Amanda P. Williford Curriculum Vitae...Dissertation: A contextual approach to the prediction of...

Amanda P. Williford 1

AmandaP.WillifordCurriculumVitae

01/10/2017

CenterforAdvancedStudyofTeachingandLearning

UniversityofVirginia246RuffnerHall,P.O.Box400277

Charlottesville,VA22903434-243-9553(tel)434-243-9553(fax)

[email protected]

Ph.D.,ClinicalPsychology,December2003UniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboro(UNCG),Greensboro,NCDoctoralMinorinStatisticsDissertation:Acontextualapproachtothepredictionofreadinessinanat-riskpreschoolpopulation

APA-ApprovedClinicalPsychologyPredoctoralInternship,August2002-2003ChildClinicalSpecialtyTrack,UniversityofAlabamaatBirmingham,CivitanInternationalResearchCenter/SparksClinicsRotations:PediatricPsychologyinOncology,PediatricNeuropsychology,Psycho-EducationalAssessmentClinic,BehaviorAssessmentClinic,ChildDevelopmentClinic,AdolescentInpatientPsychiatry,NewbornFollow-UpClinic,AdultOutpatientDepressionandAnxietyClinicM.A.,ClinicalPsychology,May2000UniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboroB.A.,Psychology,May1996UniversityofVirginia(UVA),Charlottesville,VA

ProfessionalPositions

ResearchAssociateProfessor(July2016topresent)ResearchAssistantProfessor(August2011toJune2016)SeniorResearchScientist(January2009toJuly2011)UVA,CurrySchoolofEducation,CenterforAdvancedStudyofTeachingandLearning

CoreFacultyClinicalandSchoolPsychologyProgram(2014-present)

FacultyAffiliateYouthandSocialInnovation(2013-present)EducationalPsychology-AppliedDevelopmentalScience(2009topresent)ClinicalandSchoolPsychology(2009-2014)


PostdoctoralFellow/ProjectManager(January2005toDecember2008)UNCG,HumanDevelopmentandFamilyStudiesMentor:SusanD.Calkins,Ph.D.

ClinicalPostdoctoralFellow(January2003toDecember2004)UNCG,CenterforYouth,Family,andCommunityPartnershipsMentor:TerriL.Shelton,Ph.D.

ClinicalLicensureandExpertise

LicensedClinicalPsychologistinVirginia;License#0810004176CredentialedasHealthServiceProviderbyNationalRegisterofHealthServicePsychologists#52242ClinicalExpertise:Behavioralandcognitive-behavioralassessmentandtreatmentforyoungchildren,earlychildhoodmentalhealthconsultation,evidence-based,non-pharmacological,treatmentsforchildrenwithADHDandODD.

PublicationsAllarticleswerepeerreviewed.*indicatesacurrentorformergraduatestudent,postdoctoralfellow,orNCRECEearlycareerfellow;+indicatesinvitedJournalArticles:LoCasale-Crouch,J.,Williford,A.,Whittaker,J.,DeCoster,J.,&*Alamos,P.(provisionalacceptance

pendingfinalrevisions).Doesfidelityofimplementationaccountforchangesinteacher-childinteractionsinarandomizedcontroltrialofBankingTime?,JournalofResearchonEducationalEffectiveness.

*Miller-Bains,K.,*Russo,J.M.,Williford,A.P.,Cottone,E.A.,&DeCosterJ.(acceptedpendingfinal

revisions).ExaminingthevalidityofusingTeachingStrategiesGOLDasakindergartenreadinessassessment.AERAOpen.

Williford,A.P.,*Carter,L.M.,&*Maier,M.,*Cash,A.,Hamre,B.,Pianta,R.,&Downer,J.(inpress).

Teacherengagementincorecomponentsofaneffective,earlychildhoodprofessionaldevelopmentcourse:Linkstochangesinteacher-childinteractions.JournalofEarlyChildhoodTeacherEducation.

*Hatfield,B.E.&Williford,A.P.(2017).Cortisolpatternsforyoungchildrendisplayingdisruptive

behavior:Differenceslinkedwithprovidingateacher-child,relationship-focusedintervention.PreventionScience,18,40-49.

Williford,A.P.,LoCasale-Crouch,J.,Whittaker,J.V.,DeCoster,J.*Hartz,K.A.,*Carter,L.M.,

*Wolcott,C.S.&*Hatfield,B.E.(2016).ChangingTeacher-ChildDyadicInteractionstoImprovePreschoolChildren’sExternalizingBehaviors.ChildDevelopment,EarlyView.

*Hartz,K.,&Williford,A.P.,&Koomen,H.(2016).Changesinteacher’sperceptionsoftheteacher-

childrelationship:children’sengagementandteacher’scharacteristics.EarlyEducationandDevelopment.Onlinefirst.


+Williford,A.P.,&VickWhittaker,J.E.(2016).Theneedtoassessself-regulationbothobjectivelyandwithincontext.WithinCampbell,S.B.,Denham,S.A.,Howarth,G.Z.,Jones,S.M.,Whittaker,J.V.,Williford,A.P.,Willoughby,M.T.,&Yudron,M.Commentaryonthereviewofmeasuresofearlychildhoodsocialandemotionaldevelopment:Conceptualization,critique,andrecommendations.AppliedDevelopmentalPsychology,45,19-41.

Vitiello,V.E.,&Williford,A.P.(2016).Relationsbetweensocialskillsandlanguageandliteracy

outcomesamongdisruptivepreschoolers:Taskengagementasamediator.EarlyChildhoodResearchQuarterly,36,136-144.

Whittaker,J.V.,Kinzie,M.B.,Williford,A.P.,DeCoster,J.(2016).MathematicsandScience

CurriculaandProfessionalDevelopment:EffectsofMyTeachingPartner-Math/ScienceonTeacher-ChildInteractionsinPrekindergartenClassrooms.EarlyEducationandDevelopment,27,110-127.

Williford,A.P.,*Wolcott,C.S.,Whittaker,J.E.,&LoCasale-Crouch,J.(2015).Classroomand

teachercharacteristicspredictingtheimplementationofBankingTimewithpreschoolerswhodisplaydisruptivebehaviors.PreventionScience,16(8),1054-1063.

*Hartz,K.,&Williford,A.P.(2015).Differentialsusceptibilitytosensitivity:Maternalandteacher

influencesonchildren’skindergartenbehaviorproblems.InfantandChildDevelopment,24,107-129.

*Wolcott,C.S.,&Williford,A.P.(2015).TeacherandTAratingsofpreschoolers’externalizing

behavioragreementandassociationswithobservedclassroombehavior.TopicsinEarlyChildhoodSpecialEducation,34,211-222.

*Roberts,A.,LoCasale-Crouch,J.,DeCoster,J.,Hamre,B.,Downer,J.,Williford,A.,&Pianta,R.(2015).Individualandcontextualpredictorsofpre-kindergartenteachers’responsivenesstotheMyTeachingPartnercoachingintervention,PreventionScience,16,1044-105.

*Carter,L.M.,Williford,A.P.,&LoCasale-Crouch,J.(2014).Reliabilityandvalidityofameasureof

preschoolteachers’attributionsfordisruptivebehavior.EarlyEducationandDevelopment,25,949-972.

Williford,A.P.,&Shelton,T.L.(2014).Behaviormanagementforpreschoolers.Childand

AdolescentPsychiatricClinicsofNorthAmerica,23,717-730.Kinzie,M.B.,VickWhittaker,J.E.,Williford,A.P.,*Maier,M.F.,*McGuire,P.,*Lee,Y.,&*Kilday,C.

R.(2014).MyTeachingPartner-Math/SciencePre-kindergartencurriculaandteachersupports:Associationswithchildren'smathandsciencelearning.EarlyChildhoodResearchQuarterly,29,586-599.

Pianta,R.C.,DeCoster,J.,Cabell,S.,Burchinal,M.,Hamre,B.K.,Downer,J.,LoCasale-Crouch,J.,Williford,A.,Howes,C.(2014).Dose–responserelationsbetweenpreschoolteachers’exposuretocomponentsofprofessionaldevelopmentandincreasesinqualityoftheirinteractionswithchildren.EarlyChildhoodResearchQuarterly,29,499-508.

Williford,A.P.(2014).Youngchildren’sself-regulationintheclassroomandhowteacherscan


supportthiscriticallifeskill.VirginiaEducationalLeadership,11,50-63.

*Matthews,J.S.,*Marulis,L.,&Williford,A.P.(2014).Genderprocessesinschoolfunctioningandthemediatingroleofcognitiveself-regulation.JournalofAppliedDevelopmentalPsychology,35,128-137.

Williford,A.P.,*Maier,M.,Downer,J.T.,Pianta,R.C.,&Howes,C.(2013).Understandinghow

children’sengagementandteachers'interactionscombinetopredictschoolreadiness.JournalofAppliedDevelopmentalPsychology,34,299-309.

Williford,A.P.,Whittaker,J.V.,*Vitiello,V.E.,&Downer,J.T.(2013).Children’sengagementwithin

thepreschoolclassroomandtheirdevelopmentofself-regulation.EarlyEducationandDevelopment,24,162-187.

*Vitiello,V.E.,Booren,L.M.,Downer,J.T.,&Williford,A.P.(2012).Variationinchildren’s

classroomengagementthroughoutadayinpreschool:Relationstoclassroomandchildfactors.EarlyChildhoodResearchQuarterly,27,210-220.

*Jacobson,L.A.,Williford,A.P.,&Pianta,R.C.(2011).Theroleofexecutivefunctioninchildren’s

competentadjustmenttomiddleschool.ChildNeuropsychology,17(3),255-280.Williford,A.P.,Graves,K.N.,Shelton,T.L.,&Woods,J.E.(2009).Contextualriskandparental

attributionsofchildren’sbehaviorasfactorsthatinfluencetheacceptabilityofempiricallysupportedtreatments.VulnerableChildrenandYouthStudies4(3),226-237.

Williford,A.P.,&Shelton,T.L.(2008).Usingmentalhealthconsultationtodecreasedisruptive

behaviorsinpreschoolers:Adaptinganempirically-supportedintervention.JournalofChildPsychologyandPsychiatry,49(2),191-200.

Calkins,S.D.,Blandon,A.Y.,Williford,A.P.,&Keane,S.P.(2007).Biological,behavioraland

relationallevelsofresilienceinthecontextofriskforearlychildhoodbehaviorproblems.Development&Psychopathology,19,675-700.

Williford,A.P.,Calkins,S.D.,&Keane,S.P.(2007).Predictingchangeinparentingstressacrossearlychildhood:Childandmaternalfactors.JournalofAbnormalChildPsychology,35,251-263.

Rogers,K.N.,Fernandez,M.,Shelton,T.L.,Frabutt,J.M.,&Williford,A.P.(2005).Riskandprotectivefactorsassociatedwithalcohol,cigarette,andmarijuanauseduringadolescence.JournalofYouthandAdolescence,34,379-387.

Calkins,S.D.,Gill,K.,&Williford,A.P.(1999).Externalizingproblemsintwo-yearolds:

Implicationsforpatternsofsocialbehaviorandpeersresponsestoaggression.EarlyEducationandDevelopment,10(3),267-288.

Chapters:Williford,A.P.,&*Carter,L.M.,&Pianta,R.C.(2016).Attachmentandschoolreadiness.InJ.

Cassidy&P.Shaver(Eds.),TheHandbookofAttachment:Theory,research,andclinicalapplications,ThirdEdition.NewYork:GuilfordPress.


Williford,A.P.,&*Wolcott,C.S.(2015).Student-teacherrelationships.InJ.Durlak,C.Domitrovich,

R.Weissberg,&T.Gullotta(Eds.),TheHandbookofSocialandEmotionalLearning.NewYork:GuilfordPress.

Kinzie,M.B.,VickWhittaker,J.E.,*Kilday,C.R.,&WillifordA.P.(2013).Designingeffective

curriculaandteacherprofessionaldevelopmentforearlychildhoodmathematicsandscience.InC.Howes,B.Hamre,&R.Pianta(Eds).EarlyChildhoodProfessionalDevelopment.Baltimore,MD:BrookesPublishing.

Williford,A.P.,&Shelton,T.L.(2011).Psychosocialtreatmentsforpreschoolchildren.InS.Evans

&B.Hoza(Eds.),AttentionDeficitHyperactivityDisorder:StateoftheScienceandBestPractices–Volume2.CivicResearchInstitute.

*Vitiello,V.E.,Downer,J.T.,&Williford,A.P.(2011)Preschoolclassroomexperiencesofdual

languagelearners:Summaryoffindingfrompubliclyfundedprogramsin11states.InC.Howes,J.Downer,&R.Pianta(Eds).DualLanguageLearnersintheEarlyChildhoodClassroom.Baltimore,MD:BrookesPublishing.

Calkins,S.D.,&Williford,A.P.(2009).Tamingtheterribletwos:Self-regulationandschool

readiness.InO.A.Barbarin&B.Wasik(Eds.),Handbookofdevelopmentalscienceandearlyeducation:Translatingbasicresearchintopractice:Vol.1.Earlychildhoodeducation:Cognitive,socialandemotionalfoundations.NewYork:GuilfordPress.

Shelton,T.L.,Williford,A.P.,&Woods,J.E.(2003).Internalizingdisorders:Moodandanxiety

disorders.InvitedchapterinM.BreenandC.Fiedler(Eds.),Behavioralapproachtoassessmentofyouthwithemotional/behavioraldisorders:Ahandbookforschool-basedpractitioners.(2nded.).Austin,TX;Pro-ed.

ManuscriptsunderReviewWhittaker,J.V.,Williford,A.P.,*Carter,L.M.,&Vitiello,V.E.&*Hatfield,B.E.(reviseandresubmit).

Usingastandardizedtasktoassessthequalityofteacher-childdyadicinteractionsinpreschool.

*Russo,J.S.,Williford,A.P.(reviseandresubmit).Combiningteacherreportanddirectassessment

ofstudents’self-regulationskillsatkindergartenentryanditslinkstoincomingliteracyandmathskills.

Williford,A.P.,Bulotsky-ShearerR.,*Bichay,K.,*Reilly,S.,&Downer,J.(reviseandresubmit).

UsingAssessmentsofchildengagementtodevelopanearlychildhoodconsultationmodel.Vitiello,V.E.,&Williford,A.P.(underreview).ContextInfluencesonTaskOrientation

amongPreschoolerswithDisruptiveBehaviorProblems.*HartzK.&Williford,A.P.(underreview).Children’sperceptionsoftheteacher-childrelationship:

Associationswithteachers’relationshipperceptions,independentobservations,andchildcharacteristics.

ManuscriptsinProgress


*Carter,L.M.&Williford,A.P.,&Vitiello,V.E.,(reviseandresubmit).Teacherbeliefs:Developingadeeperunderstandingofthelinksbetweenteacherbeliefsandthequalityofteacher-childinteractions.

*Wolcott,C.S.,Williford,A.P.,&*Hartz,K.A.(revisionunderway).Preschoolchildren’s

representationsoftheteacher-childrelationshipandtheirassociationswithchildren’staskengagement.

Williford,A.P.&Vitiello,V.E.(inprogress).Exchangesbetweenteachers’practiceandchildren’s

engagementinasampleofpreschoolersdisplayingdisruptivebehaviors.Manuscriptinpreparation—analysescomplete.

VickWhittaker,J.E.,Williford,A.P.,LoCasale-Crouch,J.,&DeCoster,J.(inprogress).Implementing

arelationshipfocusedinterventionforpreschoolerswithexternalizingbehaviors:Predictingteacherandchildoutcomes.Manuscriptinpreparation—analysescomplete.

ProjectReports,Manuals,andOtherPublicationsWilliford,A.P.(April,2016)MemoonEarlyChildhood.ReportpreparedfortheAlleghany

Highlands,UVaCollaborativeproject.Williford,A.P.(June,2015).Gettingyourchildreadyforkindergarten:Foryoungchildren,there

aremoreimportantthingsthanthethreeRs.TheUniversityofVirginiaMagazine.Charlottesville,VA.http://uvamagazine.org/articles/getting_your_child_ready_for_kindergarten

Williford,A.P.,Downer,J.T.,&Hamre,B.K.(2014).VirginiaKindergartenReadinessProject--Phase

2LegislativeReport.ResearchreportpreparedfortheVirginiaGeneralAssembly.Williford,A.P.,Downer,J.T.,&Hamre,B.K.,&Pianta,R.C.(2014).VirginiaKindergartenReadiness

Project--Phase2ExecutiveSummary.ResearchsummaryreportpreparedforVirginiaGeneralAssembly.

Williford,A.,*Wolcott,C.,Whittaker,J.,&LoCasale-Crouch,J.(2015).WhatPredictsHowWell

TeachersImplementBankingTimewithDisruptivePreschoolers?.CASTLResearchBrief.http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Research_Brief_Amanda_Williford%2C_et_al._%282015%29.pdf

*Wolcott,C.&Williford,A.(2015).AssessingPreschoolers’DisruptiveBehavior:AssociationsAmong

Teachers,TAs,andanImpartialObserver.CASTLResearchBrief.http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Assessing_Preschoolers_Disruprive_Behavior_Associations_Among_Teachers%2C_TAs_and_an_Impartial_Observer.pdf

Williford,A.&*Carter,L.(2014).ComprehensiveCurriculumConsumerReport:Understandingand

SelectingtheBestCurriculumforyourHeadStartProgram.PreparedfortheOfficeofHeadStart,bytheNationalCenteronQualityTeachingandLearningundergrant#90HC0002.

Williford,A.P.,Whittaker,J.E.,Vitiello,V.E.,&Downer,J.T.(2014)Children’sEngagementin

PreschoolandtheirDevelopmentofSelf-Regulation.CASTLResearchBrief.


http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/CASTL_Research_Brief-Williford_et_al._%282013%29_EED_Updated.pdf


1Report:ConcurrentValidityofTeachingStrategiesGOLD.ResearchreportpreparedforElevateEarlyEducation(E3).


1ExecutiveSummary.ResearchsummaryreportpreparedforElevateEarlyEducation.Vitiello,V.E.,Downer,J.T.,Booren,L.M.,&Williford,A.(2012).ADayinPreschool:Variationin

Children’sClassroomEngagement.CASTLResearchBrief.http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/Research_Brief_-_Variation_in_Classroom_Engagement.pdf

Mashburn,A.J.,Williford,A.P.,Dawson,A.,&Matthews,K.(2011).Finalreportfortheevaluationof

theimpactsoftheSBSHRQualityEnhancementInitiativeonpreschoolcenterqualityandchildoutcomes.ResearchreportpreparedforSmartBeginningsSouthHamptonRoads.

Downer,J.T.,Booren,L.M.,Hamre,B.,Pianta,R.C.,&Williford,A.(2011).TheIndividualized

ClassroomAssessmentScoring(inCLASS).Unpublishedmeasure,UniversityofVirginia.Williford,A.P.,(August,2005).HeadStartliteracyfirstassessments:Datafromthe2004/2005

schoolyear.SummaryreportpreparedforGuilfordCountyHeadStart.Williford,A.P.,(November,2004).SpiritedKindersProject:Summaryreport.ResearchSummary

reportpreparedforGuilfordCountyPublicSchools.Shelton,T.L.,Arbuckle,M.B.,&Williford,A.P.,(November,2004).GuilfordCountyearlychildhood

mentalhealthconsortium.SummaryreportpreparedforGuilfordCountyHeadStart.Williford,A.P.,(August,2004).HeadStartliteracyfirstassessments:Datafromthe2003/2004

schoolyear.SummaryreportpreparedforGuilfordCountyHeadStart.Williford,A.P.,Woods,J.E.,&Shelton,T.L.(2002).ChildcareEnhancementProject:Providing

therapeuticservicestoat-riskchildrenwithinthechildcaresetting.Unpublishedtrainingmanual,CenterforYouth,FamilyandCommunityPartnerships,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboro.

GrantsandExternalAwardsCurrent

StatewideImplementationoftheVirginiaKindergartenReadinessProgram(July2016-June2017)PIFundedbytheVirginiaDepartmentofEducation(VDOE);$900,000(Totalfunds)


BehavioralEngagementandExecutiveFunctionsasContributorstoSchoolReadiness(2016-2020)Joint-PI(withJ.Downer)FundedbyNationalInstituteofChildren’sHealthandDevelopment(NICHD-R01) $2,333,122(TotalFunds)CASTLIntegratedCurriculumPackage(August2015-2017)PIFundedbyElevateEarlyEducation(E3);$254,329(Totalfunds)

BuildingEffectiveState-WideQualityRatingStrategiesforEarlyChildhoodSystemReform:LessonsfromtheDevelopmentofLouisiana’sKindergartenReadinessSystem(2014-2017)Co-PI(D.Bassok,PI)FundedbytheInstituteforEducationSciences(IES-Goal1);$1,598,266(Totalfunds)

UsingObservationsofChildBehaviorinContexttoGuideEarlyEducators'ResponsetowardChildrenwhoDisplayChallengingBehaviors(2012-2016)

Co-PI(J.Downer,PI)FundedbytheInstituteofEducationSciences(IES-Goal2);$1,273,580(Totalfunds)

EfficacyTrialofMyTeachingPartner-Mathematics/ScienceCurriculaandimplementationsupportsystem(2012-2017)Co-PI(M.Kinzie,PI)FundedbytheInstituteofEducationSciences(IES-Goal3);$3,476,829(Totalfunds)

Completed

StatewideImplementationoftheVirginiaKindergartenReadinessProgram(July2015-June2016)PIFundedbytheVirginiaDepartmentofEducation(VDOE);$1,000,000(Totalfunds)UVa-AlleghanyHighlandsCollaborativeStrategicDevelopmentEffort.(May2015-February2016).EarlyChildhoodConsultant(S.Rimm-Kaufman,PI)FundedbyAlleghanyFoundation;$85,000(Totalfunds)VirginiaKindergartenReadinessProject(2013-2015)PIFundedbyElevateEarlyChildhood(E3)viaappropriationfromstateofVirginiaandtheBattenEducationalAchievementFund;$524,312(Totalfunds)ExaminingtheEfficacyofBankingTime:ATeacher-ChildEarlyInterventiontoReduceChildren’sDisruptiveBehavior(2010-2015)PIFundedbytheInstituteofEducationSciences(IES-Goal3);$2,688,025(Totalfunds)NationalCenterforResearchonEarlyChildhoodEducation(NCRECE)Post-TreatmentFollow-UpPhaseoftheProfessionalDevelopmentStudy(2009-2013)Co-I(R.Pianta,PI)


SupplementalGrantFundedbytheInstituteofEducationSciences(IES);$1,498,985(Totalfunds)ObservationofYoungChildren’sCompetenceinClassrooms(2009-2012)Co-I(R.Pianta,PI)Threesupplementalawardstotheparentgrant(fundedbytheNationalInstituteofChildHealthandHumanDevelopment(NICHD))issuedundertheAmericanRecoveryandReinvestmentActof2009;$181,714(Totalfunds)EarlyChildhoodMentalHealthConsultation(2012-2013)PIMonticelloAreaCommunityActionAgency(MACAA)HeadStart$6,500(Totalfunds)

EarlyChildhoodMentalHealthConsultation(2011-2012)PIMonticelloAreaCommunityActionAgency(MACAA)HeadStart$6,500(Totalfunds)EvaluationoftheSmartBeginningsSouthHamptonRoadsQualityEnhancementInitiative(2009-2010)Co-PI(A.Mashburn,PI)FundedbySmartBeginningsSouthHamptonRoads(SBSHR);$198,642(Totalfunds)

PeerReviewedResearchPresentationsNote.*indicatesacurrentorformergraduatestudent,postdoctoralfellow,orNCRECEearlycareerfellowBulotsky-Shearer,R.,Williford,A.,&Downer,J.(2016,July).PilotFindingsfromaData-Driven,

Video-BasedEarlyChildhoodTeacherConsultationModeltoImproveChildren’sChallengingBehaviors.PostersymposiumpresentedattheACFNationalResearchConferenceonEarlyChildhood,Washington,DC.

*Yoder,M.,Vitiello,V.,&Williford,A.(2016,July).TheRelationshipBetweenTeachers’Classroom

ManagementandEngagementofPreschoolersWithDisruptiveBehavior.PostersymposiumpresentedattheACFNationalResearchConferenceonEarlyChildhood,Washington,DC.

*Reilly,S.,Downer,J.,Williford,A.,&Bulotsky-Shearer,R.(2016,July).ImplementationEffectsof

theLearningtoObjectivelyObserveKids(LOOK)ConsultationModel:AnExploratoryAnalysis.PostersymposiumpresentedattheACFNationalResearchConferenceonEarlyChildhood,Washington,DC.

*Hasbrouck,S.,*Russo,J.,Downer,J.,&Williford,A.(2016,July).UsingKindergartenEntryDatato

GuideTeachers’Beliefs,Skills,andPracticethroughInstructionally-Focused,Data-DrivenConsultation.PostersymposiumpresentedattheACFNationalResearchConferenceonEarlyChildhood,Washington,DC.

Williford,A.P.,Downer,J.,BulotskyShearer,R.(2016,June).PilotResultsusingadata-driven,

video-based,teacherConsultationModeltoimprovepreschoolchildren’schallengingbehavior.


PapersymposiumpresentedattheSocietyforPreventionResearchAnnualMeeting,SanFrancisco,CA.

Williford,A.P.,VickWhittaker,J.E.,&Locasale-Crouch,J.(2015,September).Examiningthe

impactsofBankingTimetoreducepreschoolchildren’sdisruptivebehaviors.Papersymposiumpresentedatthe17thEuropeanConferenceofDevelopmentalPsychology,Braga,Portugal.

Williford,A.P.,&*Hatfield,B.E.(2015,September).Cortisolpatternsforyoungchildrendisplaying

disruptivebehavior:Differenceslinkedwithprovidingateacher-child,relationship-focusedintervention.Papersymposiumpresentedatthe17thEuropeanConferenceofDevelopmentalPsychology,Braga,Portugal.

LoCasale-Crouch,J.,Williford,A.,Whittaker,J.,DeCoster,J.,Wolcott,C.,&*Carter,L.(2015,May)

Variationinteachers’BankingTimeimplementationandimprovedteacherpracticeandchildoutcomes:Theroleoftheteacher-consultantrelationship.PresentedatSocietyforPreventionResearch,Washington,DC.

Williford,A.P.,VickWhittaker,J.E.,&Locasale-Crouch,J.(2015,April).Improvingbehavioral

outcomesforpreschoolersdisplayingdisruptivebehavior:ExaminingtheimpactsofBankingTime.PapersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.

Locasale-Crouch,J.,Williford,A.P.,VickWhittaker,J.E.,*Wolcott,C.E.,&*Carter,L.M.(2015,

April).Variationinteachers’implementationofBankingTime:Associationwithteacherpracticeandchildren’sdisruptivebehavior.PapersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.

VickWhittaker,J.E.,Kinzie,M.,Williford,A.P.,DeCoster,J.(2015,April).Associationsbetween

teachers’useofPDsupportsandqualityofclassroominteractions.PapersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.

Pianta,R.C.,DeCoster,J.,Cabell,S.Q.,Burchinal,M.,Hamre,B.K.,Downer,J.,LoCasale-Crouch,J.,

Williford,A.P.,&Howes,C.(2015,April).Doseresponserelationsbetweenpre-kteachers’exposuretocoachingandincreasesinqualityofteacher-childinteraction.PapersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.

Downer,J.,Williford,A.P.,BulotskyShearer,R.J.,(2015,April).Data-drivenearlychildhoodmental

healthconsultationwithteacherstoimprovechildren’sengagementinpreschoolclassrooms.PapersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.

*Hatfield,B.E.,Finders,J.C.,&Williford,A.P.(2015,April).Associationsbetweenconsistentlyeffectiveteacher-childinteractionsandchildren’scortisolpatternsinpreschool.PostersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.

*Carter,L.M.,Vitiello,V.E.,&Williford,A.P.(2015,April).TeacherBeliefs:Thelinkbetween


teacherbeliefsandthequalityofteacher-childinteractions.PostersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.

Bulotsky-Shearer,R.,Williford,A.,Downer,J.,L’hospital,A.(2014,July).Usingdatatoindividualize

thescopeandsequenceofconsultationwithteachersandaddresschildren’schallengingbehaviorsinheadStartClassrooms.PosterpresentedattheHeadStart12thNationalResearchConference,Washington,D.C.

Bulotsky-Shearer,R.,Williford,A.,*Carter,T.,*Hasbrouck,S.(2014,July).Makingtheinvisible

visible:Usingacontextualapproachtoidentifyshyandsociallywithdrawnchildreninpreschoolclassrooms.PosterpresentedattheHeadStart12thNationalResearchConference,Washington,D.C.

*Sanger,C.E.,*Hartz,K.&Williford,A.P.(2014,July).BankingTime:Codingchildren’sperceptions

oftheteacher-childrelationship.PosterpresentedattheHeadStart12thNationalResearchConference,Washington,D.C.

*Carter,L.&Williford,A.(2014,July).Individualizedemotionalsupportforpreschoolchildrenwith

disruptivebehavior.PosterpresentedattheHeadStart12thNationalResearchConference,Washington,D.C.

*Hatfield,B.,FindersJ.,Williford,A.(July,2014).Supportingpreschoolchildren’scortisollevels

throughresponsiveclassroominteractions:Afocusonchildrenwithchallengingbehaviors.PosterpresentedattheHeadStart12thNationalResearchConference,Washington,D.C.

Whittaker,J.,Kinzie,M.,Williford,A.,Kilday,C.(July,2014).MyTeachingPartner—Math/Science:

Supportingearlychildhoodeducators’intentionalteachingofmathematicsandscienceinpre-kindergarten.PosterpresentedattheHeadStart12thNationalResearchConference,Washington,D.C.

Williford,A.P.,&*CarterL.M.(2014,May).TheimpactofBankingTimeonteacher-child

interactionqualityinpreschool.PaperSymposiumpresentedattheSocietyforPreventionResearchAnnualMeeting,WashingtonDC.

Williford,A.P.,&*SangerC.E.(2014,May).Classroomandteachercharacteristicspredictingthe

implementationofBankingTimewithpreschoolerswhodisplaydisruptivebehaviors.PaperSymposiumpresentedattheSocietyforPreventionResearchAnnualMeeting,WashingtonDC.

Williford,A.P.,Locasale-Crouch,J.,&DeCoster,J.(2013,April).Exchangesbetweenteachers’

practiceandchildren’sengagementinasampleofpreschoolersdisplayingdisruptivebehaviors.InA.P.Williford(chair),Theinterplaybetweenyoungchildrenandteachers:Teacher-childrelationships,teacherpractice,andchildren’sengagement.PapersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Seattle,Washington.

*Hartz,K.,Williford,A.,&Koomen,H.(2013,April).Changesinteacher’sperceptionsoftheteacher-

childrelationship:children’sengagementandteachers’attributes.InA.P.Williford(chair),Theinterplaybetweenyoungchildrenandteachers:Teacher-childrelationships,teacher


practice,andchildren’sengagement.PapersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Seattle,Washington.

Williford,A.P.,Whittaker,J.E.,Locasale-Crouch,J.,&*Matthew,K.(2013,April).Improving

teacher-childinteractionqualityforpreschoolersdisplayingdisruptivebehaviors:ExaminingtheimpactsofBankingTime.InA.P.Williford(chair),Promotingpositiveteacher-childrelationshipstoimproveyoungchildren’sbehavioraladjustment.PapersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Seattle,Washington.

*Hatfield,B.E.&Williford,A.P.(2013,April).Effectsofteacher-childrelationshipinterventionfor

childrenwithbehaviorproblemsonchildcortisolpatternsatchildcare.PapersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Seattle,Washington.

*Carter,L.M.&Williford,A.P.(April,2013).Exploringtheteacher-childrelationship:Theroleofa

teacher'sattributionsforchilddisruptivebehavior.PosterpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Seattle,Washington.

*Sanger,C.E.&Williford,A.P.(April,2013).Teacherandteacheraideagreement:associationswith

observeddisruptivebehaviorinpreschool.PosterpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Seattle,Washington.

Williford,A.P.(March,2013).TestingtheimpactsofBankingTimetoimprovesocialandbehavioral

outcomesforpreschoolersdisplayingdisruptivebehaviors.VirtualposterpresentedattheannualIESPrincipalInvestigator’smeeting,Washington,D.C.

Williford,A.P.,*Hatfield,B.,Locasale-Crouch,J.,Whittaker,J.E.(2012,June).Teacher’s

implementationofBankingTimewithpreschoolersat-riskforadisruptivebehaviordisorder.PapersymposiumpresentedattheSocietyforResearchPrevention,Washington,DC.

Williford,A.P.,*Maier,M.F.,Downer,J.T.,*Carter,L.,&*Sanger,C.(2012,June).Understanding

howchildren'sengagementandteachers'interactionscombinetopredictschoolreadiness.InJ.A.Griffin(chair),Developingnewmeasurestoassesstheschoolreadinessofyoungchildren:TheInteragencyConsortiumforSchoolReadinessOutcomeMeasures.PostersymposiumpresentedatthebiennialHeadStart'sNationalResearchConference,Washington,D.C.

*Hartz,K.,Locasale-Crouch,J.,Whittaker,J.,Williford,A.(2012,June).ImplementationofBanking

Timeinyearoneofarandomizedcontrolledtrial.PosterpresentedtheHeadStartResearchConference,Washington,DC.

VickWhittaker,J.E.,*Hatfield,B.,*Hartz,K.,Williford,A.,&LoCasale-Crouch,J.(2012,June).

Congruenceofteacherandteachingassistantratingsofchildren’sbehaviorproblems.PosterpresentedattheNationalHeadStartResearchConference,Washington,DC.

Williford,A.P.&Downer,J.T.(2011,March)Preschoolers'individualclassroominteractionswith

teachers,peers,andtasks:Implicationsfordevelopmentandintervention.PapersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Montreal,Quebec,Canada.


Williford,A.P.,&Mashburn,A.J.(2011,March).TheimpactofVirginia'sStarQualityInitiativeonclassroomqualityandchildoutcomes.PapersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Montreal,Quebec,Canada.

*Barrueco,S.&Williford,A.P.(2011,March).Preschoolteachers'psychologicalwell-beingand

beliefs:Influencesonclassroompracticesandyoungchildren'sdevelopment.PapersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Montreal,Quebec,Canada.

Williford,A.P.,*Maier,M.,Downer,J.T.,Pianta,R.C.,&Howes,C.(2011,March).Examiningthefit

betweenteachers'andchildren'sclassroominteractionsobservedattheclassroomandtheindividualchildLevel.PostersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Montreal,Quebec,Canada.

*Hartz,K.,&Williford,A.P.(2011,March).Differentialsusceptibilitytosensitivity:Maternaland

teacherinfluencesonchildren'skindergartensocialcompetence.PosterpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Montreal,Quebec,Canada.

VickWhittaker,J.E.,Williford,A.P.,&Kinzie,M.B.(2011,March).Theassociationbetweenteacher-

childrelationshipqualityandchildren'smathematicsskillsinpre-kindergarten.PosterpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Montreal,Quebec,Canada.

Downer,J.T.,*Vitiello,V.,&Williford,A.P.(2011,March).Typologiesofchildren'sinteractions

withinpreschoolclassroomsandtheirassociationswithschoolreadiness.PosterpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Montreal,Quebec,Canada.

*Hartz,K.,*Haak,J.,*Vitiello,V.,Williford,A.P.,&Downer,J.T.(2011,March).Emotionregulation

development:Theroleofpositiveandnegativeengagementinpreschool.PosterpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Montreal,Quebec,Canada.

Williford,A.P.,&*Matthew,K.(2010,June).Contextualriskandparentalattributionsofchildren’s

behaviorsasfactorsthatinfluencetheacceptabilityofempiricallysupportedtreatments.PosterpresentedatHeadStart’sTenthNationalResearchConference,Washington,DC.

Downer,J.T.,Williford,A.P.,Booren,L.M.,*Vitiello,V.E.,&PiantaR.C.(2010,June)Using

observationsofchildren’sclassroominteractionstopredictschoolreadiness:ValidityoftheIndividualizedClassroomAssessmentScoringSystem(inCLASS).PosterpresentedatHeadStart’sTenthNationalResearchConference,Washington,DC.

Williford,A.P.,Calkins,S.D.,KeaneS.P.&O’Brien,M.(2009,April).Predictinglatentclassesof

ADHDandODDcomorbidityacrossearlychildhood:Childandmaternalfactors.PapersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Denver,CO.

Keane,S.P.,Calkins,S.D.,&Williford,A.P.(2008,July).Earlymaternalandchildfactorsas

predictorsofpreschoolsocialadjustmentandkindergartenpeerstatus.Postersymposium


presentedatthe20thBiennialInternationalSocietyfortheStudyofBehaviouralDevelopment(ISSBD),Wurzburg,Germany.

Williford,A.P.,&Shelton,T.L.(2008,June).Usingmentalhealthconsultationtodecreasedisruptive

behaviorsinpreschoolers:Adaptinganempirically-supportedintervention.PosterpresentedattheHeadStart’sNinthNationalResearchConference,Washington,DC.

Keane,S.P.,Williford,A.P.,Shuey,E.A.,&Calkins,S.D.(2007,March).Developmentaltrajectories

ofnegativepeerstatusduringtheearlyschoolyears.PosterpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Boston,MA.

Williford,A.P.,&Shelton,T.L.(2003,April).Predictingkindergartenreadinesswithinanat-risk

sample:Acontextualapproach.PosterpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Tampa,FL.

Williford,A.P.,Woods,J.E.,&Shelton,T.L.(2002,February).Assessingthecontextofpoverty:

Implicationsforresearchexaminingchildoutcomes.PosterpresentedattheannualresearchconferenceoftheResearchandTrainingCenterforChildren'sMentalHealth,UniversityofSouthFlorida,Tampa,FL.

Calkins,S.D.,&Williford,A.P.(2003,April).Angerregulationininfancy:Consequencesand

correlates.PapersymposiumpresentedattheBiennialMeetingoftheSocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment,Tampa,FL.

Woods,J.E.,Williford,A.P.,Neal,J.M.,Dobbins,T.R.,&Shelton,T.L.(2002,February).Parent

trainingwitheconomicallydisadvantagedfamilies:Tailoringservicesandincreasingparentparticipation.PapersymposiumpresentedattheAnnualResearchConferenceoftheResearchandTrainingCenterforChildren'sMentalHealth,UniversityofSouthFlorida,Tampa,FL.

Shelton,T.L.,Williford,A.P.,&Woods,J.E.(2001,May).BringingoutthebestinHeadStart

preschoolerswithdisruptivebehaviors:Afamily-centeredapproach.PapersymposiumpresentedattheBuildingonFamilyStrengthsConference,ResearchandTrainingCenteronFamilySupport,PortlandStateUniversity,Portland,OR.

Shelton,T.L.,Williford,A.P.,&Woods,J.E.(2001,May).BringingoutthebestinHeadStart

preschoolers:Asystemofcareapproachtoaddressingbehavioralchallenges.PapersymposiumpresentedattheNorthCarolinaHeadStartAssociationAnnualTrainingConference,Greensboro,NC.

Shelton,T.L.,Woods,J.E.,&Williford,A.P.(2001,June).Disruptivebehaviorsymptomsinaneconomicallydisadvantagedpreschoolpopulation.PosterpresentedattheInternationalSocietyforResearchinChildandAdolescentPsychopathology,Vancouver,BC.

Williford,A.P.,Woods,J.E.,&Shelton,T.L.(2001,August).Family-centeredinterventionforHead

Startpreschoolerswithdisruptivebehaviors.PosterpresentedattheannualmeetingoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation,SanFrancisco,CA.

Williford,A.P.,Ryan,E.E.,Woods,J.E.,&Shelton,T.L.(2000).Kindergartenreadinessinanat-risk

population:Childandfamilyfactors.PosterpresentedattheannualmeetingoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation,Washington,D.C.


Williford,A.P.,Woods,J.E.,&Shelton,T.L.(2000).ProjectMastery:Afamily–centeredintervention

forpreschoolerswithbehaviorproblems.PosterpresentedattheannualmeetingoftheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation,WashingtonD.C.

InvitedResearchPresentationsNote.*indicatesacurrentorformergraduatestudent,postdoctoralfellow,orNCRECEearlycareerfellow;+indicatesinvitedWilliford,A.P.(2016,October,13).Invitedearlychildhoodeducationpanelistatthe2016Virginia

EducationSummit.JointMeetingoftheHouseEducationandSenateEducationandHealthCommittees.Lynchburg,VA.

Williford,A.P.(2016,September7).TheVirginiaKindergartenReadinessProject:Updateon

statewiderollout.InvitedpresentationfortheVPIJointSubcommitteeoftheVirginiaGeneralAssembly.Richmond,VA.

Williford,A.P.(2015,September17).TheVirginiaKindergartenReadinessProject:Pilotresultsand

statewiderollout.InvitedpresentationfortheVirginiaSchoolUniversityPartnership.Charlottesville,VA.

Williford,A.P.&Downer,J.T.(2015,September,14).TheVirginiaKindergartenReadinessProject:

Pilotresultsandstatewiderollout.InvitedpresentationfortheVirginiaEarlyChildhoodFoundation,Richmond,VA.

Williford,A.P.(2015,August25).TheVirginiaKindergartenReadinessProject:Pilotresultsand

statewiderollout.InvitedpresentationfortheVPIJointSubcommitteeoftheVirginiaGeneralAssembly.Richmond,VA.

Williford,A.P.(2015,June25).TheVirginiaKindergartenReadinessProject:Pilotresultsand

statewiderollout.InvitedpresentationforElevateEarlyEducation,Norfolk,VA.Williford,A.P.(2015,April1).TheeffectsofBankingTimetoimprovepreschoolchildren’sbehavior

problems.Colloquiumpresentation.GeorgeMasonUniversity,DepartmentofAppliedDevelopmentalPsychology.Fairfax,VA.

Williford,A.P.(2015,February13).ExaminingtheimpactsofBankingTimetoimproveoutcomes

forpreschoolchildrendisplayingdisruptivebehaviors.InvitedpresentationfortheVESTsponsoredCurryEducationResearchLectureshipSeries.Charlottesville,VA.

Williford,A.P.(2015,February5).PhaseIIresultsoftheVirginiaKindergartenReadinessProject.InvitedwebinarpresentationfortheEarlyElementaryWorkgroupofVirginia’sCommonwealthCouncilforChildhoodSuccess.Richmond,VA.

Williford,A.P.(2014,November19).Applyingresearchtopolicyandpractice:TheVirginiaKindergartenReadinessProject.InvitedpresentationforPSY636:ResearchMethodswithChildrenandAdolescentsattheUniversityofMiami(Instructor:Dr.RebeccaShearer).viaSkype,Miami,FL.


Williford,A.P.(2014,June18).Theimpactoftheteacher-childrelationshipinsupportingsocial-emotionalcompetenciesinyoungchildren.InvitedpresentationattheSummer2014EarlyChildhoodSymposiumorganizedbytheEducationalServiceCenterofCentralOhioandTheOhioStateUniversity,Columbus,Oh.

Williford,A.P.,Cabell,S.,Reich,G.,&Barrett,D.(2013,April)Usingresearch-basedcomprehensive

curriculaandteachingpracticesinHeadStart:Whatworks?InvitedpresentationattheOfficeofHeadStartNationalBirthtoFiveleadershipInstitute,NationalHarbor,MD.

Hamre,B.K.&Williford,A.P.(2012,May)Effectsofcoachingandcourseworkonpreschool

teacher’sinteractionswithchildren.InvitedpaperpresentedattheAnnualSmartStartConference,Greensboro,NC.

Downer,J.T.&Williford,A.P.(2011,October)Designinganationalmodelforeffectiveearly

childhoodteacherpreparation.InvitedpresentationtoUVA’sCurrySchoolFoundation,Charlottesville,VA

Williford,A.P.,&Whittaker,J.E.(2010,August).Teacher-childrelationshipquality:Keyto

improvingchildoutcomes.InvitedpaperpresentedattheU.S.DepartmentofEducationandDepartmentofHealthandHumanServices’earlychildhoodmeetingentitled“EarlyChildhood2010:InnovationfortheNextGeneration”.Washington,DC.

SelectedInvitedWorkshopPresentationsNote.*indicatesacurrentorformergraduatestudent,postdoctoralfellow,orNCRECEearlycareerfellow;

Williford,A.P.(2016,June7).AddressingChallengingBehaviors.Inviteddaylongworkshoppresentedtopre-kandkindergartenteachersandservicesprovidersthroughtheOhioStateSupportTeam,Region11,AnnualEarlyChildhoodSummerSymposium.Columbus,OH.

Williford,A.P.,*Hasbrouck,S.,*Russo,J.,&*Phillips,K.(2014,November6).Targetedstrategiesto

reduceyoungchildren’schallengingbehaviors.Invitedhalfdayworkshoppresentedtopre-kandkindergartenteachersandservicesprovidersthroughtheVaASCD.Williamsburg,VA.

Williford,A.P.,*Carter,L.&*Hasbrouck,S.(2014,October9).Effectivestrategiestoimprove

children’sabilitiestocontroltheirbehaviorsandemotions.Inviteddaylongworkshoppresentedtopre-kandkindergartenteachersandservicesprovidersthroughtheVaASCD.Williamsburg,VA.

Williford,A.P.(2014,August8).Promotingsocial-emotionalcompetenciesinyoungchildren.Invitedhalf-dayworkshoppresentedtoMontgomeryCountyPublicSchoolsandHeadStartpreschoolteachers.Christiansburg,VA.

Williford,A.P.(2014,March7).Effectivestrategiestoimprovechildren’sabilitiestocontroltheir

behaviorsandemotions.Inviteddaylongworkshoppresentedtopre-kandkindergartenteachersandservicesprovidersthroughtheVaASCD.Richmond,VA.

Williford,A.P.(2014,March11).Effectivestrategiestoimprovechildren’sabilitiestocontroltheir

behaviorsandemotions.Inviteddaylongworkshoppresentedtopre-kandkindergartenteachersandservicesprovidersthroughtheVaASCD.Daleville,VA.


Williford,A.P.(2005,February).Howtohandleangryparents.Invitedworkshoppresentedto

areachildcareprovidersaspartoftheChildcareEnhancementProject,Greensboro,NC.Williford,A.P.(2004,December).Preventingandhandlingchallengingbehaviors.Invited

workshoppresentedtoareachildcareprovidersaspartoftheChildcareEnhancementProject.Greensboro,NC.

Teaching,Mentorship,andClinicalSupervision

UVA,CenterforAdvancedStudyofTeachingandLearning

GraduateTeachingInstructor§ EDHS8670:PersonalityAssessmentII(Spring2015,Spring2016,Spring2017)§ Guestlecture—Depression,EDHS7680AdvancedPsychopathology(October3,2013)

ResearchSupervisionPostGraduate§ ResearchMentorfortheNCRECEMinorityFellows:

JamaalMatthews,Ph.D.MontclairStateUniversity(2010-2013)SandraBarrueco,Ph.D.CatholicUniversity(2009-2011)

§ PostdoctoralResearchAdvisor:MichelleMaier;CASTLpostdoctoralfellow(2011-2012)JessicaWhittaker;CASTLpostdoctoralfellow(2009-2010)Providedlettersofreferenceinsupportforfacultyorresearchscientistpositions:Dr.BridgetHatfield(2011&2012),Dr.MichelleMaier(2011),Dr.JamaalMatthews(2013)

Graduate§ DoctoralResearchAdvisor(2009-present):

MichelleYoder;1styearPhDstudentinClinicalandSchoolPsychologyPilarAlamos;1styearPhDstudentinEducationalPsychology-AppliedDevelopmentalScienceJaclynRusso;2ndyearPhDstudentinClinicalandSchoolPsychologyCatherineSanger;5thyearPhDstudentinClinicalPsychology

• Successfullydefended3-paperdissertation—June42015PreschoolersandDisruptiveBehavior:UsingMultipleMeasurerstoExamineInterventionProcesses

• AwardedJesseC.CarpenterAward-2015• AwardedtheBuffetFellowship-2013

LaurenCarter;5thyearPhDstudentinClinicalPsychology• Successfullydefended3-paperdissertation—June15,2015

Teachers’BeliefsaboutChildrenandtheirBehavior:FurtheringourMeasurementandUnderstandingofhowPreschoolTeachers’BeliefsRelatetotheirInteractionswithYoungChildren

• AwardedtheA.L.BennettEndowedScholarship-2013KarynHartz;PhDGraduateinClinicalPsychology—August,2014


• Currentappointment:PostdoctoralFellowinEarlyChildhood,BradleyResearchCenter,BradleyHospital,BrownUniversity

• Successfullydefended3-paperstyledissertation—March3,2014Adult-ChildRelationshipsinPreschool:Perceptions,ContributorstoChange,andAssociatedChildOutcomes

• AwardedtheAbidinResearchAward—2013• AcceptedasaCurry,IES,Two-yearVestFellow—2011-2013

§ CommitteeMember:PaulaAduen;PhDstudentinClinicalandSchoolPsychology(Dissertation,2016-2016)KrishtineRosenthal;PhDstudentinClinicalandSchoolPsychology(Dissertation,2016-2017)SadieHasbrouck;PhDstudentinClinicalandSchoolPsychology(Dissertation,2015-2016)JaneMcCarty;PhDstudentinEducationalPsychology(comprehensiveexam,2010)KateMatthew;MAStudentinEducationalPsychology(comprehensiveexam,2010)

Undergraduate § PrimaryResearchAdviserfortheSummerUndergraduateResearchProgram(SURP)in

EducationalPsychologyandAppliedDevelopmentalScience(4students,2010&2012)§ RegularsupervisorforUndergraduateResearchAssistants—5-15studentsper

semester(2009topresent)§ Providedlettersofreferenceinsupportforadmissionintograduateschoolforthe

followingstudents:BenjaminBrumley(2010),AnneDawson(2011),DakotaBruner(2012),KaraWeisman(2012),MichelleStith(2012),EmilyRakosi(2013,2014),MelissaAvalos(2013)

ClinicalSupervision§ EarlyChildhoodMentalHealthConsultationforMonticelloAreaCommunityAction

Agency(MACAA)HeadStart,ClinicalPsychology,CurrySchool,UVA(Fall2011toSpring2014)

§ ChildClinicalPracticum,ClinicalPsychology,CurrySchool,UVA(Fall2015-Summer2016;Fall2014-Summer2015;Fall2013-Summer2014;Fall2011-Summer2012;)Primaryclinicalsupervisorofpracticumfocusedonassessmentandtreatmentforyoungchildren—1graduatestudentduringeachpracticumyear.

§ ProvidedlettersofreferenceforAPAapprovedAPPICClinicalInternship:KarynHartz(2012),CatherineWolcott(2014),LaurenCarter(2014),SadieHasbrouck(2015)KrishtineRosenthal(2017)

UNCG,DepartmentofPsychologyGraduateTeachingInstructorGraduateStudentWorkshop:IntroductiontoHLM(May21,2008)Psy502:PsychologicalProblemsofChildhood(Summer,2000)

UndergraduateTeachingInstructorPsy470:AbnormalChildPsychology(Fall,2007;Spring,2004)Rco273:GeneralPsychology(Fall,2004;Fall2005)


Psy310:StatisticsinBehavioralScienceResearch(Summer,2001)

ResearchSupervision§ Supervisorfor2meritawardedUniversityUndergraduateResearchScholars(2006-

2008)§ Providedlettersofreferenceinsupportforadmissionintograduateschoolforthe

followingstudents:PeterMartin(2006),SharonBowen(2008),LeslieHill(2007&2009)

ClinicalSupervision§ DreamCamp,DepartmentofPsychology,UNCG(Summer,2008)

Primaryon-sitesupervisorforweek3ofa4-weeksocialskillsorientedtherapeuticdaycampforchildren(4to18years)withAsperger’sDisorder

§ ProvidedlettersofreferenceintoAPAapprovedAPPICClinicalInternship:SaraLowdermilk(2009)

ProfessionalAffiliations

§ Member,SocietyforResearchinChildDevelopment(SRCD)§ Member,SocietyforPreventionResearch(SPR)§ Member,AmericanPsychologicalAssociation(APA)

ProfessionalService

§ GuestReviewer:

ChildDevelopment,DevelopmentandPsychopathology,EarlyChildhoodResearchQuarterly,EarlyEducationandDevelopment,InfantandChildDevelopment,JournalofAbnormalChildPsychology,JournalofAppliedDevelopmentalPsychology,JournalofDevelopmentalPsychology,PreventionScience,ZDMMathematicsEducation

§ AssociateEditor:JournalofEarlyIntervention(2014to2016)§ SearchcommitteememberforCASTLAssistantResearchProfessorFacultySearch

(2016)§ ReviewerfortheSRCD2013and2017BiennialMeetings§ SearchcommitteememberforAutismClusterHireFacultySearch(Tenured,Associate

level,2015-16)§ Providedconsultationonaddingself-regulationitemsontheNationalSurveyof

Children’sHealth(July,2015)§ Member,Virginia’sCommonwealthCouncilonChildhoodSuccess,DataandGovernance

Workgroup(2014-2015)§ FacultyMentorforvisitingdoctoralstudent,AnneMilatzfromUniversityofVienna

(Summer2014)§ MemberoftheCASTLSpaceandMovingCommittee(2013-2014)§ SearchcommitteememberforSchoolPsychologyFacultySearch(Tenured,Associate

level,2013-2014)§ ReviewerforSREE2014Conference:ImprovingEducationScienceandPractice:The

RoleofReplication,WashingtonDC,March6-8,2014


§ MeasurementconsultantforAnneDawson,adoctoralstudentinClinicalPsychologyatOhioUniversity(formeremployee)whowasawardedacompetitive$6000universitystudentgranttocreateaparent-teacheralignmentmeasure

§ EarlyChildhoodWorkgroupLeaderforCASTL-SRCDsponsoredmeeting:UsingMeasurestoLeveragetheImpactofChildDevelopmentResearchonEducationalPractice:BeyondCognitiveSkills(Planningfrom2012-2013;Meeting:June20-21,2013)

§ FacultymentorforvisitingscholarDr.HelmaKoomenfromtheUniversityofAmsterdam(Spring2012)

§ MACAAHeadStartSelf-AssessmentTeam(Fall,2012)§ TrainingworkshopprovidedtoMACAAHeadStartteachersandstaff(August2012,

2013)§ AdmissionsCommitteeMember:

PhDPrograminClinicalPsychology(2009;2011,2012)PhDPrograminEducationalPsychologyandAppliedDevelopmentalScience(2010)SURPinEducationalPsychologyandAppliedDevelopmentalScience(2010,2014)

§ CommunityLiaison,ChildandFamilyResearchNetwork,UNCG(2008)§ GraduateStudiesCommittee:ClinicalStudentRepresentative,UNCG(1999-2000)§ ClinicalFacultySearchCommittee:StudentRepresentative,UNCG(Spring2000)

HonorsandAwards

§ Selectedparticipant,NCSERSummerResearchTrainingInstituteinSingle-CaseDesign

Research:June,2013§ OutstandingInstructionalDesignPractice,AssociationforEducationalCommunications

&Technology(forMyTeachingPartner-Mathematics/Science,Role:Consultant,PI:M.Kinzie):July,2010

§ Selectedparticipant,NCES-sponsoredEarlyChildhoodLongitudinalStudy,BirthCohort(ECLS-B)DatabaseTrainingSeminar:November,2009

§ Selectedparticipant,APA-sponsoredAdvancedTrainingInstituteinLongitudinalMethods,Modeling,andMeasurement:June,2005

§ SummerResearchScholarship,UNCG:Summer2002§ GraduateStudentAssociationResearchFunding,UNCG:Spring2002§ CertificateofMeritforOutstandingPublicService,DivisionofPsychologistsinPublic

Service(Division18)ofAPA:August2001§ HayesFellowship,UNCG:1999-2000§ GreensboroGraduateScholarship,UNCG:1997-1999§ PhiSigmaPiNationalHonorFraternity,UVA,November1994

MediaMentions2017

§ “StudyIdentifiesaKeytoPreventingDisruptiveBehaviorinPreschoolClassrooms”UVAToday

§ “Preschoolerscouldhavelessstressiftheygetpositiveone-on-onetimewithteachers”BostonGlobe

§ “Improvingchild-teacherinteractionscanreducepreschoolers'stresslevels”ScienceDaily§ “Yup,PreschoolersGetStressedOut--butTeachersCanFixThis”Care.com

2016


§ “ALegacyofAdvocacyinEducation:FourKeyEffortsbytheCurrySchool”UVAToday§ “KindergartenReallyIstheNewFirstGrade,ResearchSays”,Verywell§ “WithouttheYMCA,PreschoolProgramsinChesapeakeandVirginiaBeachForgeAhead”,

VirginianPilot2015

§ “Va.LegislatureAwardsResearchers$1MtoAssessKindergartenReadiness”,UVAToday§ “ResearchersatUVAAwarded$1MtoAssessKindergartenReadiness”,NBC20Newsplex§ “KindergartenReady”GuestonHearSaywithCathyLewisonWHRV89.5-HamptonRoads

localNPR§ “34PercentofVirginiaKindergartnersLackKeySkills”,InsideBusiness§ “ComprehensiveReportonSchoolReadinessFindsomeVirginiaStudentsLacking”,UVA

Today§ “1/3ofVa.StudentsAren’tReadyforKindergarten,VirginianPilot§ 30PercentofVAKidsNotReadyforKindergarten”,NBC29Newsplex§ “GroupProposesMoreAssessmentsforVa.Kindergartners”WashingtonPost

2014§ “EarlyEducationAdvocatesSetSightson2014forProgress”,InsideBusiness

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