Reporting Meaningful Outcomes in School Behavioral Health
In April 2019, my student Deanna Al-Hammori and I presented a workshop on single-case design research and program evaluation at the...
Examining the Psychometric Properties of a Wellness Behavior Rating Scale
In Februrary 2019, Karlie Mirabelli presented the results of her psychometric analysis of the Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Technology Survey (PANT) at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) in Atlanta, GA. The PANT survey was created by the MATCH Wellness Program team. Special thanks to Tim Hardison, Suzanne Lazorick, and Kelsey Ross Dew of the MATCH Wellness research team and Alexander M. Schoemann of ECU for their support and guidance on this project.
NPR Radio East Discusses our Upcoming Research
Our regional NPR affiliate, NPR Radio East, recently featured an interview about our IES grant to build a psychoeducational video game...
IES Grant Awarded
We can officially announce that we received funding from the Institute of Education Sciences (Department of Education) to research a...
Applying Principles of Evidence-Based Medicine to Behavior Progress Monitoring
In February 2018, my doctoral student Rachel L. Kininger presented the results of an instrument development project at the National...
Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of School-Based Modular Psychotherapy
In February 2018, Christine Gonzales, Olivia M. Shipp, and Rachel L. Kininger presented the results of four case studies at the National Association of School Psychologists conference in Chicago, IL. In each case, we examined the feasibility and efficacy of modular therapy for depression, combined with elements of the Challenging Horizons Program, as a treatment for conduct problems when parent training was infeasible. The results suggest that this transdiagnostic approach
Does Comorbid Anxiety Improve College Student Response to ADHD Coaching?
In November, 2016, my doctoral student Rachel L. Kininger presented the results of her Master's Thesis at the 50th Annual Convention of...
Bringing the Expanded School Mental Health Movement to Eastern North Carolina
On August 25, 2016, I presented an overview of the expanded school mental health movement to participants at the Annual Children's...
Children and Adolescents with ADHD: Effective Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
In February and March of 2016, I presented two workshops for the Eastern Area Health Education Center (AHEC), first at the Marine Base in...
Disseminating Evidence-Based Interventions for Students with ADHD via Teleconsultation
In February 2016, my lab presented preliminary results of our school teleconsultation study at the annual convention of the National...
Teacher Perceptions of School Climate: A Mixed-Methods Analysis
In February, 2014, my lab reported findings from focus groups we conducted with teachers in eastern North Carolina regarding issues of school climate. The results are below: Introduction Research shows that 33% of teachers leave the profession within their first three years of teaching, and 46% leave the profession within the first five years (Kopowski, 2008). Student behavior problems are commonly cited as reasons for the high turnover rate among early career teachers (e.
