Publications & Presentations

Publications (Faculty/Student)

Bowersox, C., Woika, S., & Mitchell, C. (In Press). Mandated reporting: A critical role of administrators. The Pennsylvania Administrator.

Woika, S., & Bowersox, C. (2013, February 6). Child abuse and mandated reporting. Webinar to be presented for Educational Horizons.

Woika, S., & Bowersox, C. (201`2, Fall). Mandated reporting: A critical role of School Psych0ologists. Insight 33(1), p. 2-4.

Bellinger, J. M., & Perlman, E., & DiPerna, J. C. (2011). Social Skills Intervention for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. School Psychology Forum, 5, 141-159.

Woika, S., & Bowersox, C. (December 2012 - January 2013) Child abuse and mandated reporting. Educational Horizons, 91.

Bellinger, J. M. and DiPerna, J. C. (2011). Is fluency-based story retell a good indicator of reading comprehension. Psychology in the Schools, 48, 416-426.

Goffreda, Catherine T., & DiPerna, J C. (2010). An Empirical Review of Psychometric Evidence for the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills. School Psychology Review, 39, 463-483.

Hahn, K. R., Schaefer, B. A., Merino, C., & Worrell, F. C. (in press). The factor structure of preschool learning behaviors scale scores in Peruvian children. Canadian Journal of School Psychology.

Reid, M. A., DiPerna, J. C., Morgan, P. L., & Lei, P., (in press).  Reliability and validity evidence for the EARLI Literacy probes. Psychology in the Schools.

Lei, P., Wu, Q., DiPerna, J. C., & Morgan, P. L. (in press). Developing short forms of the EARLI numeracy measures. Comparison of item selection methods. Educational and Psychological Measurement.

Goffreda, C. T., & DiPerna, J.C., & Pedersen, J. (2009). Preventive screening for early readers: Predictive validity of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills. Psychology in the Schools, 46, 539-552.

Freberg, M. E., Vandiver, B. J., Watkins, M. W., Canivez, G. L. (2008). Significant factor score variability and the validity of the WISC-III FSIQ in predicting later academic achievement. Applied Neuropsychology, 15, 131-139.

Presentations (Faculty/Student)

Bellinger, J. M., & DiPerna, J. C. (2012). Teaching Social Skills to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Philadelphia, PA.

Bellinger, J. M. (2011, December). Social Skills Intervention Strategies. School Psychology Forum Podcast. Podcast retrieved from http://www.nasponline.org/publications/spf/

Bellinger,  J. M., Perlman, E., & DiPerna, J. C. (2011). Systematic Review of Social Skills Interventions for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster presentation at the annual convention of Association of School Psychologists of PA, State College, PA.

Woika, S. (July, 2011). Tools for supervison in school psychology. Workshop presented at the International School Psychology Association Conference, Chennai, India.

Norwalk, K. E. and DiPerna, J. C. (2011, Feb). Children at-risk for reading difficulties in Head Start. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) 2011 Annual Concention, San Francisco, CA.

Bellinger, J. M., Perlman, E., DiPerna, J. C. (2011, Feb). Social Skills Interventions for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Poster presentation at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, San Francisco.

Sandilos, L. E., & DiPerna, J. C. (2010, August). Reliability of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) Pre-K. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Diego.

Winnick, J. B., & DiPerna, J. C. (2010, August). Effect of participation in English as a second language programming on academic outcomes for native Spanish speakers. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Diego.

Van Deth, L. M., Bellinger, J. M., Winnick, J. B., & DiPerna, J. C. (2010, March). Reading achievement and approaches to learning: Elementary to middle school. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago.

Woika, S., & DiPerna, J. C. (2010, March). Establishing a Professional Development School (PDS) in School Psychology. Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago.

Van Deth, L. M. & DiPerna, J. C. (2009, April). Science Achievement and Social Competence: Testing a Reciprocal Model. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual confernence, Boston, MA.

Hahn, K. R., Woika, S.A., Goffreda, C. T., Miller, A. R., & Culler, E. D. (2009, April). Rights and Responsibilities of Music Educators with Special Needs Students. Session presented at the annual conference of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, Valley Forge, PA.

Schneider, B. P., & DiPerna, J. C. (2009, February). The home literacy environment's effect on emergent literacy outcomes. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Boston, MA.

Goffreda, C., & DiPerna, J. C. (2009, February). Effects of school-based physical activity programs on academic performance. Poster presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Boston, MA.

Goffreda, C., & DiPerna, J. C. (2009, February). Linking Energizers to academic performance in rural elementary schools (Projet LEAP). Poster presented at the annual convention of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Active Living Research, San Diego, CA.

Reid, E., Miller, A., McGinnis, A. M., Goffreda, C., Hahn, K., Reid, M., Meyer, E., Freberg, M., & Culler, E. (2009, February) Construct validity of the Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Cognitive Abilities among adjudicated adolescents. Poster presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Boston, MA.

Pendergast (Hankins), L. & Watkins, M. W. (2009, February). Parent and Teacher Perceptions of Student Homework Performance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Boston, MA.

Miller, F., & Watkins, M. W. (2009, February). Factor index profile analysis for postsecondary students with learning disabilities. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Boston, MA.