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Introduction
My research interests are diversity recruitment, multicultural competency, shortages crisis, etc.
Additional affiliations
August 2014 - present
August 2012 - August 2013
Education
August 2008 - May 2014
Field of study
- Educational Psychology: Concentration - School Psychology
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Publications (33)
Trainers within school psychology have struggled to recruit racial/ethnic minority graduate students, with a recent demographic survey suggesting that racial/ethnic minorities comprise 9.3 % of school-based practitioners (Curtis, Castillo, & Gelley, 2012). Furthermore, research has suggested that school psychology training programs have also lagged...
School psychology trainers have historically struggled to adequately increase the number of professionals from diverse backgrounds. An increase in diverse providers is important in meeting the needs of a burgeoning racial/ethnic minority student population. Previous research suggests that minority undergraduate psychology students have less knowled...
Racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented within school psychology. Increased racial/ethnic diversity within university training programs has been shown to reduce prejudices and anxiety within students while increasing empathy for other racial/ethnic groups. The reduction of prejudices and anxiety and increased empathy for racial/ethnic min...
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to exacerbate the school psychology personnel crisis. There is a dearth of knowledge regarding how the pandemic has impacted school psychology trainers and course delivery. In this national study, 92 school psychology trainers completed an online questionnaire regarding technological instructional changes, job satisf...
Minoritized populations have historically been underrepresented within school psychology. Furthermore, school psychology is in the midst of what has been termed the shortages crisis. Previous research suggests that undergraduate psychology students have little knowledge or exposure to school psychology as compared with other branches of professiona...
Anxiety is the most common mental health problem that occurs with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and due to creating a more inclusive learning environment, children with ASD are placed in general education classrooms. Thus, addressing anxiety problems for children with ASD in school settings become critically important. This systematic review and...
School psychology is experiencing a shortages crisis. There is also lack of national data regarding current recruitment practices. Understanding these practices is essential to overcome these personnel shortages. In this national study, 151 school psychology programs within the US and its territories were surveyed. Participants were chosen from a n...
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality of current studies that assess and treat anxiety symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). More specifically the study aimed to answer the following questions: What are the qualities of the current studies using cognitive behavioral therapies (CBTs) to treat anxiety sy...
This study investigated current school psychology students' perspectives on recruiting and orienting prospective trainees to the profession. Two hundred sixty-two student members of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) responded to two open-ended survey items regarding: (a) information they wished they had known prior to beginnin...
Current research highlights the need for trauma-informed care within schools, yet the literature suggests that many practicing school psychologists feel underprepared to engage in such practices. Very few studies have examined the preparedness of school psychology graduate students to engage in trauma-informed care practices. This is unfortunate, a...
School psychology is experiencing a personnel shortage crisis, and scholars suggest that a possible contributing factor is its underrepresentation in undergraduate psychology curricula. Most school psychology trainers do not teach at the undergraduate level, thus undergraduate psychology students may not be adequately exposed to school psychology d...
School psychology is experiencing a shortages crisis. Within this two‐part study, the Social Cognitive Career Theory was used to examine the impact of video interventions on students' choice and application to school psychology programs. A sub‐sample of participants were followed across 4 years. Findings suggest that, when measured immediately befo...
• Little is known about how current special education administration preparation standards are perceived by special education personnel. • This survey examined the perceived importance of the Council for Exceptional Children’s most current standards for special education administration competencies. • Findings suggested that ratings of the importan...
This study aims to evaluate the individual scales that comprise the School Psychology Cultural Competency Training Scale (SPCCTS), to examine school psychologists’ perceptions of the quality of training they received with regard to providing culturally competent services. Individual scales were created so that critical domains of professional pract...
The professional roles and scope of practice of school psychologists are expanding more now than ever, and demand for school psychologists continues to increase. In addition to traditional roles of student assessment within primary and secondary schools, school psychologists are increasingly providing intervention for students (i.e., academic and m...
Workforce shortages in school psychology have been a persistent problem since the field's inception. To inform targeted recruitment efforts, the present study aimed to identify factors that contributed to current graduate students' decisions to pursue a career in the field. Participants were 356 student members of the National Association of School...
Historically, practitioners from culturally diverse backgrounds, especially racial, ethnic, and linguistic (REL) minority backgrounds, have been significantly underrepresented in the field of school psychology. A lack of diversity in the workforce is problematic for a number of reasons and ultimately limits the range of talents, ideas, and perspect...
After the change in IDEIA, different models of response to intervention (RtI) have been practiced widely in American school systems. School psychologists are in an important position to facilitate RtI practice and provide professional development in order to help their school systems successfully undergo this transformation. However, there is a pau...
The unique training, skill sets, and roles of school psychologists often make them the ideal school professional to assist diverse children experiencing educational challenges. American public schools
are becoming increasingly diverse. Many assert that school psychologists must develop their
cultural competency skills to better identify cultural fa...
School psychology programs have recently shown increased interest in offering an undergraduate course,
or courses, in school psychology (Schilling, Grapin, & Hyson, 2016). Offering a course may accomplish a
number of important goals, including: (a) exposing undergraduate students to the profession of school
psychology and to topics most directly re...
A leading challenge for educators in the twenty-first century is to effectively promote academic outcomes among diverse student learners. Indeed, students from diverse and/or minority ethno-cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds are much more likely to experience academic difficulties and dropout. The Common Core initiative has been en...
Review of DSM-5 updates in Schizophrenia, with emphasis on how changes influence clinical treatment with children/adolescents and the work of school psychologists.
This study was an examination of the possible influence of a child’s pre-identified disability on parent and teacher behavior ratings and whether a child’s disability status affected parent ratings, when controlling for parenting stress. The sample included 206 kindergarten through third grade students and their teachers and parents from a Midweste...
Racial/ethnic minorities have historically been underrepresented within the profession of
school psychology. An increase in minorities within the field of school psychology has been
forwarded as a way to improve the service provision to the nation’s racial/ethnic minority student
population. Unfortunately, trainers within school psychology have str...
Twenty-four Hmong American adolescents participated in individual interviews regarding their perceptions of mothers' parenting practices. A content analysis revealed a set of nine parenting practices that were represented in the responses. The adolescents talked about supportive parenting practices that included caretaking, positive communication,...
Questions
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I am starting a project regarding the relationship between the use of simulated technology for teacher development and teachers' implementation of learned behaviors. What validated framework/theories would people recommend that we use to study related constructs. I usually use a social-cognitive framework, but I want to ensure that I am not missing a more appropriate, validated framework.
Thanks,
Research regarding diversity recruitment within school psychology is rather limited. Through this question I am trying to gather different perspectives on what factors have hampered graduate school psychology training programs' ability to adequately recruit minority students.
