Recent Presentations
At Professional Meetings
Using
Teacher-Based Local Norming to Develop Behavior Rating Scales. Poster
presented with R. Steve McCallum at the National Association of School
Psychologists annual conference, February, 2013, Seattle, WA.
Common problems with
previous ISPA/SSSP grant submissions: Overcoming basic errors and
submitting a compelling proposal.
Presented as part of a symposium at the International School
Psychology Association conference, July 2012, Montreal, Canada.
Age, Race, and Gender
Differences in ADHD Symptoms: A three form developmental investigation.
Presented with Mary Jo Bracken at the Hawaiian International Conference on
Education, January, 2011, Honolulu, HI.
Identifying Gifted
Students with the Clinical Assessment of Behavior and Universal ACCESS
Screening Scales. Presented with Kathryn Holt and Mary Jo Bracken at the
Hawaiian International Conference on Education, January, 2010, Honolulu,
HI.
Project Clarion:
Assessing science reasoning and conceptual understanding in the primary
grades using performance measures. Paper presented with Kim, K. H., Bland,
L., VanTassel-Baska, J., & Bracken, B. at the
57th Annual Convention of the National Association for Gifted Children,
Atlanta, GA, November 11-14, 2010.
Project Clarion: New
science curriculum for K-third grade students in Title I schools. Paper
presented with Kim, K. H., VanTassel-Baska, J.,
Bracken, B. A., & Bland, L. at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, Denver, CO, April 2010.
Think like a
scientist: Inquiry-based science units for K-3 learners. Presented with Lori Bland, Joyce VanTassel-Baska, and Steve Coxon at the National
Association of Gifted Children’s annual conference, November, 2009, St
Louis, MO.
Developing a
conceptual understanding of science in young children. Presented with Lori
Bland, Joyce VanTassel-Baska at the National
Association of Gifted Children’s annual conference, November, 2009, St
Louis, MO.
Making scientists out
of primary students. Presented with Steve Coxon at the National Association
of Gifted Children’s annual conference, November, 2009, St Louis, MO.
Critical thinking in
science at primary levels through the use of multiple measures. Presented
with Joyce VanTassel-Baska and Lori Bland at the
American Educational Research Association annual conference, April, 2009,
San Diego, CA.
ADHD: What works in
assessment and intervention. Presented with
Kathryn Holt at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual
Conference, February, 2009, Boston, MA.
Two year results from
Project Clarion, Presented with Joyce VanTassel-Baska
and Tamra Stambaugh at
the American Educational Research Association annual conference, March,
2008, New York, NY,
Interpersonal Relationships of Gifted Students as Compared to
Typical Students. Presented with Cristina Reintjes
at the National Association of School Psychologists annual conference,
March, 2008, New York, NY
Alternative Assessment Strategies for Identifying Gifted Students.
North Carolina Exceptional Children Annual Conference, November, 2007,
Greensboro, NC.
Project Clarion: Rigorous Scientific Inquiry in Primary
Classrooms. Presented with Joyce Van Tassel-Baska,
Annie Feng, and Tamra Stambaugh at the National Association for Gifted
Students annual conference, November, 2007, Minneapolis, MN.
Longitudinal Study of the Efficacy of the William and Mary
Language Arts Curriculum in Title I Schools.
Presented with Joyce Van Tassel-Baska, Carol
Tieso, and Tamra Stambaugh
at the
National Association for Gifted Students annual conference, November, 2007,
Minneapolis, MN.
Clinical Assessment of Behavior. Arizona Association of School
Psychologists Fall Conference, November, 2007, Phoenix, AZ.
Introducing the CAD, CAT, and CAIR. Arizona Association of
School Psychologists Fall Conference, November, 2007, Phoenix, AZ.
Longitudinal Study of the Efficacy of the William and Mary
Language Arts Curriculum in Title I Schools.
Presented with Joyce Van Tassel-Baska, Carol
Tieso, and Tamra Stambaugh
at the Virginia Association for the Gifted annual conference, November,
2007, Williamsburg, VA.
Use of the Bracken Basic Concept Scale – 3rd Edition in Early Childhood Assessments. Kentucky
Association of School Psychologists Fall Conference, September, 2007,
Lexington, KY.
Use of the Bracken Basic Concept Scale – 3rd Edition in Early Childhood Assessments. Kentucky
Association of School Psychologists Fall Conference, September, 2007,
Lexington, KY.
Early Childhood Assessment. Second Annual Institute for School
Psychologists & Other School Personnel, September, 2007, Mt Pleasant,
MI.
ADHD, Depression, and Giftedness. Second Annual Institute for
School Psychologists & Other School Personnel, September, 2007, Mt Pleasant,
MI.
Do Children, Adolescents, and Adults Differ in Depressive Symptoms. Presented with Cristina Reintjes
at the American Psychological Association Conference, August, 2007, San
Francisco.
Psychosocial functioning of High Functioning Students.
Presented with Elissa F. Brown at the American
Psychological Association Conference, August, 2007, San Francisco.
Giftedness and Information Learned From Intelligence Tests:
Discussion. Presented at the American Psychological Association Conference,
August, 2007, San Francisco.
Multi-year Project Athena Curricular Intervention Helps Low
Income Minority Students’ Reading and Critical Thinking Skills. Paper presented at the American
Educational Research Association annual conference, April 2007, Chicago, IL.
Refinements of multistage cluster analysis to derive test
battery profiles. Paper presented
with Lai Pei,
Susan Maller, & Paul McDermott at the
American Educational Research Association annual conference, April 2007, Chicago, IL.
Behavioral Identification of Gifted Students: Validation of the Clinical Assessment of
Behavior. Poster presented with Elissa F. Brown at the Council for Exceptional
Children’s annual conference, April 2007, St Louis, MO.
Professional Development Issues in School Psychology: What’s
Hot, What’s Not.
Paper presented with Andrew Wnek and Brie
Klein at the National Association of School Psychologists annual
conference, March 2007, New York,
NY.
BBCS-2 and Bracken Concept Development Program: An RTI
Solution. Workshop presented at the National Association of School
Psychologists annual conference, March 2007, New York, NY.
Alternative Assessment Strategies for Identifying Gifted
Students. Presentation at the
National Curriculum Network Conference, March, 2007, Williamsburg, VA.
States’ Standards in Early Childhood Education: A
Comprehensive Review of 50 States’ Inclusion of Basic Concepts. Paper
presented with Elizabeth Crawford and Mary Jo Bracken at the Hawaii International Conference on Education, January 2007,
Honolulu, HI.
Differentiating Emotional Disturbance, Social
Maladjustment, and Attention Deficit Disorders with Four New Scales of
Adjustment. Workshop presented at
the Council for Exceptional Diagnostic Services Conference, Kansas City, November 2006.
Using the Classroom Observation Scale data for
instructional improvement. Paper
presented with Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Elissa Brown, and Annie Feng
at the National Association of Gifted Children annual conference,
Charlotte, NC, November, 2006.
Differentiating ED and Social Maladjustment with
the Clinical Assessment of Behavior.
Workshop presented at the Virginia Psychological Association
conference, Wintergreen, VA, October 2006.
Invited Presentation. Ability Testing: Nonequivalent Outcomes, Nonequivalent
Processes? Symposium hosted by the
Committee on Psychological Testing and Assessment presented at the American
Psychological Association annual conference, New Orleans, August 2006.
Project Clarion:
A concept-based science curriculum.
Presented with Elizabeth Crawford at the NAEYC 15th National
Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development, San Antonio, June
2006.
Invited Presentation.
Project Athena: A Tale of Two
Studies. National Leadership
Conference on Low-Income Promising Learners. Washington,
DC, April 2006.
Workshop. Differentiating SED and Social
Maladjustment: Clinical Assessment
of Behavior. Presented at the
National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, March 2006,
Anaheim, CA.
Workshop. Clinical Assessment of Depression.
Presented with Karen K. Howell at the National Association of School
Psychologists Annual Convention, March 2006, Anaheim, CA.
Workshop. Clinical Assessment of Attention
Deficit. Presented at the National
Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, March 2006, Anaheim, CA.
Clinical Assessment of Behavior: Comparing
extended and brief parent reports.
Presented with Mark Ledbetter and Melissa Messier at the National
Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, March 2006, Anaheim, CA.
Workshop. Differentiating Serious Emotional
Disturbance from Social Maladjustment. Presented with Mary Jo Bracken
at the 2006 Hawaii International Conference on Education, January 2006,
Honolulu, HI.
Project Athena:
Language arts curriculum in Title One schools. Presented with Joyce Van Tassel-Baska at the National Association of Gifted
Children, November, 2005, Louisville,
KY.
Project Clarion:
Science concept curriculum in Title One schools. Presented with
Valerie Gregory, Joyce Van Tassel-Baska, Denise
Drain, Elizabeth Crawford, Andrew Wnek at the
National Association of Gifted Children, November, 2005, Louisville, KY.
Considering the teacher’s voice to set the pace for effective
professional development. Presented
with Valerie Gregory, Kimberley Chandler, Susan McGowan at the National Association of
Gifted Children, November, 2005, Louisville, KY.
Identifying Gifted Students:
Unintended self-reflection.
Symposium presentation with David Lohman
and Robert Sternberg at the National Association of Gifted
Children, November, 2005, Louisville,
KY.
Invited Workshop. Clinical Assessment of Behavior and
Depression. Florida
Association of School Psychologists, November 2005, Hollywood, FL.
Invited Workshop. Clinical Assessment of Behavior and
Depression. New
York Association of School Psychologists, November 2005, White Plains, NY.
Discussant.
Evidence-Based Assessment:
Has Rip Van Winkle Awakened?
American Psychological Association, August 2005, Washington DC.
Symposium Chair.
Identifying Gifted, Talented, and Creative Students. American Psychological Association, 2005,
Washington DC.
Identifying Gifted and Talented Students with Clinical
Assessment of Behavior Presented with Elissa
Brown at the
American Psychological Association, 2005, Washington DC.
Psychosocial Adjustment of Gifted and Talented Students. Presented with Elissa
Brown at the
American Psychological Association, 2005, Washington DC.
Representative and Effective
University Presidents:
Leadership Style as a Function of Gender and Institution Type. Presented with Alice R. McAdory and James C. Koch at the American Educational
Research Association, April 2005, Montreal,
Canada.
The Test of Critical Thinking: A New Public Domain Instrument.
Presented with Wenyu Bai,
Ellen Fithian, M. Susan Lamprecht, Catherine
Little, and Chwee Quek
at the American Educational Research Association, April 2005, Montreal, Canada.
Invited Workshop.
Clinical Assessment of Behavior and Depression. Virginia
Psychological Association/Virginia Association of School Psychologists,
April 2005, Williamsburg,
VA.
Workshop. Clinical
Assessment of Behavior, Depression, and ADD in Children, Adolescents, and
Adults. Presented at the National
Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference, March 2005, Atlanta, GA.
Nonverbal Assessment:
In search of silver bullets or advancing equitable practices. Presented at the Jacob Javits Conference, February, 2005, Washington, DC.
Discussant. Symposium
on Intelligence Testing. Presented
at the National Association of Gifted Children’s annual conference. November 2004, Salt Lake City, UT.
Project Athena.
Presented with Joyce Van Tassel-Baska at
the National Association of Gifted Children’s annual conference. November 2004, Salt Lake City, UT.
Behavioral Identification of Gifted and Talented Students.
Presented with Elissa Brown at the National
Association of Gifted Children’s annual conference. November 2004, Salt Lake City, UT.
Identifying Gifted Children with Nonverbal Tests. Presented
with Donna Ford and Jack Naglieri at the National Association of Gifted
Children’s annual conference.
November 2004, Salt Lake
City, UT.
Clinical Assessment of Behavior: Age, Race, Gender, and Parent Education.
Presented at the XXVIII International Congress of Psychology, August 2004, Beijing, China.
Nonverbal Intelligence Among Asian-Pacific Islander
Children. Presented at the XXVIII
International Congress of Psychology, August 2004, Beijing, China.
Symposium Chair:
Equitable Assessment Practices. Presented at the XXVIII
International Congress of Psychology, August 2004, Beijing, China.
Psychological Aspects of Gifted Children. Presented at the American Psychological
Association annual conference, July 2004, Honolulu, HI.
Construct Irrelevant Variance:
Threats to Test Fairness.
Presented at the American Psychological Association annual
conference, July 2004, Honolulu,
HI.
Clinical Assessment of Behavior. Invited workshop presented at the Georgia
Association of School Psychologists’ annual conference, Jekyll Island, GA,
June 2004.
Introduction to the Clinical Assessment of Behavior. Invited
workshop for the Association of School Psychologists of Pennsylvania, March
2004, Harrisburg, PA.
Project Athena: A
research and demonstration project for economically disadvantaged
learners. Presented with Elissa Brown and Annie Feng
at the National Curriculum Network Conference, March 2004, Williamsburg, VA.
Clinical Assessment of Behavior. Presented at the National Association of
School Psychologists’ annual conference, March 2004, Dallas, TX.
Symposium Discussant:
Evaluation of intelligence tests using the Joint Test Standards,
Presented at the National Association of School Psychologists’ annual
conference, March 2004, Dallas,
TX.
Simultaneous and sequential processing of learning disabled
students: A comparison of UNIT and
the WISC-III subtest performance.
Presented at the 8th European Congress of Psychology, Vienna, Austria,
July, 2003.
Invited Keynote
Address. The International Test Commission: promoting sound psychological
practices throughout the world.
Presented at the 1st National Conference on Psychological
Assessment/ VI International Conference on Psychological Assessment, Campinas, Sao
Paulo, Brazil,
July, 2003.
Invited Course.
Equitable assessment practice for diverse population through nonverbal
assessment. Presented at the 1st National Conference on
Psychological Assessment/ VI International Conference on Psychological
Assessment, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
July, 2003.
Psychological and Educational Assessment: Questions and Answers. Presented at the
1st National Conference on Psychological Assessment/ VI
International Conference on Psychological Assessment, Campinas,
Sao Paulo, Brazil, July,
2003.
Basic concept development among diverse populations. Presented with Susan Lamprecht and
Jessica Goldman at the National Association of School Psychologists annual
convention, Toronto, Canada, April, 2003.
Fairness in testing: An
investigative model. Presented at
the National Association of School Psychologists annual convention, Toronto, Canada, April, 2003.
What classroom environments tell about the pedagogical aspects
of subject matter: A cross-cultural comparison.
Presented with Gail McEachron at the American Educational Research
Association annual conference, Chicago,
IL, April, 2003.
Invited Keynote
Address. Fair, Fairer, but really
Fair. Historic and Recent Advances
in Test Fairness. Eighth Annual
National Curriculum Network Conference.
Williamsburg, VA, March, 2003.
Invited Workshop. Gifted Identification and
Assessment: Equitable Practices.
Eighth Annual National Curriculum Network Conference. Williamsburg,
VA, March, 2003.
Symposium Presenter.
National Research Council report on SSA eligibility in mental
retardation. Presented at the
American Psychological Association annual conference, Chicago, IL,
August, 2002.
Invited Address (with J. D. Wasserman). AERA, APA, NCME Joint
Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing: Advances and Voids. Presented at the International Congress
of Applied Psychology (Division 2), Singapore, July
2002.
Symposium Chair. Issues
in individual psychological assessment. Presented at the International
Congress of Applied Psychology (Division 2), Singapore, July
2002.
Presentation (with Susan Lamprecht). Ipsative
subtest stability of the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test. Presented
at the International Congress of Applied Psychology (Division 2),
Singapore,
July 2002.
Chair: Plenary
Session. International Conference on
Computer-Based Testing and the Internet. Special Conference of the
International Test Commission, Winchester,
England,
July 2002.
Chair. Practical
Aspects of Computer-Based Testing. Special Conference of the International
Test Commission, Winchester,
England,
July 2002.
Invited Address: Curriculum-Based Assessment with the Bracken
Basic Concept Scale -Revised and the Bracken Concept Development
Program. Cross-Currents 2002, 27th
Annual Conference of the Special Education Association of British Columbia,
Vancouver, B.C., March, 2002.
Invited Workshop.
Enhancing equitable assessment with the Universal Nonverbal
Intelligence Test. Presented for the
Kentucky Association for Psychology in the
Schools and Eastern Kentucky University, Lexington, KY,
March, 2002.
Invited Workshop.
Introduction to the Bracken Basic Concept Scale - Revised. Louisiana
School Psychological Association, Lafayette, LA,
November, 2001.
Invited Workshop. Nonverbal
assessment of diverse populations.
Presented at the Third Annual Assessment Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL,
November, 2001.
Invited Workshop.
Advanced applications of the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence
Test: Focus on Administration and
Interpretation. Presented at the Nebraska Association of School Psychologists, Lincoln, NE,
October, 2001.
Invited Presentation. Working with Linguistically Diverse
Students: The Challenge. Presented at the Nebraska
Association of School Psychologists, Lincoln,
NE, October,
2001.
Invited Workshop.
Enhancing equitable assessment practices. Presented at the Idaho
Association of School Psychologists, Twin
Falls, ID, and
October 2001.
Invited Workshop.
Advanced applications of the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence
Test. Presented at the Colorado Association
of School Psychologists, Breckenridge, CO, October 2001.
Symposium: Using
nonverbal tests to assess diverse populations - - focus on
interpretation. Presented at the
American Psychological Association annual conference, San Francisco, CA,
August 2001.
Paper Presentation.
Early Childhood Applications of the Revised Bracken Basic Concept
Scale. Presented at the California Association of School Psychologists Annual
Conference, Costa Mesa,
CA, March 2001.
Invited Workshop.
Assessing Diverse Populations with the Universal Nonverbal
Intelligence Test. Presented at the California
Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference, Costa Mesa, CA,
March 2001.
Invited Workshop.
Advanced applications of the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence
Test. National Association of School
Psychologists, Washington
DC, April 2001.
Symposium Chair: Meet
the editors: School Psychology
Journal Editors' Roundtable. National Association of School Psychologists, Washington DC,
April 2001.
Invited Keynote address. Fabulous, Factual Foibles, and
Fads: Scintillating
Psychometrics. Presented at the Pennsylvania
Association of School Psychology. State College, PA,
November 2000.
Invited Workshop.
Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test. Presented at the Pennsylvania Association of School
Psychology Fall Conference. State College, PA,
November 2000.
Invited Workshop. Nonverbal Assessment of Intelligence: The
Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test.
Presented at the Virginia
Association of School Psychologists Conference. Williamsburg, VA,
November 2000.
Invited Presentation.
Introduction to the Bracken Basic Concept Scale - Revised. Presented at the Virginia Association of School
Psychologists Conference. Williamsburg, VA,
November 2000.
Invited Workshop.
History and rationale of nonverbal assessment of intelligence. Presented at the Florida Association of School
Psychologists. Miami, FL,
November 2000.
Invited Workshop. Assessing diverse populations with the
Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test.
Presented at the Florida
Association of School Psychologists.
Miami, FL, November 2000.
Fair assessment of minorities:
The Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test. Presented as part of a symposium Making Assessment Fair at the American
Psychological Association's annual conference, Washington, DC,
August 2000.
Test User Qualifications in the United States of America. Paper presented as part of the
International Test Commission symposium at the International Congress of
Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden,
July 2000.
Keynote address. Fabulous, Factual Foibles: Scintillating
Psychometrics. Presented at the Massachusetts School Psychologists
Association. Boston, MA,
May, 2000.
Invited Workshop.
Equitable Assessment Practices.
Presented at the Massachusetts
School Psychologists
Association. Boston, MA,
May, 2000.
Symposium. Bracken
Basic Concept Scale – Revised: Contributions to early childhood
assessment. Presented with B.
Bracken (Chair), B. Gridley, J. Panter, P. Wells,
P. Wilson at the National Association of School Psychologists annual
conference, New Orleans,
March 2000.
Invited workshop.
Nonverbal Assessment of Intelligence: The Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test. Presented at the 6th annual
William & Mary School Psychology Conference. Williamsburg,
VA, March, 2000.
Invited Workshop.
Introduction to the Bracken Basic Concept Scale - Revised. North Carolina Speech, Hearing, and
Language Association's annual conference, Raleigh, NC,
March, 2000.
Selecting the Best Test for the Referral: Psychometric
Considerations. Presented as part of
the symposium Challenges and Issues
in Psychological Testing and Assessment at the American Psychological
Association's annual conference, Boston,
August 1999.
Training and preparation of professionals in preschool and
early childhood education.
Roundtable Discussion presented at the American Psychological
Association’s annual conference, Boston,
August 1999.
Testing diverse populations with the Universal Nonverbal
Intelligence Test. Presented as part
of the symposium new nonverbal
intelligence tests in the assessment of diverse populations at the
American Psychological Association's annual conference, Boston, August 1999.
The Journal of Psychoeducational
Assessment. Editors’ Roundtable
Discussion presented at the American Psychological Association's annual
conference, Boston,
August 1999.
The Revised Standards for Educational and Psychological
Testing: Important changes and
features. Invited address presented
at the Joint European Conference of the International Association for
Cross-Cultural Psychology and the International Test Commission, Graz, Austria,
July 1999.
Fairness issues in cross-cultural assessment: The Universal
Nonverbal Intelligence Test. Presented
with R. Steve McCallum at the Joint European Conference of the
International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology and the
International Test Commission, Graz,
Austria,
July 1999.
Roundtable Discussion:
Using instruments in multicultural and multilingual applications.
Invited participation at the Joint European Conference of the International
Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology and the International Test
Commission, Graz, Austria, July 1999.
Nonverbal assessment of intelligence: An alternative to test translation and
adaptation. Presented with J.
Naglieri and A. Bardos at The International
Conference on Adapting Tests for Use in Multiple Languages and Cultures, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., May, 1999.
Translation and validation of the Spanish Bracken Basic
Concept Scale - Revised. Presented
at The International Conference on Adapting Tests for Use in Multiple
Languages and Cultures, Georgetown
University, Washington,
D.C., May 1999.
Joint confirmatory factor analysis of the MCSC and
SDQ-II. Presented with S. Maller, J. Panter, T. Wheatcraft, P. Wilson, J. Henry, & K. Matoka at the annual conference of the American
Educational Research Association, April, 1999.
Assessing intelligence in a nation with over 200
languages: A nonverbal
solution. Invited featured address
presented at the Southwestern Psychological Association, Albuquerque, NM,
April 1999.
Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test: Psychometric science applied to
cross-cultural practice. Invited
workshop presented at the Southwestern Psychological Association, Albuquerque, NM,
April 1999.
Advanced interpretations of the Universal Nonverbal
Intelligence Test. Miniskill workshop presented with R. S. McCallum at the
National Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV,
April 1999.
Multicultural assessment of intelligence with the Universal
Nonverbal Intelligence Test. Invited
workshop presented at the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind and the Arizona
Association of School Psychologists, Tucson,
AZ, March 1999.
Advanced applications of the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence
Test. Invited workshop presented at
the Wisconsin School Psychology Association, Appleton, WI,
March 1999.
Striving to develop the best tests possible: An author's perspective. Symposium participation at the American
Speech, Hearing, and Language Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, November,
1998.
Assessing Diverse Populations with the Universal Nonverbal
Intelligence Test. Invited workshop
presented at the Mid South School Psychologists
Conference, Tunica, MS, November 1998.
The Bracken Basic Concept Scale - Revised: Changes and Applications. Invited workshop presented at the
Mid-south School Psychologists Conference, Tunica, MS, November
1998.
Testing Diverse Populations with the Universal Nonverbal
Intelligence Test. Invited workshop
presented at the New Mexico Association of School Psychologists Annual
Conference, Albuquerque,
NM, November
1998.
Nonverbal assessment of intelligence: Theory and practice. Symposium (Chair)
presented at the 24th International Congress of Applied Psychology, San Francisco, CA,
August 1998.
Test Standards Panel Symposium. Symposium participation at the American
Psychological Association annual conference, San Francisco, CA,
August 1998.
Testing diverse populations with the Universal Nonverbal
Intelligence Test. Symposium
participation at the American Psychological Association annual conference, San Francisco, CA,
August 1998.
Identifying Gifted Minority Children with the Universal
Nonverbal Intelligence Test. Invited
workshops presented for the Tennessee State Department of Education, Jackson, Nashville,
TN, July
1998.
Social-emotional assessment.
Invited workshop presented at the Maryland School Psychology
Association, Baltimore,
May 1998.
Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test. Invited workshop presented at the
Maryland School Psychology Association, Baltimore, May
1998.
Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test. Invited workshop presented for Georgia State
University and the Atlanta Public Schools. Atlanta,
GA, May, 1998.
Nonverbal assessment of intelligence: Implications for culturally-different,
hearing impaired, linguistically impaired, and psychiatrically affected
clients. Workshop presented with R.
S. McCallum at the First Annual Assessment Psychology Conference, Orlando, FL,
April 1998.
Nonverbal assessment of intelligence: Implications for culturally-different,
hearing impaired, linguistically impaired, and psychiatrically affected
students. Workshop presented with R.
S. McCallum at the National Association of School Psychologists' Annual
Conference, Orlando, FL, April 1998.
A cross-sectional analysis of developmental trends in child,
adolescent, and adult depressive symptomatology. Presented with K. Howell at the National
Association of School Psychologists' Annual Conference, Orlando, FL,
and April 1998.
Comments on Standards Chapter:
Fairness in Testing and Use.
Symposium on the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing
for the 21st Century. Symposium participant
with Braden, J., Liu, T., Oakland, T., Reschly, D., Swerdlik,
M, and Goh, D. (Chair) at the National
Association of School Psychologists' Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, April,
1998.
Testing the cognitive ability of diverse populations. Presented with Achilles Bardos and Jack Naglieri at the ERIC/CASS Assessment
'98 Conference. St. Petersburg, FL,
January 1998.
Social-emotional assessment:
A context dependent model.
Invited workshop presented at the Oklahoma School Psychological
Association's fall conference, Oklahoma
City, OK, October
1997.
Multidimensional, context-dependent social-emotional
assessment. Invited workshop
presented at the Wisconsin School Psychological Association, Milwaukee, WI,
October 1997.
Intellectual assessment of culturally-different, hearing
impaired, linguistically impaired, and psychiatrically affected
students: The Universal Nonverbal
Intelligence Test. Invited workshop
presented at the Wisconsin School Psychological Association, Milwaukee, WI,
October 1997.
The clinical assessment of behavior: DSM-IV profiles and diagnostic
criteria. Presented with Lori Keith
at the American Psychological Association's annual conference, Chicago, August 1997.
Maternal parenting styles and adolescents' interpersonal
relations. Presented with Wanda Hall
at the American Psychological Association's annual conference, Chicago, August 1997.
Multidimensional, Context-Dependent Social-Emotional
Assessment. Invited workshop
presented for the Minnesota Association of School Psychologists' Mid-Winter
Conference, Brainerd, MN,
February 1997.
Multidimensional, Context-Dependent Social-Emotional
Assessment. Invited workshop
presented at the Louisiana State University
Medical Center,
New Orleans, LA, February
1997.
Psychological Research Contributions to K-12 Education: The University of Memphis Center
for Applied Psychological Research.
Invited paper presented at the International Congress for School
Effectiveness and Improvement, Memphis,
TN, January 1997.
Methods and Practices of Test Translation. Symposium Participant. Equitable Psychological Assessment for
Language-Minority Learners: Theory,
Research, and Practice. Presented at
the American Psychological Association's Annual Conference, August 1996.
Assessment and Diagnosis of Mental Retardation, Learning
Disabilities, and Attention Deficit Disorder in a Prison Population. Invited workshop presented for the
Federal Bureau of Prisons, Memphis,
TN, June
1996.
Social-Emotional Assessment:
A Context-Dependent Model.
Invited workshop presented at the National Association of School
Psychologists' Annual Conference, Atlanta,
GA, March
1996.
Social-Emotional Assessment:
A Context-Dependent Model.
Invited workshop presented for the Tennessee Association of School
Psychologists, Southeastern Region. Chattanooga, TN,
March, 1996.
Intellectual/Achievement Assessment: Views of a Trainer. Invited presentation at the Trainers of
School Psychologists Semi-annual meeting, Atlanta, GA,
March 1996.
Advancing the Field of Intellectual Assessment: Technical, Theoretical, and Cultural
Considerations. Symposium
presentation at the National Association of School Psychologists' Annual
Conference, Atlanta, GA, March, 1966.
Childhood behavior rating scale items: To what do parents agree? Paper presented with Lori K. Keith and
Kathryn C. Walker at the American Psychological Association Annual
Conference, New York,
August 1995.
Context-Dependent Social-Emotional Assessment. Invited workshop presented at the
Illinois School Psychologists Spring Conference, Springfield, IL,
February 1995.
Confirmatory factor analysis of a multidimensional model of
self-concept: An examination of
construct validity. Presented with
Lori K. Keith at the National Association of School Psychologists' annual
conference, Chicago, IL, March, 1995.
Inter-parent agreement on childhood behavior ratings: Does item content make a difference? Presented with Lori K. Keith and Kathryn
C. Walker at the Tennessee Association of
School Psychologists' Fall Conference, Nashville,
TN, Nashville,
October 1995.
Child and adolescent interpersonal relations: A factor analytic investigation. Presented with Vicki L. Newman at the
American Psychological Association's annual conference, Los Angeles, CA,
August 1994.
Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT): When a Language Loaded Test Won't
Do. Invited workshop presented with
R. Steve McCallum at the Mid-South School Psychologist's Fall Conference, Huntsville, AL,
November 1994.
Investigation of the structure of self-concept: A comparison of exploratory and
confirmatory factor analytic methods.
Presented with Lori K. Keith at the Mid-South
School Psychologist's Fall
Conference, Huntsville,
AL, November
1994.
Context-Dependent Social-Emotional Assessment. Invited workshop presented at the New York
Association of School Psychologists Fall Conference, Buffalo, NY,
October 1994.
Cross-cultural Assessment with the Universal Nonverbal
Intelligence Test. Invited workshop
presented at the New York Association of School Psychologists Fall
Conference, Buffalo, NY, October
1994.
Changes in psychoeducational
assessment: Evolution or
revolution. Symposium presented with
Colin D. Elliott, Steven R. Shaw, Mark E. Swerdlik,
Jeffrey P. Braden, and Thomas K. Fagan at the National Association of
School Psychologists' annual convention, Seattle, WA,
March, 1994.
Parental agreement on four preschool behavior rating
scales. Paper presented with Kathryn
C. Walker at the National Association of School Psychologists' annual
convention, Seattle, WA, March 1994.
Self-concept or self-concepts:
Factor analytic study of a multidimensional model. Paper presented with Lori K. Keith at the
National Association of School Psychologists' annual convention, Seattle, WA,
March 1994.
Where is the middle ground in assessment? Discussion co-moderated with Gilbert Gredler at the Trainers of School Psychologists' annual
meeting, Seattle, WA, March 1994.
Invited Discussant:
Development of the Bayley Scales of Infant
Development - Second Edition (BSID-II):
Methodological and conceptual Issues. Presented at the National Association of
School Psychologists annual conference, Washington, D.C.,
April 1993.
Preschool social-emotional functioning: A comprehensive review of eleven
behavior-rating scales. Presented
with Lori Keith and Kathryn Walker at the National Association of School
Psychologists annual conference, Washington,
D.C., April 1993.
WISC-III Subtest composites:
Reliable. But, Useful? Presented with R. Michelle Crain and R.
Steve McCallum at the National Association of School Psychologists annual
conference, Washington,
D.C., April, 1993.
Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test: Contributions to cross-cultural
assessment. Presented with R. Steve
McCallum at the Internal Conference on Educational Testing, Oxford, England,
June 1993.
Child and adolescent social-emotional assessment: A context-dependent model. Workshop presented at the American
Psychological Association annual conference, Toronto, August 1993.
Cross-cultural and Nonverbal Assessment. Invited workshop presented at the
International Conference on Cognitive Assessment of Children and Youth in
School and Clinical Settings. South Padre Island, TX,
November 1993.
Development of the Children's Physical Self-Concept
Scale. Presented with Risa J. Stein, William R. Shadish,
and C. Keith Haddock at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior
Therapy. Atlanta, GA,
November 1993.
Context-dependent social-emotional assessment: A model for the systematic interpretation
of personality instruments. Invited
workshop presented at the Michigan Association of School Psychologists'
fall conference, Shady Creek,
MI, October 1993.
Intelligence Testing:
Our futures or our past.
Invited debate with Daniel Reschly conducted at the Michigan
Association of School Psychologists' fall conference, Shanty Creek, MI,
October 1993.
Context-dependent social-emotional assessment: A model for the systematic interpretation
of personality instruments. Invited
workshop presented at the Tennessee Association of School Psychologists'
fall conference, Chattanooga,
TN, November, 1993
Context-dependent social-emotional assessment: A model for the systematic interpretation
of personality instruments. Workshop
presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual
conference, Nashville, TN, March 1992.
A comprehensive review of ten self-concept scales. Presented with Brenda Mills at the
National Association of School Psychologists annual conference, Nashville, TN,
March 1992.
Multidimensional self-concept:
A five-instrument factor analysis.
Presented with Sherry Bunch, Timothy Z. Keith, and Patricia B. Keith
at the American Psychological Association's annual conference, Washington, D.C.,
August, 1992.
Assessment of adolescent social-emotional functioning: A multidimensional and context-dependent
model. Workshop presented at the
International Adolescent Conference:
Programming for the Developmental Needs of Adolescents with
Behavioral Disorders VI, Reno,
NV, October,
1992.
Multidimensional context-dependent social-emotional assessment. Invited workshop presented at the
Louisiana School Psychologist Association's annual conference, Lafayette, LA,
November 1992.
Fluid and crystallized abilities among mothers and their
preschool children. Presented with
Karen Howell and Rebecca Delugach at the American
Psychological Association's annual conference, San Francisco, CA,
August 1991.
Developmental trends in self-concept and interpersonal
relations. Presented at the American
Psychological Association's annual conference, San Francisco, CA,
August 1991.
Technical adequacy of preschool speech and language
assessments. Presented at the
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's annual conference with Paula
Pecyna Rhyner, Atlanta, GA,
November 1991.
Advances in preschool assessment: Invited workshop presented at the
Tennessee Association of School Psychologist's Fall Conference, Chattanooga, TN,
November, 1991.
Developmental trends in childhood interpersonal
relations. Presented at the National
Association of School Psychologists' Annual Conference. Dallas,
TX, March, 1991
Rate and sequence of preschool academic behaviors: Mathematics and language arts. Presented with Karen Howell at the
National Association of School Psychologists' Annual Conference. Dallas,
TX, March, 1991
Interpreting personality instruments through a
context-dependent multidimensional model of social-emotional
adjustment. Invited workshop
presented at the Tennessee School Psychologists Spring Conference. Fall
Creek Falls, TN,
May, 1991.
Psychoeducational Assessment of the Preschool Child. Presented for CESA 7, Oshkosh, WI,
December 1991.
The Validity of three measures of self-concept. Presented with Karen Howell at the
Mid-South Regional Conference on Psychology in the Schools. Nashville,
TN, November 1990.
The Multidimensional Self Concept Scale and Assessment of
Interpersonal Relations: Two New
Clinical Scales for the Assessment of Social-emotional Adjustment. Invited workshop presented at the
Mid-South Regional Conference on Psychology in the Schools. Nashville,
TN, November 1990.
The Fundamentals of Preschool Assessment. Invited workshop for the Oklahoma State
Department of Education. Tulsa, OK,
June 1990.
Co-chair.
Intelligence: Theories and
Practice. National Conference on
Intelligence. Memphis, TN,
May, 1990.
Multidimensional Self Concept Scale and Assessment of
Interpersonal Relations: Two new
clinical scales for the assessment of interpersonal adjustment. Presented at the Mid-south School
Psychology Conference. Nashville, TN,
October 1990.
Construct validity of three self-concept scales. Presented with Karen Howell at the Mid-south School
Psychology Conference, Nashville,
TN, October
1990.
Perceptions of skills assessed by the WISC-R and Stanford-Binet IV.
Presented with Susan Chattin at the
National Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA,
1990.
Alternative strategies for preschool Assessment. Invited discussant for symposium
presented at the American Psychological Association's Annual Conference, New Orleans, 1989.
Multinational validation of the Spanish Bracken Basic Concept
Scale. Presented with Karen Kuehn
Howell, Andrés Barona, José Bauermeister, Lisette Poggioli, and Anibal Puente at the American Psychological
Association's Annual Conference, New
Orleans, 1989.
Symposium: Current developments in school psychology: Response
to P.L. 99-457. Symposium
presentation at the American Psychological Association's Annual Conference,
New Orleans,
1989.
Ipsative profile stability of preschool psychoeducational
instruments. Presented with Terry
Harrison, Karen Howell, Lisa Stanford, and Brad Zahn at the National
Association of School Psychologist's Annual Conference, Boston, 1989.
Practitioner's use and perceptions of current measures of
intelligence. Presented with Susan Chattin at the National Association of School
Psychologist's Annual Conference, Boston,
1989.
Preschool Cognitive Assessment. Invited workshop for the National
Association of School Psychologist and Georgia Association of School
Psychologists. Atlanta,
1989.
Assessment and Instruction in Early Education. Invited presentation at the 1989 Research
and Testing Conference. Virginia Department of Education, Tyson's
Corner, VA, 1989.
The Bracken Concept Development Program: Assessment and Intervention. Invited presentation at the 1989 Research
and Testing Conference. Virginia
Department of Education, Tyson's Corner,
VA, 1989.
Psychometric Considerations in Psychoeducational
Decision-Making: Problems and
Solutions. Invited presentation at
the Michigan Association of School Psychologist's Fall Conference.
Battle Creek, 1989.
Preschool Assessment: Practice and Policy. Invited workshop for the Indiana State
Department of Education. Indianapolis, 1989.
Preschool Assessment Symposium. Presented at the National Association of
School Psychologists' Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
1988.
K-ABC subtest specificity recalculated. Presented with Karen Kuehn at the
National Association of School Psychologists' Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
1988.
Curriculum Based Assessment Symposium. Presented at the Tennessee
School Psychologist's Spring
Conference, Fall Creek Falls,
TN 1988.
Preschool Assessment.
Invited workshop presented for the Ohio School Psychologists' Spring
Conference, Columbus, OH. 1988.
Preschool Assessment Workshop.
Invited presentation for the Louisiana School Psychologists' Fall
Conference, Baton Rouge,
LA. 1988.
Preschool Assessment.
Invited workshop presented for the Pennsylvania School
Psychologists' Fall Conference, University
Park, PA. 1988.
Key Note Address: Developmental Assessment. Invited presentation at the Georgia
Educational Research Association, Atlanta,
GA 1988.
Editor's Round Table.
Presented at the National Association of School Psychologists' Annual
Conference, New Orleans,
LA, 1987.
Technical Characteristics of the Bracken Basic Concept
Scale. Presented at the Tennessee Association of School Psychologists' Spring
Conference, Fall Creek Falls,
TN, 1987.
BBCS Concurrent Validity with a Language and Intelligence
Measure. Presented with Paula Pecyna at the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Annual Convention, New Orleans,
LA, 1987.
Limitations of Preschool Instruments and Appropriate
Assessment Practices. Presented at
the National Association of School Psychologists' National Conference, New Orleans, LA,
1987.
Advanced Issues in Preschool Assessment. Invited presentation at the Mississippi
Association of School Psychologists' Fall Conference, Jackson, MS,
1987 (Invited).
Critical Review of the Kaufman Assessment Battery
for Children. Presented at the Tennessee Association of School Psychologists' Fall
Conference, Knoxville, TN, 1986.
An Examination of the Kaufman Assessment Battery
for Children. Presented at the Annual Central State
School Psychology
Conference. Kansas City, MO,
1986.
Bracken Basic Concept Scale:
Standardization and Interpretation.
Invited presentation at the Annual Central States School Psychology
Conference, Kansas City,
MO, 1986.
Examination of Concept Acquisition and Assessment with the
Bracken Basic Concept Scale. Invited
workshop at the Illinois School Psychology Association Conference. Champaign,
IL, 1986.
Basic Concept Acquisition Among Retarded Adult
Individuals. Invited presentation at
the Ellisville
State School. Ellisville,
MS, 1986.
Cross-cultural Translation and Validation of the Bracken Basic
Concept Scale. Invited presentation
at the University
of Arizona's Biennial
Minority Assessment Conference. Tucson, AZ,
1985.
Performance of Matched Groups of Black and White Children on
the Bracken Basic Concept Scale.
Invited presentation with D. Sabers and W. Insko
at the University of Arizona's Biennial Minority Assessment
Conference, Tucson, AZ, 1985.
Bracken Basic Concept Scales:
Development and Use. Invited
workshop at the University
of Arizona's Biennial
Minority Assessment Conference. Tucson, AZ,
1985.
Panel of Publishers' Symposium: Opportunities for minorities to publish
in refereed journals. Invited
presentation at the University
of Arizona's Biennial
Minority Assessment Conference.
Tucson,
AZ, 1985.
Cross-cultural translation and validation of two American psychoeducational assessment instruments. Presented with Nadya
Fouad at the XX InterAmerican
Congress of Psychology, Caracas,
Venezuela,
1985.
Rate and Sequence of Positive-Pole versus Negative-Pole Basic
Concept Acquisition. Presented at
the American Psychological Association Annual Conference. Los
Angeles, CA,
1985.
Technical Adequacy of the Bracken Basic Concept Scale. Presented at the nation Association of
School Psychologists' Annual Conference (Trainers of School
Psychologists). Las Vegas, 1985.
Continuing Education workshop:
Preschool Assessment. Invited
presentation for the Florida Association of School Psychologists. Tampa and Panama City, FL,
1985.
Continuing Education workshop:
New Instrumentation. Invited
presentation for the Florida Association of School Psychologists. Fort
Lauderdale, FL,
1985.
Critical Examination of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children.
Presented at the Wisconsin School Psychologists' Spring Conference, Oconomowoc, WI,
1985.
Assessing Cognitive Concepts:
The Bracken Basic Concept Scale.
Presented at the National Association of School Psychologists'
Annual Conference. Philadelphia, 1984.
Mini Skill Workshop:
Assessing Cognitive Concepts with the Bracken Basic Concept
Scale. Presented at the Wisconsin School Psychologists' Spring
Conference. Stevens Point, WI,
1984.
The Kaufman Assessment Battery
for Children. Presented at the
Southeastern Psychological Association's Annual Conference. New
Orleans, LA,
1984.
Mini Skill Invited workshop:
Assessing Cognitive Concepts with the Bracken Basic Concept
Scale. Presented at the Florida Association
of School Psychologists' Fall Conference.
Tampa FL, 1983.
Luncheon Presentation:
School Psychologists' Role in the Identification of Abused and
Neglected Children. Presented at the
Florida
Association of School Psychologists.
Tampa, FL, 1983.
Concurrent and Construct Validity of the Woodcock-Johnson for
Learning Disabled Children.
Presented at the National Association of School Psychologists'
Annual Conference. Detroit, MI,
1983.
The Administration of the K-ABC and Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale. Presented with D. Prasse
at the Wisconsin
School Psychologists
Association's Fall Conference. Madison, WI,
1983.
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - Revised: An Appraisal and Review. Presented with R. S. McCallum and D. Prasse at the National Association of School
Psychologists' Annual Conference. Toronto, Canada, 1982.
Invited workshop:
Simultaneous and Successive Cognitive Processing. Presented at the University of Southern
Mississippi, 1982.
The School Psychologist's Use of the Woodcock-Johnson Psychoeducational Battery. Presented with D. Prasse
at the Wisconsin
School Psychologists
Association's Spring Conference. Wisconsin Dells, WI, 1982.
Simultaneous-Successive Processing: Implications for Educational Assessment
and Remediation. Presented with K. Stoiber at the Wisconsin
Council for Exceptional Children's Annual Conference. Milwaukee,
WI, 1981.
Comparison of the PPVT, PPVT-R and Intelligence Tests for EMR
Students. Presented with G. Brock,
V. Jernigan, and D. Prasse at the National
Association of School Psychologists' Annual Conference. Houston,
TX, 1981.
Comparison of the PPVT and PPVT-R Among Preschool
Children. Presented with R. S.
McCallum at the Southeastern Psychological Association's Annual
Conference. Atlanta, GA,
1981.
Alternate-Form Reliability of the PPVT-R for Preschool
Children. Presented with R. S.
McCallum at the National Association of School Psychologists' Annual
Conference. Houston, TX: 1981.
Personalized Remedial Reading: What the School Psychologist Should
Know. Presented at the National
Association of School Psychologists' Annual Conference. Washington,
D.C., 1980.
Symposium: School
Psychology Internships. Presented at
the American Psychological Association Annual Conference. New
York, NY, 1979.
The Effect of Locus of Control and Hemisphericity
on Achievement. Presented at the
National Association of School Psychologists' Annual Conference. San
Diego, CA, 1979.
Symposium: Intervention
Strategies for School Children.
Presented at the National Association of School Psychologists'
Annual Conference. San Diego, CA,
1979.
Relative Image Evoking Ability of Personalized and Nonpersonalized Sentences. Presented at the Eastern Education
Research Association's Annual Conference.
Kiawah Island, SC, 1979.
Cerebral Dominance and Performance on Multiple-Choice
Tests. Presented with R. S. McCallum
and T. Ledford at the National Association of School Psychologists' Annual
Conference. New York,
NY, 1978.
A Comparison of
Attitudes of Gifted Children and Their Nongifted
Peers. Presented at the National
Association of School Psychologists' Annual Conference. Cincinnati, OH, 1977.
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