Professional Background


Professional Preparation Professional Roles Editorial Activity

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

Ph.D. 1974 Specialization in Learning Disabilities from the University of Pittsburgh
M. Ed. 1971 Specialization in Emotional Disturbance from the University of Pittsburgh
B.A. 1965 Major in Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley

PROFESSIONAL ROLES

Professional Organizations

  • Eastern Psychological Association
  • Council for Exceptional Children
    Division for Children with Learning Disabilities
    Division for Research
    Council for Children with Behavior Disorders
  • American Educational Research Association
    Special Interest Group: Special Education Research
  • Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, 1993 to present
  • Professional Group for ADD and Related Disorders (P.GARD) 1992

Leadership Positions:

  • Secretary, Kentucky Council for Children with Behavior Disorders (1980-1981)
  • Program Advisory Committee Member, Council for Exceptional Children (1988-1989)
  • Program Chair, International Council for Exceptional Children, Division for Research (1988-1989)
  • Chair, Special Education (1989-1992)
  • President-Elect, Division for Research, Council for Exceptional Children (1989-1990)
  • Vice President, Division for Research, Council for Exceptional Children (1989-1990)
  • Expert Witness, Attention Deficit Disorders, Akron City School District Hearing Officer: Attorney ThomasTheado (1990, April).
  • President, Division for Research, Council for Exceptional Children (1990-1991)
  • Indiana State Research and Development Advisory Council (1991- 1992)
  • National Professional Advisory Board: Children with Attention Deficit Disorders, National Headquarters: Plantation, Florida (1991-1996)
  • Consultant to the Center for Organizing and Analyzing the Research Base for Children with Attention Deficit Disorder,O funded by the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education to Thomas Fiore, Center for Research in Education, Research Triangle Institute (1992-94).

Editorial Activity

Associate Editor:

Exceptional Children, 1979--1984.

Editorial Board:

Learning and Individual Differences, 1987 to 1994.
Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1989 to 2002.
Exceptional Children, 1992 to 1997.
Learning Disabilities Quarterly, 1998-2002

Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer:

JChild Development, 1985 to present
Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1996 to present
Developmental Psychology, 1992 to present.
Exceptional Children, 1980 to present
Gifted and Talented International, 1994 to present
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1997 to present
Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1990 to present
Journal of Attention Disorders, 1997 to present
The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1995 to present
Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 1988 to present
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1998 to present
Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996 to present
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1994 to present
Journal of Special Education, 1986 to present
Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 1988 to present
Learning Disability Quarterly, 1990 to present
Learning and Individual Differences, 1987 to present
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, A Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1992 to present
Psychological Bulletin, 1993 to present
The Journal of Behavioral Education, 2001 to present

 

Professional Background April 2003

 
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