Clinical/Work Experience
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School Psychologist
Hardee County Public Schools
Teresa Hall, Exceptional Student Education Director
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January 2010
- Present
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Provides counseling services to address a variety of emotional, behavioral, and other school based problems. Conducts student observations and consults with school staff to better manage student behavior. Participates, as a member of the Problem Solving/Response to Intervention team, in identifying students with academic and/or behavioral concerns and planning and monitoring interventions to address these concerns. Conducts psychoeducational evaluations to assist in determining eligibility for ESE services. Participates in ESE staffing meetings to determine eligibility, make placement decisions, and plan educational interventions.
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Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow
Hillsborough County Public Schools
Marcia Pita, Ph.D., Director, Clinical Psychology Training Program
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September 2007
- August 2009
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Worked with students ranging in age from three- to sixteen-years old who were classified as having Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities. Conducted individual and group therapy to address a variety of emotional and school based problems. Worked with teachers and parents to better manage student’s behavior. Participated in individualized education plan and staffing meetings to determine appropriate placement and needed services. Conducted psychoeducational evaluations to provide information to make placement decisions.
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Psychology Intern, Mailman Center for Child Development
University of Miami, Department of Pediatrics
Catherine Grus, Ph.D., Director of Intern Training
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September 2003 - August 2004
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Behavioral Pediatrics Clinic
Worked with a physician and pediatric residents to diagnose and treat a variety of common childhood behavioral problems, including Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Enuresis, and Developmental Delay.
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September 2003 - August 2004
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Assessment Clinic
Conducted psychological, psycho-educational, and psycho-neurological assessments with a diverse population of preschool and elementary school children.
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September 2003 - February 2004
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Head Start
Worked with children and teachers in Head Start classrooms to manage disruptive behavior. Worked with these children’s parents to provide more effective parenting strategies. Conducted individual language stimulation therapy, using the Dialogic Reading Program and adapting it to play situations.
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September 2003 - February 2004
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Pulmonary Clinic
Worked with children and adolescents with asthma and chronic lung disease on issues centering on compliance with medical regimens, coping with the demands of the disease, and other psycho-social issues involved with chronic illness.
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March 2004
- August 2004
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Early Intervention Clinic/Early Steps Clinic
Conducted developmental assessments of infants and children exposed to multiple medical and socio-economic risk factors. Provided parent feedback on children’s developmental strengths and weaknesses.
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March 2004
- August 2004
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Adolescent Medicine Clinic
Treated adolescents and families of adolescents who received their medical care from physicians in the Chronic Illness Clinic in the Division of Adolescent Medicine for common behavioral, social, and emotional problems.
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Staff Therapist, Psychological Center
SUNY Stony Brook, Department of Psychology
Wendy B. Doret, Ph.D., Director
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September 1998 - August 2003
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Psychotherapy
Provided psychological services to community residents on an outpatient basis. This included child, adolescent, adult, and family therapy using primarily cognitive-behavioral approaches. Also consulted with teachers and psychiatrists. Utilized standardized assessment measures as well as behavioral techniques to guide and evaluate treatment.
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September 1997 - August 2003
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Psychoeducational Testing
Administered psychoeducational assessment batteries to children including report writing. Referral questions concerned: learning disabilities, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, and gifted/talented programs.
Supervisors: Thomas D’Zurilla, Ph.D., Susan O’Leary, Ph.D., K. Daniel O’Leary, Ph.D., Robert Liebert, Ph.D., Tricia Conrod, Ph.D., and Wendy Doret, Ph.D.
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Stony Brook Reading and Language Project
SUNY at Stony Brook
Janet E. Fischel, Ph.D., Director
Grover J. Whitehurst, Ph.D., Former Director
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September 1997 – June 2000
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Longitudinal Follow-up of Former Head Start Children
Conducted approximately 160 extensive assessments of the language and literacy skills of former Head Start children being followed-up into the fifth grade. Also trained approximately 10 graduate student testers, for this project, in the administration of psychoeducational tests for assessment purposes.
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August 2001
- June 2003
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Long Island Head Start
Conducted assessments of pre-literacy skills in children from participating Head Start Centers throughout Long Island in the context of a grant designed to assess the effects of 3 different reading curriculums on the literacy and language skills of low-income children. Also conducted extensive parent interviews.
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2002-2003
2004-2005
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A Parent-Guided Early Reading Intervention
Conducted assessments of reading and language skills of children in the second grade participating in a study evaluating the effectiveness of a parent-guided reading intervention. Also trained parents to provide the intervention in the home.
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Three Village Central School District
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April 1999
– April 2002
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Intellectually Gifted Program
Administered WISC-III tests to 31 children being considered for the Intellectually Gifted Program.
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University Preschool
SUNY at Stony Brook
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January 1999
- June 2003
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Served as behavioral consultant initially as an assigned position then later as a volunteer. The preschool attracts children from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Consulted with teachers and worked directly with children experiencing common behavioral and emotional problems in this age group.
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Florida State University
Department of Psychology
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1995 - 1997
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While conducting an independent honor’s research project tested children in Tallahassee area Head Start Centers and publicly subsidized day care centers on a battery of language and pre-reading measures. Administered and supervised research assistants in administering an early language and literacy intervention. Also participated in the data collection of a large longitudinal project that involved testing a sample of middle-income preschool children on measures of language and pre-reading skills.
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Teaching Experience
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Adjunct Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Argosy University
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Fall 2008
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Research Methods
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Spring 2009
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Developmental Psychology
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Instructor
Department of Psychology
SUNY at Stony Brook
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Spring 2001
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Undergraduate Research Methods Practicum: Writing in Psychology
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Summer 2001
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Behavior Deviations in Childhood (Developmental Psychopathology)
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Teaching Assistant
Department of Psychology
SUNY at Stony Brook
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Fall 1997
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Survey in Developmental Psychology
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Spring 1997
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Behavior Deviations in Childhood
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Fall 2000
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History and Systems of Psychology
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Teaching Assistant/Substantial Directed Instruction
Department of Psychology
SUNY at Stony Brook
SDI Duties: Prepare and deliver four to six lectures during the course of the semester
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Fall 1998
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Introduction to Psychology
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Fall 1999
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Survey in Developmental Psychology
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Teaching Interests: Developmental psychology, developmental psychopathology, child and adolescent development, abnormal/ clinical psychology, and introduction to psychology.
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Research Experience
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Doctoral Dissertation: A Parent-Guided Early Reading Intervention
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Designed and evaluated a parent-guided reading intervention for children who were having difficulty reading in the second grade.
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Master’s Thesis: An Examination of Parent-Child Interactions During Book Reading
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Examined the strategies parents use naturally to help early readers at difficult points of text or pronunciation.
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Evidence-based Emergent Literacy Approaches for Head Start
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Assisted in conducting an extensive program evaluation to determine the efficacy and effectiveness of different curricular approaches for emergent literacy skills in the context of Head Start.
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Dynamic Assessment of Emergent Literacy Skills in Head Start
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Assisted in the development and assessment of a teacher-administered dynamic assessment intervention program targeting emergent literacy skills of Head Start children.
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Public Library Association: Early Literacy Initiative
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Designed parent programs to be utilized nationally by public libraries to increase awareness of the importance of promoting literacy development in young children from birth through age four.
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Publications and Conference Presentations
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Stoltz, B. & Fischel, J.E. (2003). Evidence for different parent-child strategies while reading. Journal of Research in Reading, 26, 287-294 .
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Stoltz, B.M., Shaller, G.E., & Storch, S.A. (2003). A Further Examination of Parent-Child Interactions During Book Reading. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.
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Fischel, J.E., Storch, S.A., Spira, E.G., Stoltz, B., & Shaller, G.E. (2002). Evidence-based Emergent Literacy Approaches for Head Start. Poster presented at the Fifth National Head Start Research Conference, Washington, DC.
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Stoltz, B. (2001). An Examination of Parent-Child Interactions During Book Reading. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
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Stoltz, B. (1999). Comparing Parent and Child Reports of Parental Helping Behavior. Poster presented at the biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.
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