RIT School Psychology Department
2006 Research Colloquium
May 26, 2006
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Clark ABC

Third-year School Psychology candidates will be presenting a 15 minute overview of their thesis projects.  Candidates will present their work according to the following schedule below.  First readers from the School Psychology Department faculty follow each title.

10:00 am         Melissa Wacker:  School psychologists as mental health counselors in schools:  A
                                    survey of practices. (Dr. Jennifer Lukomski)

10:15 am         Elizabeth Oberg:  The Utility of Executive Functioning for assessing D/deaf
                                    and hard of hearing individuals. (Dr. Lukomski)

10:30 am         Kecia Boncek:  Local norms for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. (Dr. Lukomski)

10:45 am         Catherine Curione:  School climate:  Comparing student to teacher perceptions.
                                    (Dr. Scott Merydith)

11:00 am         Danielle Malinowski: Student and Parent Perceptions of School Climate in
 Relation to: Academic Achievement and School Problem Behavior.
(Dr. Merydith)

11:15 am         Susanne Nowatzki:  Character education:  Efficacy of character development
initiatives in high school settings. (Dr. Merydith)

11:30 pm         Valerie Mergler.  School connectedness:  Using school websites to foster a sense
                                    of belonging in school. (Dr. Lukomski)

11:45 pm         Therese Lawson.  Predictors of reading success for Hispanic students learning to
                                    read in English. (Dr. Suzanne Graney)

12:00 pm         Janette Russell:  The relationship of scores on Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early
                                    Literacy Skills Word Use Fluency to vocabulary knowledge and shyness.
                                    (Dr. Graney)

12:15 pm         Katie Warsinske:  The Bender-II and its relationship to executive functions and
                                    academic achievement. (Dr. Merydith)

12:30 pm         Melanie Washburn:  Using social stories to teach participation skills and on task
                                    behavior with children on the autism spectrum. (Dr. Lukomski)

12:45 pm         Lyndon Mitchell: The relationship between emotional recognition and personality
traits. (Dr. Merydith)

1:00 pm           Steve Verstraete:  A comparison of analog and applied setting research methods
in evaluating motivational distortion. (Dr. Merydith)

*Please note that all start times are approximate as presenters will likely need a few minutes to set up their presentation.  A light lunch will be provided at 12:00 pm during the presentations.