Assessment Accomodations With Deaf Clients

28th November 2005

A half-day presentation and discussion for psychologists, psychiatrists and mental health professionals working with deaf people

Presented by:

Professor Jeffrey Braden
Professor of Psychology and Director of the School Psychology Program at North Carolina State University

BSMHD are delighted to be able to host a presentation and discussion on Assessment Accommodations with Deaf Clients with Professor Jeffrey Braden from the North Carolina State University. The event is a unique opportunity for psychologists, psychiatrists and mental health professionals working with deaf people to meet with fellow professionals and develop a greater understanding of assessment accommodations.

Biography

Prior to teaching at NC State, Jeff taught and directed school psychology programs at the University of Wisconsin—Madison, San Jose State University, and the University of Florida. He holds graduate degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, Gallaudet University, and Beloit College. Jeff has presented more than 260 papers at state, national, and international meetings and published more than 125 articles, books, book chapters, and other products on assessment, school psychology, intelligence, and deafness. His recent research includes an Internet-based hypermedia course “Assessing One and All” (distributed by the Council for Exceptional Children), the Research Institute for Secondary Education Reform (RISER) for youth with disabilities, a study of the treatment utility of assessment for educational consultation, and international research as a keynote speaker and investigator in New South Wales, Australia, and as a Fulbright Scholar on high stakes testing in Greece. Jeff also developed a large-scale problem-solving program to prevent academic failure with inner-city urban youth in Chicago Public Schools, and consulted with performance assessment research funded by the federal government. He continues to provide in-service training for educators on educational accountability programs (No Child Left Untested!) and inclusion of students with disabilities in these programs throughout the United States; his efforts earned him the 2001 Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award for outreach teaching from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. His experiences with education include guidance and assessment services at residential schools for the deaf, teaching in general and special elementary education classrooms in the US and the UK, and experiences with a variety of populations (e.g., first grade students without disabilities, deaf-blind adults) and species (e.g., teaching American Sign Language to chimpanzees).

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