Keynote & Panel Details - School Psychology Symposium

Keynote: Dr. Susan Sheridan, Director, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and School and Willa Cather Professor

Since 1994, Dr. Sheridan has had federal grants (funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) geared toward the establishment of effective relationships and partnerships for children and youth. She is particularly interested in relationships between parents and teachers, and identifying meaningful ways to establish home–school partnerships. Dr. Sheridan’s primary grant work and research focus is in a model of service delivery known as “conjoint behavioral consultation” (also known as TAPP), focused on bringing parents, teachers, and other care providers together to develop constructive relationships and address concerns they share for children. She has published books in this and related areas, the most recent being “The tough kid: Teachers and parents as partners” and the second edition of the “Handbook of research in school consultation: Empirical foundations for the field,” co-authored with William Erchul. Additional research areas include family interventions, the development and generalization of effective social skills in children, and the role of parents in social skill development. Dr. Sheridan is the past editor of School Psychology Review, the research journal of the National Association of School Psychologists, and past-president of the Society for the Study of School Psychology. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1989 with a doctorate in educational psychology.

Symposium I: Multi-Tier Systems of Support

Lead Scholar: Naomi Zigmond, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh
Alumni Scholar: Nathan Clemens Ph.D., Associate Professor of Special Education, University of Texas at Austin, and and a Lead team from Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health including Barry L. McCurdy, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Effective Schools (CES),  Lisa B. Thomas, Consulting and Research Psychologist, CES. and Stewart Shear, Ph.D., Senior Clinical Director, Devereux and Director of Clinical Services, Devereux Pennsylvania Adult Services
Doctoral Student Scholar: Katie Flatley, School Psychology Program, College of Education, Lehigh University
Lehigh School Psychology Program Faculty Chair: Christine Cole, Ph.D.

Symposium II: Academic Assessment

Lead Scholar: Amanda VanDerHeyden, Ph.D., Private Consultant & Researcher
Alumni Scholar: Chris Skinner, Ph.D., Professor of School Psychology, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Doctoral Student Scholar: Brittany Zakszeski, Ph.D., School Psychology Program, College of Education, Lehigh University
Lehigh School Psychology Program Faculty Chair: Bridget Dever, Ph.D.

Symposium III: Academic Intervention

Lead Scholar: Matt Burns, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research & Professor of School Psychology, College of Education University of Missouri
Alumni Scholar: Tanya Eckert, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Syracuse University
Doctoral Student Scholar: Lisa Aguilar, School Psychology Program, College of Education, University of Missouri
Lehigh School Psychology Program Faculty Chair: Robin Hojnoski, Ph.D.

Symposium IV:  Pediatric School Psychology

Lead Scholar: Thomas J. Power, Ph.D., Professor, School Psychology in Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Alumni Scholar: Kathy Bradley-Klug, Ph.D., Professor of Graduate Programs in School Psychology and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Research, College of Education, University of South Florida
Doctoral Student Scholar: Jeffrey Garofano, University of South Florida
Lehigh School Psychology Program Faculty Chair: George DuPaul, Ph.D.