College of Education

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Psychology in the Schools, 1998-ongoing

Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 2002-ongoing

GUEST EDITOR

Nastasi, B. K. & Truscott, S. D. (Eds.) (2000). Acceptability Research in School Psychology, [Special Issue ]. School Psychology Quarterly, 15 (3).

PUBLICATIONS

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES (student colleagues in italics)

Consultation and Intervention

Truscott, S. D., Catanese, A. M., & Abrams, L. M. (In press). The evolving context of special education classification in the United States. School Psychology International, (accepted fully June 2004).

Truscott, S. D., Cohen, C., Palmeri Sams, D., Sanborn, K. & Frank, A. (In press). The current state(s) of prereferral intervention teams: A report from two national surveys, Remedial and Special Education, (accepted fully September 2003, anticipated publication Fall 2004).

Truscott, S. D, Meyers, J., Meyers, B, Grout, C., & Gelzheiser, L. (2004). Is special education forgotten in school reform? Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 15, 112-125.

Slonski-Fowler, K., & Truscott, S. D. (2004). General education teachers’ perceptions of the prereferral intervention team process. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 15, 1-39.

Palmeri Sams, D., & Truscott, S. D. (2004). The relationship between empathy, exposure to violence and use of violence among at-risk urban adolescents. Child and Youth Care Forum, 33, 33-50.

Truscott, D. M., & Truscott, S. D. (2004). Professional development as a positive approach to school-based reading consultation. Psychology in the Schools, 41, 51-65.

Truscott, S. D., Richardson, R., Cohen, C., Frank, A., & Palmeri, D. (2003). Does Rational Persuasion influence potential consultees? Psychology in the Schools, 40, 627-640.

Clarke, M. A., Bray, M. A., Kehle, T. J., & Truscott, S. (2001). School-based intervention for children with Tourette's syndrome. School Psychology Review, 29, 11-22.

Truscott, S. D., Cosgrove, G., Eidle, K., & Meyers, J. (2000). The acceptability of organizational consultation with prereferral intervention teams. School Psychology Quarterly, 15, 172-206.

Nastasi, B. K. & Truscott, S. D. (2000). Acceptability research in school psychology: Current trends and future directions, School Psychology Quarterly, 15, 117-122. 

Eidle, K., Truscott, S. D., Meyers, J., & Boyd, T. (1998). The role of prereferral intervention teams in the early intervention and prevention of mental health problems. School Psychology Review, 27, 204-216.

Assessment

Truscott, S. D., Baumgart, M., & Rogers, K. (2004). Financial conflicts of interest in the school psychology assessment literature. School Psychology Quarterly, 19, 166-178.

Sanborn, K., Truscott, S. D., Phelps, L. & McDougal, J. L. (2003). Does the Flynn Effect differ by IQ level in samples of students classified as learning disabled? Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 21, 145-159.

Truscott, S. D. & Frank, A. J. (2001). Does the Flynn Effect affect IQ scores of students classified as LD? Journal of School Psychology, 39, 319-334.

Truscott, S. D., Narrett, C. M., & Smith, S. E. (1994). WISC-R subtest reliability over time: Implications for practice and continued research. Psychological Reports, 74, 147-156.

 
BOOK CHAPTERS
 
Truscott, S. D. & Truscott, D. M. Challenges in Urban/Rural schooling. (In press).  Invited chapter in The comprehensive handbook of multicultural school psychology, (C. L. Frisby, & C. Reynolds, Ed.s) Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons, (accepted fully August 2004).

Truscott, S. D. & Volker, M. (In press). The Flynn Effect and LD classification: Empirical evidence of IQ score changes that could affect diagnosis. Invited manuscript in Advances in psychology research, (F. Columbus, Ed.) Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers (Accepted fully February 2004).

Truscott, S. D., Berry, R. A. W., & Lee, K.  (2004). Special education. In C. Spielberger, (Editor-in-Chief), Encyclopedia of applied psychology (453-462). San Diego, CA: Academic Press/ Elsevier Inc. 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Lewis, M., Sanborn, K., McGreevy, S., Tarquin, K. & Truscott, S. D. (2004). What every school psychologist should know about the Flynn Effect. NASP Communiqué, 32(5), 29-32 & insert (Peer reviewed, national newsletter).

Truscott, S. D., Catanese, A. M., & Abrams, L. M. (2003). The evolving context of special education classification. The New York State School Psychologist, 21(4), 8-10 & 16-18 (NYS newsletter).

Clarke, M. A., Bray, M. A., Kehle, T. J., & Truscott, S. (2001). Reducing tics in children with Tourette’s Syndrome [abstract], Clinician’s Research Digest, 19, 2. (Abstract of School-based intervention for children with Tourette's syndrome cited above was selected for this APA publication).

Bardos, A. & Truscott, S. D. (1989). Curriculum based assessment (CBA) and special education decision making. The New York State School Psychologist, 7 (4), 10-11. (NYS newsletter).
 

PRESENTATIONS

INVITED ADDRESSES AND WORKSHOPS

Truscott, S.D. (2004, November). Little “r” research: How school psychologists in three NYS schools are using applied research to implement preventive programs. Invited workshop to be presented at the annual meeting of the New York Association of School Psychologists, Buffalo, NY.

Cosgrove, G. & Truscott, S. D. (2003, November). Enhancing teacher acceptance of prereferral interventions. Invited workshop presented at the annual meeting of the New York Association of School Psychologists, Albany, NY.

Truscott, S. D. (2003, October). The changing context of special education classification.  Invited paper presented at the University at Buffalo, SUNY Graduate School of  Education, Continuing Professional Education series.

Truscott, S. D. (2003, February). The continually changing contexts of special education classification and the Presidents’ Commission on Excellence in Special education. Invited workshop presented to Western New York School Psychologists Association. 

Truscott, S. D, Slonski-Fowler, K., Cohen, C., Palmeri, D. & Chandler, K. (2000, October). Current prereferral intervention teams: Who’s on the team? What do they think? and, How can we help PIT’s work better? Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the New York Association of School Psychologists, Buffalo, NY. 

Truscott, S. D. (2000, September and October). The changing contexts of special education classification. Invited workshop presented to school psychologists, principals, and central administrators of the North Tonawanda City School District.

Phelps, L., & Truscott, S. D. (1999, November). The changing contexts of special education classification. Six half-day invited workshops presented to educational specialists, principals, and central administrators of the Buffalo City School District.

Cosgrove, G., Eidle, K., Meyers, J., & Truscott, S. (1998, October). Advanced consultation topics: Development of preventive prereferral intervention teams. Invited workshop presented at the 32nd Annual School Psychologist Conference, The Pennsylvania State University.

Truscott, D. M., & Truscott, S. D. (1998, June). Comprehension strategy interventions for the struggling reader. Invited workshop presented at the Syracuse City School District Building Intervention Team Annual Symposium.

Truscott, S. D., & Truscott, D. M. (1998, June). Interventions for improving academic motivation. Invited workshop presented at the Syracuse City School District Building Intervention Team Annual Symposium.

Truscott, S. D., & Truscott, D. M. (1998, June). Interventions for improving homework completion. Invited workshop presented at the Syracuse City School District Building Intervention Team Annual Symposium.

Meyers, J., Finnegan, L., Forsbach, T., Munoff, I., & Truscott, S. D. (1995, October). Effective approaches to school reform. Invited workshop presented at the annual meeting of the New York Association of School Psychologists, Saratoga Springs, NY.

 
REFEREED NATIONAL CONVENTION PRESENTATIONS

Chow, S., & Truscott, S. D. (2004, March). Improving minority children’s self-concept and ethnic identify with multicultural literature. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Dallas, TX.

Lewis, M. F., Truscott, S. D., Volker, M. A., & Weinart, A.. (2004, March). Who do we think we are? A national survey of school psychologists. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Dallas, TX.

Truscott, S. D., Baumgart, M., & Rogers, K. (2003, August). Financial conflicts of interest in the school psychology assessment literature. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychologists Association, Toronto, Canada.

Truscott, S. D., Baumgart, M., & Rogers, K. (2003, April). Financial conflicts of interest in school psychology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Toronto, Canada.

Truscott, S. D., Sanborn, K., Lewis, M., McGreevy, S. & Tarquin, K. (2003, April). What every school psychologist should know about the Flynn Effect. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Toronto, Canada.

Truscott, S. D., Phelps, L., Kanaya, T., Ceci, S. J., Scullin, M. H., Chandler, K., & McGrew, K. (2002, March). The Flynn Effect changes IQ and influences special education classification: Current research from two university teams. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL. 

Truscott, S. D., Phelps L., Chandler, K., & Lewis, M. (2002, March). An investigation of the Flynn Effect using the Woodcock Johnson with a LD sample. Paper in symposium presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL. 

Chandler, K., Truscott, S. D., & Phelps L. (2002, March). Does the Flynn Effect differ across the IQ range? Paper in symposium presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL. 

Cohen, C., Truscott, S. D, Palmeri, D. & Chandler, K. (2002, March). Prereferral intervention team members: An exploration of roles, recommendations, and goals. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL. 

Palmeri, D., Truscott, S. D, & Cohen, C. (2002, March). The relationship between empathy, exposure to violence, and use of violence among at-risk urban adolescents. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL. 

Frank, A., & Truscott, S. D. (2002, March). The effects of being at-risk for insecure attachment in children in foster care. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL. 

Truscott, S. D., Cohen, C., Frank, A., & Palmeri, D. (2000, March). If education is a bowl of cherries, what are we doing in the PITS? A national survey of prereferral intervention teams. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.

Richardson, R., Truscott, S. D., Cohen, C., Frank, A., & Palmeri, D. (2000, March). The role of rational persuasion in teachers’ acceptability ratings of behavioral interventions. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Las Vegas, NV.

Frank, A., Truscott, S. D., Rosenbach, J., McDougal, J., & Cohen, C. (1999, March). Does the Flynn Effect affect students classified as LD?. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Las Vegas, NV.

Clarke, M. A., Bray, M. A., Kehle, T. J., & Truscott, S. (1998, August). School-based intervention for children with Tourette's syndrome. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Cooper, K., Gordon, T., Meyers, J., Gelzheiser, L. M., Truscott, S. D., & Meyers, B. (1998, April). A tale of two schools: A study of school reform and its effects on students' language arts achievement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Orlando, FL.

Cooper, K., Gordon, T., Meyers, J., Gelzheiser, L. M., Truscott, S. D., & Meyers, B. (1998, April). A case study of a school district's efforts to reform language arts instruction and the resulting effects on student achievement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Truscott, S. D., Eidle, K., Meyers, J., Boyd, T., & Cosgrove, G. (1997, August). Socio-constructivist conceptions of program acceptability: Lessons from the Child Study Team Project. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Eidle, K., Truscott, S. D., & Meyers, J. (1997, April). What is so preventive about prereferral? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Anaheim, CA.

Borelli, C., Meyers, J., & Truscott, S. D. (1997, April). Special education in school reform: Is anybody listening? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Anaheim, CA.

Meyers, J., Truscott, S. D, Borelli, C., Gelzheiser, L., & Meyers, B. (1997, March). Is special education forgotten in school reform? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Meyers, B., Meyers, J., Millis, L., Truscott, S. D, & Gelzheiser, L. (1997, March). Getting better with practice? A longitudinal study of shared leadership. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. 

Truscott, D. M., & Truscott, S. D. (1997, March). Moving away from stand up and deliver: Constructing distributed, situated training for staff development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. 

Meyers, B., Millis, L., Truscott, S., Meyers, B., Gelzheiser, L., & Forsbach, T. (1996, August). Who's doing the sharing in shared decision making? A longitudinal study of leadership in school reform. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada. 

Meyers, J., Forsbach, T., Finnegan, L., Truscott, S., Meyers, B., & Gelzheiser, L. (1996, April). Do parents have a voice in school reform? An empirical investigation of the involvement of parents and community members in shared decision making. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY. 

Truscott, S. D., McDougal, J. L., & MacKinnon, K. L. (1996, March). WISC-R and WISC-III Verbal-Performance discrepancy and subtest stability over time: Implications for practice and research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Atlanta, GA.

Meyers, J., Meyers, B., Gelzheiser, L., Munoff, I., Kelly, E., Muller, C., & Truscott, S. (1995, March). Approaches to leadership and the process of shared decision making in educational restructuring. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL. 

Narrett, C. M., Smith, S. E., & Truscott, S. D. (1993, March). Subtest interpretations with the WISC-R: Problems and implications. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Nashville, TN.
 

HONORS AND AWARDS

Invitational School Psychology Research Collaboration Conference, 2003

University at Buffalo, Graduate School Of Education, Outstanding Early Career Researcher, 2002

Talented Early-Career Scholar, Society for the Study of School Psychology, 2001
 

MEMBERSHIP

American Psychological Association
Division 16 of American Psychological Association (School Psychology)
National Association of School Psychologists

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Qualitative Research Subcommittee, Task Force on Empirically Supported Interventions. Society for the Study of
    School Psychology and Division 16 American Psychological Association. 2000-2002
2003 Conference Paper Reviewer. National Association of School Psychologists
Task Force on Qualitative Research, Division 16 American Psychological Association. 1995-1998
ad hoc reviews for School Psychology Quarterly and School Psychology Review, 1999-present

UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Provost's Junior Faculty Advisory Committee, University at Buffalo. 1998-2002
Human Subjects Review Board, GSE / School of Management, University at Buffalo. 1998- 2001
Faculty Council, Alfred University.1990-91
Graduate Council, Alfred University. 1989-90
Human Services Planning Committee, Alfred State College. 1979-82

GRADUATE SCOOL OF EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Executive Committee, Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo. 2004
Graduate Degrees Committee, Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo. 2002
Science Education Search Committees (2), University at Buffalo. 2000-2001
Literacy Search Committee, University at Buffalo. 1999-2000
SEA Oral Exam Committee, University at Buffalo. 1999
Integrated Services Committee, GSE, University at Buffalo. 1998-99
Urban Education Network, GSE, University at Buffalo. 1997-1999

DEPARTMENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

CSEP Comprehensive Exam Committee, University at Buffalo. 1998- 2000 and 2001-2002
School Psychology Search Committees (3), University at Buffalo. 1998-1999 and 2001-2002
Several ad hoc committees, University at Buffalo 1997- present
School Psychology Committee, Alfred University. 1988-91