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School Psychology
Program Newsletter
Spring 2015
Spring has arrived and there is plenty to get caught up on
This edition includes:
in the School Psychology Program!
Looking for even more information on our program? Check out our website:
http://education.uky.edu/EDP/content/school-psych-overview
*Faculty
Awards…………………….2
*Congratulations…...……3
*Faculty & Student
Presentations…………….4
*Faculty & Student
Publications…...................5
*Program Updates &
Announcements……….6-8
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Faculty awards
Congratulations to Dr. Alicia Fedewa and Dr.
Sycarah Fisher
For receiving the Teacher Who Made a Difference Award from the College of
Education for both of their outstanding contributions as faculty members!
Thank you, Dr. Fedewa and Dr. Fisher, for your outstanding work as
faculty members of the school psychology program.
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Congratulations!
Congratulations to the following students for earning a Master of Science in Education in December 2014:
Cailin Collins
Katie Hastings
Kirsten Scheil
Kyle Widdison
Venus Wong
The following students have defended their dissertation in School
Psychology this Spring and will graduate in May 2015:
Jessie Birdwhistell
Brian Gustman
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Faculty and *Student presentations and Grants
Belkin, T. & *Rodgers, A. D. (2015, May). A meta-analysis of between group interventions for adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster presentation at the 2015 International Meeting for Autism Research.
Campbell, J. M. (November 2014). Screening and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders: Evidence-based assessment recommendations for DSM-5 revisions. Kentucky Association of Physician Assistants, Lexington, KY.
Cheung, S. C., Uzuegbunam, N, *Wong, W. H., & Ruble, A. L. (2015, July). MEBook: Kinect-based selfmodeling intervention for children with autism. Paper accepted at the IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo 2015. Torino, Italy.
*Davis, M. C., Toland, M., Campbell, J. M., Murphy, L. E., & Gardner, L. M. (May, 2015). An item response theory analysis of the Childhood Autism Rating Scale, Second Edition (CARS-2). Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research. Salt Lake City, UT.
Fisher, S., & Reynolds, J. (2015, February). Does School Diversity Matter? An Examination of Bullying. Poster
presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists. Orlando, FL.
Graybill, E., Baker, C. N., Cloth, A., Fisher, S., Nastasi, B. K. Miranda, A., Power, T. J., Shriberg, D., & Prilleltensky, I. (2015, February). An analysis of social justice research in school psychology. Symposium presented at the National Association for School Psychologists Annual Convention, Orlando, FL
Reynolds, J. L., Shrock, J., Kane, P., Cochrane, W. & Fisher, S. (2015, February). Behavior specific praise statements as a tier 1 behavior intervention. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists,
Orlando, FL. Fisher, S., (2015). Behavior Specific Praise Statements as a Tier 1 Behavior Intervention
*Rodgers, A. D., Ables, A. P., Ruble, L. A., Kuravackel, G. M., Reese, R. J., Odom, J. A., & Jackson, M. W.
(2015, May). A COMPASS for Hope: A parent training and support ?program for children with ASD and
problem behavior. Poster presentation at the 2015 International Meeting for Autism Research.
Ruble, L., *Wong, V., Rodgers, A., McGrew, J., & Grisham-Brown, J. (May, 2015). Does COMPASS Improve
Common Elements of Instructional Quality? Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research. Salt Lake City, UT.
Scheil, K. A., Campbell, J. M., Bowers-Campbell, J., Davis, M. C., Caldwell, B., & Jacob, R. (May 2015). Students'
Evaluation of an Autism Peer Education Program: Initial Impressions of the Kit for Kids. Paper presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research. Salt Lake City, UT.
*Wong, V., & Ruble, L., (2015). Theory of Planned Behavior and Teachers’ Intentions to Collect Data. Poster
presentation at the 2015 National Association of School Psychologists.
*Wong, W. H., Fisher, S., & Yang, H. W. (2015, February). Perceived safety, social problem solving skills, and
the nature of bullying. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists. Orlando, FL.
Uzuegbunam, N, *Wong, W. H.,Cheung, S. C., & Ruble, A. L. (2015, May). MeBook: Kinect-based selfmodeling intervention for children with autism. Technical demonstration accepted at the International Meeting for Autism Research. Salt Lake City, Utah.
New Grant
Dr. Ruble and co-investigators Dr. John McGrew from Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Dr.
Claire Snell-Rood from the UK College of Medicine, Dr. Harold Kleinert from UK HDI, and Dr. Michael Toland
from the UK College of Education received a $700,000 NIH grant to adapt and test COMPASS for improving
transition outcomes for youth with autism spectrum disorders. Doctoral students Alexis Rodgers and Venus
Wong are research assistants. For more information see the following link: http://uknow.uky.edu/content/
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Faculty and *Student Publications
*Alumbaugh, A., Fedewa, A. L., & Cerel, J. (2015). Teachers’ experiences with grieving students. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 19(1).
Barger, B. D., Campbell, J. M., & Simmons, C. A. (in press). The five factor personality model in children
with ASD during middle childhood. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities.
Campbell, J. M., Ruble, L. A., & Hammond, R. K. (2015). Children and adolescents with disabilities: Implications for interventions. In H. T. Prout and A. L. Fedewa (Eds.), Counseling and psychotherapy with
children and adolescents (5th ed., pp. 357-398). New York: Wiley.
Esler, A., & Ruble, L. (2015).DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder with implications
for school psychologists. International Journal of School & Educational Psychology.
Fedewa, A. L. & *Davis, M. C. (in press). How food as a reward is detrimental to children’s health, learning, and behavior. Journal of School Health.
Fedewa, A. L., *Davis, M. C., & Ahn, S. (2015). A randomized controlled design investigating the effects
of stability balls on children’s on-task behavior, achievement, and discipline referrals. Journal of Occupational Therapy.
Fedewa, A. L., Erwin, H. A.., Ahn, S., *Davis, M.C. (2015). A randomized controlled design investigating
the effects of classroom-based physical activity on children’s fluid intelligence. School Psychology
International.
Joseph, J. E., Zhu, X., Gundran, A., Clark, J., Ruble, L., Glaser, P. & Bhatt, R. (2014). Typical and atypical
neurodevelopment for face specialization: an fMRI study. Journal of Autism and Developmental
Disorders.
Kuravackel, G., & Ruble, L. (2014). Autism Spectrum Disorders: Reasons for treatment referrals across
the developmental life span. Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association, 12(3), 51-56.
Prout, H. T. & Fedewa, A. L. (Eds, 2015). Counseling and psychotherapy with children and adolescents:
Theory and practice for school and clinical settings (Fifth Edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: John
Wiley and Sons Inc.
Prout, H. T. & Fedewa, A. L. (2015). Counseling and psychotherapy with children and adolescents: Historical, developmental, integrative, and effectiveness perspectives. In Prout & Fedewa (Eds.) Counseling and psychotherapy with children and adolescents: Theory and practice for school and clinical
settings (Fifth Edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons Inc.
Prout, H. T. & Fedewa, A. L. (2015). Ethical and legal issues in psychological interventions with children
and adolescents. In Prout & Fedewa (Eds.) Counseling and psychotherapy with children and adolescents: Theory and practice for school and clinical settings (Fifth Edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: John
Wiley and Sons Inc.
Southall, C., & Campbell, J. M. (2015). What does research say about social perspective-taking interventions for students with HFASD? Exceptional Children, 81, 194-208.
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Program Updates and Announcements
Spring 2015 Social Skills Groups at the CASPER Clinic!
This semester several school psychology graduate students, supervised by Dr. Hammond
and third year PhD students Alexis Rodgers and Cody Davis, are collaborating to lead two
early adolescent social skills groups. Katie Hastings and Kyle Widdison, both second year
EDS students, are leading a group focusing on skills such as listening and other conversation skills. Cailin Collins, second year EDS student, and Kirsten Scheil, second year PhD
student, are leading a group focusing on understanding others, feelings, and using selfcontrol. Eight of the nine group members are returning to the CASPER clinic for social skills
instruction, while one group member is enjoying his first social group experience! The
groups will meet once a week for six weeks with information and progress monitoring materials provided to parents and teachers of the group members. Venus Wong led a parent
session on February 24th on “Self-efficacy and Adolescence”.
On January 16th, 2015 Kelly Shanks, NCSP,
lead a professional training opportunity for the
School Psychology students. The presentation
“Crisis Prevention and Intervention in Schools: An
Overview” provided students with variable resources and insights into this important domain.
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Program Updates and Announcements
Annual Ugly Sweater Holiday Bowling Party
The school psychology students and faculty celebrated the holidays
at the bowling alley while rocking their ugly sweaters.
Light it Up Blue
The School Psychology program took part
in a campaign called "Light it up Blue," in
honor of Autism Awareness Month in April.
We illuminated Taylor Education building
in blue. Our own Kyle Widdison designed
the t-shirts.
Thank you to all who participated in this
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Program Updates and Announcements
APA Accreditation
The doctoral program has been accredited for five years by the Commission
on Accreditation of the American Psychological Association.
Thank you to everyone in the program, department, and University - faculty,
students, supervisors, administrators - for their efforts in hosting a successful site
visit in December 2014.
NASP Conference 2015
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