 Stephen Elliott |
 Tom Kratochwill |
Steve received his doctorate at Arizona State University in 1980 and is currently a professor of Educational Psychology and Associate Director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at UW-Madison. Steve is a faculty member in the School Psychology Program and teaches courses in Professional Issues and Practices, Social/Emotional Assessment, and Research Methods and Technical Writing. He currently co-directs four federal grants concerning testing accommodations and services for students with disabilities and their teachers. Since coming to UW in 1987, Steve has successfully competed for more than $10,000,000 of external funding for his research.
Steve has been a productive scholar authoring over 95 journal articles, 20 books, and 3 widely used behavior-rating scales. His recent research focuses on (a) the assessment of children's social skills and academic competence and (b) the development of testing accommodations and alternate assessment methods for evaluating the academic performance of students with disabilities for purposes of educational accountability. Steve also has a program of research focusing on the design and evaluation of school-based interventions.
Steve's scholarly and professional contributions have
been recognized by his colleagues in school psychology as evidenced by
being the 1984 recipient of the Lightner Witmer Award from Division 16
within the American Psychological Association, by being elected to Fellow
status in four APA divisions, and being appointed Editor of School Psychology
Review (1985-1990) for two terms. In 1991, he was named a Vilas Associate
Award winner for his behavioral research at the University of Wisconsin.
Steve frequently consults with educators on the assessment and instruction
of children K-12 and served on the National Academy of Sciences?Committee
on Education Goals 2000 and Students with Disabilities during 1995-1997.
In 1996, he was selected as UW-Madison’s Van Hise Outreach Professor
for his outstanding record of teaching and commitment to providing continued
professional development programs for educators and psychologists. He
currently serves as a member of the APA/NASP Inter-Organizational Committee
and the Program Chair for AERA's 2002 Annual Convention. [back]
Tom received his PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1973 with a specialization in School Psychology. He joined the faculty at the University of Arizona in 1973 in the Department of Educational Psychology, School Psychology Program. While at the University of Arizona he served as Director of the Office of Child Research and as Acting Head of the Department of Educational Psychology. In 1983 he returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to direct the School Psychology Program and the Psychoeducational Clinic. He has served as Director of the Educational and Psychological Training Center, an interdisciplinary unit for clinical and research training for Counseling Psychology, Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, and School Psychology. Currently, he is Director of the School Psychology Program, and Co-Director of the Information Resource Center at the Medical School.
Tom has been an active researcher and contributor to the scientific psychological literature in a number of areas. He is the author of over 120 journal articles, book chapters, and monographs. He has written or edited 23 books and he has made over 100 presentations at professional meetings. Among his books, several are classic contributions, including Single subject research: Strategies for evaluating change (1978), Selective mutism: Implications for research and treatment (1981), a series devoted to advances in research, theory, and practice in school psychology (Advances in School Psychology, Volume I through VIII, 1981-present), a book (with Richard J. Morris) on treatment of children's fears and phobias (Treating children's fears and phobias: A behavioral approach, 1983), and (with Richard J. Morris) a book on child therapy (The practice of child therapy, 1983 and now in a 3rd edition). He is co-editor (with Karen Callan Stoiber) of the Handbook of Group Interventions for Children and Families (1998). He has also written (with John R. Bergan) a text on mental health consultation (Behavioral consultation and therapy, 1990).
Tom has also secured grants for his research activities yielding approximately $5,500,000 in funding. To date, he has received over 20 federal or foundation research grants. In addition, he has received four multi-year training grants in which graduate students have been trained in research and various clinical service activities.
Tom=s research has received recognition from national and state organizations. In 1977 he received the Lightner Witmer Award from Division 16 of the American Psychological Association. In 1981 he received the Outstanding Research Contributions Award from the Arizona State Psychological Association and an award for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Scientific Knowledge in Psychology from the Wisconsin Psychological Association in 1995. He was recipient of the Senior Scientist Award from Division 16 of the American Psychological Association in 1995. In 1995 the Wisconsin Psychological Association selected his research for its Margaret Bernauer Psychology Research Award and in 1996 the APA Division 16 journal of School Psychology Quarterly selected one of his articles as best research of the year. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The research and professional recognition of Tom have
also extended into his selection as editor or associate editor of major
research journals in psychology and education. He has been Associate Editor
of Behavior Therapy, The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, School
Psychology Review, and a guest editor of Behavioral Assessment. He was
selected as the founding editor of the American Psychological Association
Division 16 journal Professional School Psychology (now School Psychology
Quarterly) from 1984 to 1992. He is Co-Editor of the special section of
School Psychology Quarterly devoted to Empirically Supported Intervention
Research. Currently, he is President of the Society for the Study of School
Psychology and Co-Chair of the Task Force on Empirically Supported Interventions
in School Psychology. [back]