Gerald D. Alpern, PhD
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Dr. Alpern is a widely-published child psychologist with a private practice in Aspen, Colorado. He has treated families and children for more than 40 years, and has performed custody evaluations, supervised family mediation, and served as an expert witness in court. Founder of the Aspen Biofeedback Center, he has done research and clinical work on the use of neurofeedback in treating psychological problems.
Before establishing his practice, Dr. Alpern was professor and director of research in child psychiatry at Indiana University Medical School. He has published extensively throughout his career, with a special focus on autism, developmental delays, and childhood intelligence.
Elizabeth Carrow-Woolfolk, PhD
(OWLS™-II) Oral and Written Language Scales™, Second Edition
Widely recognized for her accomplishments in the field of language development, Dr. Carrow-Woolfolk founded the Harry Jersig Center for Communication Disorders at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas, where she created the master's program in speech-language pathology. She also headed the Communication Disorders Program at the University of Texas and the Speech Pathology Program at Baylor College of Medicine. In addition, she directed speech pathology services at three hospitals in Houston—St. Luke's, Texas Children's Hospital, and Methodist Hospital.
Dr. Carrow-Woolfolk has an MA in educational psychology from the University of Texas and a PhD in speech pathology from Northwestern University. She completed postgraduate work in linguistics at Indiana University, and has published numerous books and articles on reading, language, and multilingualism. For 6 years Dr. Carrow-Woolfolk served as editor of the Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders. She has received numerous honors from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
John Constantino, MD
(SRS™-2) Social Responsiveness Scale™, Second Edition
Dr. Constantino is Blanche F. Ittleson professor and director of the William Greenleaf Eliot Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine. After receiving his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his medical degree from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Dr. Constantino completed a combined residency in pediatrics, general psychiatry, and child psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and a postdoctoral research fellowship in psychiatric epidemiology at Washington University School of Medicine.
Dr. Constantino's work has involved the genetic epidemiology of autistic social impairment, quantitative methods for measuring inherited phenotypic components of autistic syndromes, and the discovery of distinct patterns of subclinical autistic traits in the relatives of children with autism. He has authored or co-authored 78 original, peer-reviewed papers in the scientific literature. In addition, he has developed rapid quantitative methods for measuring inherited aspects of social impairment. These methods, used worldwide, have led to the discovery of genes that confer risk for autism and related disorders and have helped clarify nature-nurture effects on social developmental disorders (including autism, conduct disorder, and personality disorder). Dr. Constantino currently holds grants with NIH/NICHD, Autism Speaks, the Simons Foundation, CDC, and HRSA. He participates in scientific review committees for Autism Speaks, theMarch of Dimes Foundation, Simons Foundation, and the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. He has also served on, and chaired, the scientific advisory committee for AGRE (a program of Autism Speaks).
Janet Barker Fudala, PhD
(Arizona™-3) Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale™, Third Edition
The author of numerous books and articles on speech-language-hearing issues, Dr. Fudala has also developed several well-known assessments, including the Tree/Bee Test of Auditory Discrimination, Quickscreen, the Auditory Pointing Test, the Prescriptive Reading Performance Test (PRPT),and the widely used Arizona Articulation Proficiency Scale, Third Revision (Arizona-3). She earned her doctorate in speech and hearing from the University of Washington. Dr. Fudala has served as director of special education and special programs for the Port Townsend, Washington, schools and executive director of curriculum and instruction for the Brighton, Colorado, school district. She also served as a superintendent of schools for 12 years. She has taught graduate courses in speech, language, and learning disabilities at Seattle University, Western Washington University, and Seattle Pacific University, and is a popular presenter at conventions and school districts.
Patti L. Harrison, PhD
(ABAS-3) Adaptive Behavior Assessment System, Third Edition
Dr. Harrison is a professor in the Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling at the University of Alabama. She holds a PhD from the University of Georgia, National Certification in School Psychology, and Class AA certification as a school psychologist from the Alabama Department of Education.
Dr. Harrison's research and scholarship relate to assessment methods for children with development, learning, and behavior problems and professional school psychology issues. Her articles and chapters on assessment and professional standards appear in school psychology and special education journals and texts, and she has conducted numerous refereed and invited presentations on these topics at professional conferences. Dr. Harrison has been the editor of School Psychology Review and has served on the editorial boards of other professional research journals, including Journal of School Psychology, School Psychology Quarterly, and Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment.
Dr. Harrison has been active in professional school psychology organizations, including the National Association of School Psychologists, Society for the Study of School Psychology, and School Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association. She served on the planning committee for both the 2002 and 2012 Conferences on the Future of School Psychology. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and American Educational Research Association.
(SPM™) Sensory Processing Measure™
Diana Henry, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA president of Henry Occupational Therapy Services, Inc., studied with Lorna Jean King in 1975, and then together founded what is now called the Children's Center in Arizona. Diana opened her clinic specializing in sensory integration (SI) in 1984 and developed programs for Arizona schools.
Diana is SCSIT and SIPT certified. She received her B.S. in OT from Tufts University, and her M.S. in sensory integration from Rush University. Diana has taught at Arizona State University, nationally to school districts, associations/clinics and internationally in Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Brazil, Scotland, Ireland, and Northern Ireland. With her husband Rick, Diana produced the Tools for Teachersand the Tools for Students DVDs, wrote the Tool Chest, the Tools for Parents, the SI Tools for Teenhandbooks,the Sensory Tools for Pets, and the Tools for Tots: Sensory Strategies for Toddlers and Preschoolers books, produced the Teen Sensory ToolDVD and the Sensory Songs for Tots music CD. Diana is presently working on the Tools for Infants book, the SPMs Quick Tips and Forever Winter (about NLD).
In April 2008, Diana and her colleagues were awarded the American Occupational Therapy Recognition of Achievement Award for developing The Sensory Processing Measure (SPM).
In 2007, ATEACHABOUT was featured in a PBS documentary titled: The Boomer Century.
Ann Le Couteur, MBBS
(ADI™-R) Autism Diagnostic Interview™, Revised
Ann Le Couteur is a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry and honorary consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist at Newcastle University. She co-leads the Newcastle University Autism Research Team, and has more than 24 years of experience in assessment, diagnosis, management, and treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other complex mental health disorders in children, young people, adults, and their families/caregivers. She has numerous journal publications, with research interests including the etiology of ASD, evaluation of interventions for children and families, and the promotion of models of assessment and treatment. Professor Le Couteur also provides second opinion clinical services for children and young people with complex neurodevelopmental disorders, including ASD.
Professor Le Couteur chaired the work that led to publication of The National Autism Plan for Children (2003) in the UK. She is currently a member of the ASD NICE guideline development group, and a member of the Department of Health reference group for the adult autism strategy. She is involved with a number of UK charities for children and young people with complex needs.
Catherine Lord, PhD
(ADOS™-2) Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule™, Second Edition
Principal author of the ADOS-2, Dr. Lord is director of the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Columbia University Medical Center. Previously, she directed the Autism and Communication Disorders Center at the University of Michigan. Dr. Lord has chaired the Committee on the Effectiveness of Early Intervention in Autism for the National Research Council, and currently serves on the DSM-5 Neurodevelopmental Disorders Committee. She received her PhD in psychology and social relations from Harvard University.
Throughout her career, Dr. Lord has worked to improve the way autism spectrum disorders are diagnosed and treated. She is currently developing an ADOS module for adolescents and adults with limited verbal skills, as well as an assessment of spontaneous, functional language in children with ASD. In addition, she is studying therapies for children on the autism spectrum and conducting longitudinal research that follows individuals with autism from age 2 into adulthood.
Lucy Jane Miller, PhD
(GOAL™) Goal-Oriented Assessment of Lifeskills™
Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, founded the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation in 1979 in Colorado. She served as that organization's Executive Director until recently, when she moved into the role as Research Director. Devoted to the study and treatment of Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) for 35 years, she is spearheading the effort to gain recognition of SPD as a separate diagnosis. She is known internationally for generating awareness and acquiring funding for SPD research programs.
Dr. Miller is also the prolific author of norm-referenced standardized assessments, two books, and more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals. In her world-renowned assessments, Dr. Miller brings creativity and fun to the testing process, enabling children to perform at their highest level rather than become frustrated with tedious activities. This is the basis for the new Goal-Oriented Assessment of Lifeskills (GOAL).
Dr. Miller's degrees include a bachelor of arts in psychology, master of arts in occupational therapy, and doctorate in early childhood special education with an emphasis in educational research. The American Occupational Therapy Association honored her with its highest accolade, the Award of Merit. The State of Colorado, in recognition of Dr. Miller's more than 30 years of work with children who have disabling conditions, presented her with its Martin Luther King, Jr. Award.
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Marilyn J. Monteiro, PhD
Monteiro Interview Guidelines for Diagnosing Asperger's Syndrome
During her 30-year career Dr. Monteiro has evaluated more than 4,000 children on the autism spectrum. In addition, she has trained scores of educators and clinicians in the US and internationally, teaching them how to diagnose and understand children on the autism spectrum and communicate with the children's families. Dr. Monteiro has pioneered a qualitative approach to evaluation that gives clinicians the tools to describe autism spectrum behavioral profiles in individualized and descriptive terms, leading to practical intervention strategies. Her descriptive evaluation tools complement and enhance the use of standardized autism tools, including the ADOS-2, providing evaluators with a visual framework and accessible language to describe each child's autism spectrum differences in development in substantive terms.
Dr. Monteiro has a BA in psychology and education from Grinnell College, an MA in psychology from Drake University, and a PhD in psychology (applied behavior analysis) from Western Michigan University. She completed postgraduate work in family systems therapy at the Southwest Family Institute in Dallas. She is a frequent speaker at state, regional, and national conferences, and provides autism evaluation training workshops for school districts throughout the United States.
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Thomas Oakland, PhD
Formerly professor emeritus at the University of Florida and a professor at the University of Texas, Dr. Oakland was board certified in neuropsychology and school psychology. He had a forensic practice and served as a consultant to approximately 200 school boards and agencies. He was a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), American Academy of School Psychology, and American College of Professional Neuropsychology. In addition, he had been president of the International School Psychology Association, International Test Commission, International Association of Applied Psychology's Division of Assessment and Evaluation, International Foundation of Children's Education, and APA's Division of School Psychology.
Dr. Oakland developed 10 standardized tests and wrote and edited 15 books, approximately 100 chapters, and 200 scholarly articles. He was editor of the Journal of School Psychology and associate editor of School Psychology International, and served on the editorial boards of 70 other professional journals. Dr. Oakland received APA's Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology, as well as the Distinguished Service Award and Senior Scientist Award from APA's Division of School Psychology. His many other professional honors include the Legends Award from the National Association of School Psychologists, the Willard Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Florida Association of School Psychologists, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Florida College of Education.
Dr. Oakland died March 4, 2015 at his house in Gainesville, FL. He was 75. In recognition of Dr. Oakland's contribution to the psychological health community, WPS is sponsoring a scholarship in his honor at the Florida Association of School Psychologists (FASP) and the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP).
Cecil Reynolds, PhD
(SMALSI™) School Motivation and Learning Strategies Inventory™
Professor emeritus and distinguished research scholar at Texas A&M University, Cecil Reynolds earned his doctorate from the University of Georgia under the tutelage of Dr. Alan S. Kaufman, with a major in school psychology and minors in statistics and clinical neuropsychology. During his long career as an educator, clinician, and researcher, he has developed many highly regarded psychological tests, authored more than 300 scholarly papers, and written or edited more than 50 books, including the Handbook of School Psychology, the Encyclopedia of Special Education, The Energetic Brain, and the Handbook of Clinical Child Neuropsychology.
Nationally recognized for his work, Dr. Reynolds has received the Lightner Witmer Award from the American Psychological Association (APA), Early Career Awards from two APA divisions, the Senior Scientist Award from APA's Division of School Psychology, the Robert Chin Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, the Distinguished Neuropsychologist Award from the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN), a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), and the Jack I. Bardon Award for Lifetime Distinguished Service Contributions to school psychology.
Dr. Reynolds has been President of NAN, as well as three divisions of APA (Clinical Neuropsychology; School Psychology; and Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics). He has also served on the executive boards of NASP, three APA divisions, and APA's Committee on Psychological Tests and Assessment. In addition, Dr. Reynolds has been editor-in-chief of three professional journals—Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Applied Neuropsychology, and Psychological Assessment.
Glen Roberts, PhD
Roberts-2
During his 50-plus years of therapeutic work with children and their families, Dr. Roberts has also concentrated on developing the test of child and adolescent personality functioning that is now titled the Roberts-2.
Dr. Roberts received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Purdue University, where he began the process of developing the test as he studied aspects of stimulus variation. As he subsequently worked in a wide variety of clinical settings in the Los Angeles area, he studied pictures that elicited meaningful interpretations of the situations portrayed. With significant situations identified, he tested thousands of clinical and non-clinical children and adolescents to construct an objective scoring system, and established norms with a regional population. The test was first published in 1982, as the Roberts Apperception Test for Children (RATC), and was adopted by clinical and school psychologists as a significant tool to assess child personality functioning.
In Dr. Roberts' work as the clinical director of a community mental health clinic, he acquired knowledge from his own research and the practical experiences of staff and psychology interns to improve and refine the scales of the RATC. With updated pictures and the addition and refinement of scales, the test was administered to thousands of children and adolescents nationally to establish valid norms. The improved and refined test was published in 2005 and named the Roberts-2. Dr. Roberts continues to commit to the utility of the Roberts-2 , and has conducted training workshops nationally and internationally for educators and clinicians.
Michael Rutter, MD
Dr. Rutter trained in general medicine, neurology, and pediatrics before specializing in psychiatry and becoming the first professor of child psychiatry in the United Kingdom. He established the Medical Research Council's Child Psychiatry Research Unit and the Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London. Dr. Rutter has played a pivotal role in establishing child psychiatry as a medical and biopsychosocial specialty with a strong scientific base. His studies of autism involve a wide range of scientific techniques and disciplines, including molecular and quantitative genetics.
Dr. Rutter served as European editor of the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders from 1974 to 1994. He has written or edited 50 books, published more than 500 scientific papers, and received numerous international awards and honors. He is a member of the US Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine, and an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the US National Academy of Education, and the British Academy. He is also a fellow of the Royal Society and founding fellow of the Academia Europaea and the Academy of Medical Sciences. The Michael Rutter Centre for Children and Adolescents at Maudsley Hospital, London, is named for him.
Kathleen T. Williams, PhD
(PPA Scale) Phonological and Print Awareness Scale
Dr. Kathleen T. Williams worked from 1968 to 1989 as a classroom and remedial reading teacher, preschool and K-12 speech pathologist, and K-12 school psychologist. She has taught at the graduate and undergraduate levels. She worked from 1989 to 2008 in assessment and curriculum publishing, and most recently was Vice President of the Office of Academic Initiatives and Test Development for the College Board. Dr. Williams provides continuing education workshops in reading, oral language, and vocabulary development. The author of several educational and clinical assessments, she also co-authored the OWLS Reading Comprehension Scale with Dr. Elizabeth Carrow-Woolfolk.