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PREDOCTORAL TRAINING University of Rhode Island - Kingston, RI Bachelor of Arts - 1977 Major: Psychology and Philosophy back to topState University of New York at Albany - Albany, NY Masters of Science - Educational Psychology and Statistics - 1979 Specialist Certificate - School Psychology -1979 back to topDOCTORAL DISSERTATION
University of Rhode Island - Kingston, RI Ph.D. - Psychology - May 1999 Dissertation Title: The Learning Network Model of School Psychological Services: A Heuristic Framework for a Formative Program Evaluation and Organizational Development Plan. Dissertation Abstract: School psychological services can be conceptualized as a network of interconnected processes, an open system whose ultimate effectiveness is tied to a dynamic, transactional relationship with the socio-educational environment around it. Internal patterns of problem-solving processes transform evaluative input into instructional or psychological interventions, which are subsequently transformed into academic or instructional outcomes. The purpose of this study is a formative process evaluation of school psychological services provided by the Newport County Regional Special Education Program in Rhode Island. The Learning Network Model of School Psychological Services is presented as a heuristic framework for this program evaluation. Findings indicate that administrative assessment processes within the Region are generally adequate, however functional assessment processes are limited. The link between evaluative processes and intervention processes is weak. School psychological interventions are limited and tend to be fragmented, unsupervised, and rarely evaluated for effectiveness. Feedback process are inadequate. Results indicate that school psychological services in the Region are not organized or provided in accordance with professional standards, the ideal level of service expected by stakeholders, or the problem solving paradigm framed by the Learning Network Model of School Psychological Services. Organizational development recommendations concerning mission clarification and re-organizing according to the Learning Network Model of School Psychological Services are provided. back to topSPECIALIZED PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice (CECP)
Safe and Effective Schools for All Students: What Works
Arlington, VA - September 1999 NASP Public Policy Institute
Two-day public policy workshops that included basic legislative training and appointments with each of the Rhode Island Congressional delegation.
Washington, DC - February 1999 and 2001 National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
Crisis Response and Intervention Training This 40-hour training covered the nature and dimensions of trauma
and the NOVA model for community crisis debriefing and intervention.
Minneapolis, MN - July 1998
NASP Northeast Regional Leadership Conferences
Annual NASP leadership training conference.
Hartford, CT, Baltimore, MD, Providence, RI, Albany, NY, Wilmington, DE. -
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.
Conference co-chair 2003-2006
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