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Educational Psychology and Special Education

Patsy Thomas Nomvete

Email: pnomvete1@gsu.edu
Advisor: Dr. Kristine Jolivette

 

Education:
Brenau University - Dance

North Georgia State – Special Education

 

Research Interests:

Reading Instruction for adolescents who have experienced reading failure

Fluency and its impact on comprehension

Exploration of the relationship between reading failure and juvenile delinquency

Choice-Making, Check-in/Check-out, Behavior Specific Praise: their effect  on disruptive and on-task behavior of students with mild disabilities.

 

 

Publications:

Jolivette, K., Houchins, D.E., Josephs, N., Waller, K, Hall, T., & Nomvete, P. (2008). Providing educational services in secure settings. L.M. Bullock & R.A. Gable (Eds.), Ensuring a brighter future for troubled children/youth: Challenges and solutions (pp. 193-263). Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders. Arlington, VA: Council for Exceptional Children.

Shippen, M. E., Houchins, D. E., & Nomvete, P. (2010). Reading assessment and instruction for students at-risk. In R. Colarusso & C. O’Rourke (Eds.), Special Education for All Teachers. Dubuque, IO; Kendal Hunt Publishing Company.

Lead Researcher and Author for: U. S. Commission for Civil Rights (in press) School discipline in Florida: Discipline practices leave many children behind. Florida Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. 
 

Presentations:

  • Hall, W. T., Josephs, N. L., Novete, P. T. & Waller, K. S. (2006, March). No child left behind bars. CEC State Conference, Macon, GA .
  • Nomvete, P. T., Waller, K. S., & White, M. (2007, July). No child left behind bars. Correctional Education Association International Conference: Excellence in education, Atlanta, GA.
  • Houchins, D.E., Jolivette, K., Nomvette, P., Waller, K., Hall, T., Josephs, N., & White, M. (2007, Oct.). Implications of research in juvenile justice settings: Academic, behavior, and transition considerations for students with special needs. . International Conference on Children and Youth with Behavioral Disorders, Dallas, Texas.
  • White, M., Nomvete, P. T., & Josephs, N. L. (2007, Oct). No child left behind bars: Research-based reading and behavior interventions for youth in corrections. Georgia Depart of Juvenile Justice: A Prescription for Successful Teaching, Macon, GA.
  • Waller, K. S., Nomvete, P. T., Houchins, D., Jolivette, K., & Miltenberger, S. (2008, Oct). Ending the pipeline to prison through effective reading instruction. The Prison Pipeline: The Intersection of Childhood and the Criminal Justice system Conference, Athens, GA.
  • Nomvete, P. T., Josephs, N. L., Waller, K. S., & White, M. W. (2009, April.). Academic mentoring of court-involved youth in a community setting: Lessons learned. CEC’s 2009 Annual Convention & Expo, Seattle, WA.
  • Nomvete, P. T., & Waller, K. S., Houchins, D., & Jolivette, K. (2009, Oct). The effects of procedural facilitators on story elements for students with emotional and behavior disorders in a residential setting. TECBD Conference, Phoenix, AZ
  • Nomvete, P. t., Houchins, D., Jolivette, K., & Waller, K.S. (2010, April) Self-regulated strategy development: elementary students in a psychoeducational residential facility. CEC 2010 Annual Convention & Expo, Nashville, TN.
  • Waller, K., Houchins, D., Jolivette, K., & Nomvete, P. (2010, April) Improving reading fluency for students with EBD using self-guided, computer-based repeated reading. CEC 2010 Annual Convention & Expo, Nashville, TN.

Service:
• Served on the committee for the 1st and 2nd annual New Educators Induction Conference: Building Bridges. My responsibilities were to (a) review proposals as they were submitted, (b) organize a group of volunteers from graduate students, and (c) assist at the conference with volunteer coordination. (2007 & 2008)
• Member of the Educational Advocacy Council at the Fulton County Juvenile Court
• Presented to the Fulton County Schools secondary IST teachers on March 9, 2008. “Court-Involved Youth: An Academic Overview and Research-Based Interventions”
• Presented to the Fulton County Juvenile Court Staff on August 15, 20008. “Court-Involved Youth: An Academic Overview and Research-Based Intervention