College of Education

PUBLICATIONS

McIntosh, D. & Decker, S. L. (In press). Neuropsychology and Special Education Law. Handbook of School-Neuropsychology.

Brinkman, J., Dean, R. S., & Decker, S. L. (In press). Neuropsychology of intelligence. Handbook of School-Neuropsychology.

Brannigan, G. G. & Decker, S. L. (2004). Bender-Gestalt II. Accepted for publication; American Orthopsychiatric Association      

Decker, S. L. (2004). Incremental validity in tactile measures in predicting letter-word identification skills. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology (Abstract), Volume 19 (7). 907-908.

Brannigan, G. G., Decker, S. L., & Madsen, D. H. (2004). Innovative features of the Bender-Gestalt II and expanded guidelines for the use of the Global Scoring System. Assessment Service Bulletin. Itasca, IL: Riverside Publishing.

Decker, S. L., & Choca, J (in preparation). Construct validity of the Bender-Gestalt II. Perceptual and Motor Skills.

Decker, S. L., Hill, S. K., Dean, R. S., & Woodcock, R., (in preparation). Executive function and fluid reasoning constructs.

Brannigan, G. G., & Decker, S. L. (2003). The Bender-Gestalt II Examiner’s Manual. Itasca, IL: Riverside Publishing.

Dean, R. S., Woodcock, R. W., Decker, S. L., & Schrank (2003). A Cognitive Neuropsychology Assessment Model. In Schrank, F. A, & Flanagan, D. WJ III Clinical Use and Interpretation: Scientist-Practitioner Perspective. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Gridley, B., Rizza, M., & Decker, S. L. (2003). Gifted Assessment. In Schrank, F. A, & Flanagan, D. WJ III Clinical Use and Interpretation: Scientist-Practitioner Perspective. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Decker, S. L. (2002). Confirmatory models of sensory-motor and cognitive constructs. Dissertation Abstracts. Ball State University. Muncie, IN

Schrank, F. A., Becker, K. A, & Decker, S.L. (2001). Calculating ability/achievement discrepancies between the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children –Third Edition and the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement. (Assessment Service Bulletin #4). Itasca, IL: Riverside Publishing.

Decker, S.L., McIntosh, D., Kelly, A., Nichols, S., Titus, J., & Dean, R. S. (2001). Comorbidity Among Individuals Classified with Attention Disorders.        International Journal of Neuroscience. Vol 0, p 1-12. .

Hill, S. K., Dean, R. S., & Decker, S. L. (2001). Integration of Neuropsychological and Cognitive Theory in Rehabilitation. International Journal of Neuroscience. 111, p. 195-210.

Hill, S. K., Decker, S., Dean, R. S., & Woodcock, R. W. (1999). Defining   underlying functions of the Category Test, TMT, and WCST with Woodcock-Johnson fluid reasoning. (Abstract) Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 14, 79.

McCoy, K. D., Hill, S. K., Dean R. S., & Decker, S. (1998). Reliability and construct validation of a neuropsychological symptom inventory. International Journal of Neuroscience, 96, 127-139.
 

PRESENTATIONS

Dean, R. S., & Decker, S. L. (accepted 2005). Neuropsychological screening using the Dean-Woodcock Neuropsychological Assessment System. NASP Mini-Skills. 

Decker, S. L. (2004). Incremental validity of tactile measures in predicting letter-word identification skills. National Academy of Neuropsychology (poster).  

Decker, S. L. (2003). Using the Woodcock-Johnson III in Neuropsychological Assessment. Paper presented at the National Association of School Psychology Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada. 

Decker, S. L. (2003). The Bender-Gestalt Second Edition. Mini-Skills presentation at the National Association of School Psychology Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada.  

Decker, S. L. (2003). Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury with the Woodcock-Johnson  III. Symposium participant at the National Association of School Psychology Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada.  

Decker, S. L., & Dean, R. S. (2002). Neuropsychological Utility of the Woodcock-Johnson III. Workshop presented at International Conference of Pediatric Neuropsychology. Puerto Rico.   

Decker, S., & Becker, K. A. (2002, August). Developmental Patterns of Visual-Motor Ability. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.  

Decker, S., & Becker, K. A. (2002, February). Bender Gestalt Test-Revised: Test Development and Clinical Validity. Paper presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.  

Becker, K. A., & Decker, S. (2001, October). The benefits of item bias in clinical diagnosis.  Paper presented at the International Objective Measurement Conference: Focus on Health Care, Chicago, IL. 

Becker, K. A., & Decker, S. (2001, June). The development of an objective scoring criteria for the Bender-Gestalt Test. Paper presented at the Midwest Objective Measurement Seminar, Chicago, IL.  

Neuropsychological utility of the WJ-III. National Academy of Neuropsychology, 2001 (Poster).  

Comorbidity among individuals with attention disorders. David McIntosh, Scott Decker, Andrea Kelly, Sarah Nichols, Raymond Dean. American Psychological Association, 2000 (Poster).  

Student’s attitudes toward using internet supplemental instruction. Scott Decker, Raymond Dean, Audrey Kirkwood. 2nd Annual Teaching and Technology Conference, 1999 (Poster).

Symbolic self-completion and task interruption: Committed student’s reactions. Scott Decker, Donna Hunton, Paul Biner. Butler University 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, 1997 (Presentation).

Invited Talks

Invited training on the Bender-Gestalt II for Fulton County School Psychologists. August 3, 2004. Atlanta, Georgia.  

Invited training on the Bender-Gestalt II for Detroit Public School Psychologists. Sept 17, 2004. 

Invited training on the Dean-Woodcock Neuropsychological Assessment Battery. Sept, 23, 2004. Vancouver, Canada.
 

HONORS AND AWARDS

Archived Data Collection grant from the Woodcock-Munoz Foundation (2004). Total award $3,000.

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Learning and Intelligence (submitted for 2005)

David A. Washburn (PI, Psychology & Language Research Center), Marise Parent (Psychology), Scott Decker (CPS), and Yanqing Zhang (Computer Science). Total award $52,000 per year.