values in two social settings in Israel

2002

Fourth International Congress for Teachers’ Training

Mofet Institute, Israel

Intergenerational value transmission among Religious Zionists

Professional Conferences

2023

The Educational Psychologists Conference

Croatia

Zagreb, Croatia

2023

The Educational Psychologists Conference

Israel

 Israel

The reactions of school students to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ways found to assist them: findings and practices from Israel

 The coping of parents and children with challenging circumstances

2015

The Educational Psychologists Provincial Conference

Maale Hachamisha,

Israel

A Unique Approach to Systemic Diagnosis for the School and Kindergarten Psychologist

Key note speaker of the conference

 

Symposium Chairman and Lecturer

 Professional Conferences

Courses

Courses Taught in Recent Years (partial)

Qualitative Research Methods

Parenthood in Various Contexts

Parenthood in Various Contexts

Developmental Psychology in Early Childhood Seminar

Acquaintance with Therapeutic Settings

Supervision of students in their Educational Psychology Practice

Ethical and Moral Aspects among Educators

Introduction to Developmental Psychology

Supervision of students in their teaching practice

Pedagogy of the Early childhood

Contact

Phone

972-523969573

Email

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