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Assessment and Intervention in Childhood Disorders of Development, Learning, and Behavior

Cecil Reynolds
Texas A and M University

Topics:

ADHD

Assessment, Behavior

Assessment, Cognitive

Assessment, Neuropsychology

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Assessment through Developmental Play in Preschoolers

Emanuel Mason
Northeastern University

Program Focus: preschoolers

Guiding Theory: Cognitive developmental

Topics:

Developmental Psychology

Culturally responsive practice

International test development and use

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Causal Mechanisms of Incremental Rehearsal

Matthew Burns
University of Missouri-Columbia

Program Focus: Establishing the effectiveness of Incremental Rehearsal, then identify the causal mechanism.

Topics:

Intervention, Academic

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Children and Disasters

Stacy Overstreet
Tulane University

Program Focus: This line of research focuses on the impact of disasters on youth and the development of interventions for disaster exposed youth.

Guiding Theory: Ecological theory.

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Community Violence

Stacy Overstreet
Tulane University

Program Focus: This line of research examines the impact of community violence on youth development, including mental health and academic functioning.

Guiding Theory: Ecological theory.

Topics:

Anxiety

Depression

Violence, school and community

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Inclusive Academic Assessment

Stephen N. Elliott
Arizona State University

Program Focus: Development and validation of inclusive academic assessment s in reading and math for students with disabilities in grades 3-12. Federal policy driven, data-based research focusing on opportunity to...

Guiding Theory: Validity Framework from AERA, APA, & NCME (1999) Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing Cognitive Load Theory (Sweller, 1998) Test Score Interaction and Boost Paradigms

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Inclusive Assessment

Ryan Kettler
Rutgers University

Program Focus: Inclusive assessment is the broad collection of methods (e.g., rating scales, test modifications, accommodations) used to assess the achievement of students with special needs that impair how well...

Topics:

Assessment, Academic

Assessment, Diverse Learners

Inclusion

Learning Disabilities

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Learning Disabilities Center Defining and Treating Specific Learning Disabilities in Written Language

Virginia Berninger
University of Washington

Program Focus: Currently Virginia W. Berninger is P.I. of an NICHD interdisciplinary research grant on defining and treating specific learning disabilities affecting written language learning (dysgraphia—impaired...

Guiding Theory: Based on over 2 decades of research drawing on cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, developmental psychology, neuropsychology, instructional science, genetics, and brain imaging research, we have...

Topics:

Assessment, Reading

Assessment, Writing

Intervention, Reading

Intervention, Writing

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Multisystemic Intervention and Prevention Research

Thomas Power
University of Pennsylvania

Program Focus: The primary focus of my research is to develop intervention and prevention programs for children with or at risk for attention, learning, and behavior problems. Much of my research focuses on...

Guiding Theory: Our research is strongly influenced by developmental-ecological (systems) theory, social learning theory, and attachment theory.

Topics:

ADHD

Collaboration, Family School Community

Intervention, Social-emotional

Prevention

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Path to Reading Excellence in School Sites

Matthew Burns
University of Missouri-Columbia

Guiding Theory: Prevention Science

Topics:

Response to Intervention

Intervention, Reading

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Pediatric Psychopharmcology

Thomas Kubiszyn
University of Houston

Program Focus: My primary interest involves the implications for learning, development, and behavior of the growth of psychotropic drug use for school-age youth. More specifically I am concerned about the...

Guiding Theory: Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model (1994, 2005).Bronfenbrenner, U. & Ceci, S., J. (1994). Nature-nurture reconceptualized in developmental perspective: A bioecological model....

Topics:

Psychopharmacology

Professional Issues in School Psychology

Intervention, Social-emotional

Health Promotion

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School Consultation Research Project

William Erchul

Arizona State University

North Carolina State University

Program Focus: Broadly defined, my major research interest is psychological consultation. Consultation within school psychology typically involves the delivery of psychoeducational services to child and adolescent...

Guiding Theory: 1. Gregory Bateson's (1935; 1958) theory of schismogenesis; operationalized through relational communication verbal interaction coding systems (e.g., Heatherington & Friedlander, 1987;...

Topics:

Consultation

Intervention Teams

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Announcements

The SSSP Membership Meeting and Reception will be held Friday, August 7th in Toronto, Ontario from 5pm to 6:30pm.
The next School Psychology Research Collaboration Conference will be held in August of 2017 in Washington, D.C.
The request for applications for the 2015 SSSP Mid-Career Scholar Research Initiative is now available. Applications are due August 1, 2015.
Visit the Early Career Forum: Click here to view.
ISPA/SSSP International School Psychology Research Initiative. Applications due on or before October 1 each year.