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2003 CONFERENCE

The 2003 School Psychology Research Collaboration Conference was held on April 7, 2003 at The Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Outcomes of the 2003 SPRCC were very positive. Thirty-six early career scholars, 13 catalyst scholars, and representatives from several school districts participated in the first SPRCC. A survey completed by participants at the end of the SPRCC indicated that the conference was successful in facilitating communication, facilitating collaboration, facilitating connections and relationships, and facilitating knowledge and resources of potential funding sources. With few exceptions, early-career participants accomplished all of their personal and professional objectives for participation in the SPRCC. All 2003 SPRCC participants indicated that the conference should be organized for future early career scholars. In the fall of 2003, a survey was conducted to determine whether or not participation in the conference was followed by collaboration in scholarly activity among the participants after the conference. The survey included seven questions related to whether or not participants had communicated and collaborated in research, writing, and grant proposals. Twenty-eight (78%) of the early career scholars completed the survey and eight (62%) of the catalyst scholars completed the survey. In the early career scholar group, 64% indicated that they had communicated with other early scholars and 68% reported corresponding with catalyst scholars following the conference. Furthermore, among the early career scholars, 39% reported having collaborated in developing a research or grant proposal, 32% reported having begun a research project in collaboration with other early scholars, and 43% had collaborated in writing with other early scholars.

As these responses indicate, the majority of participants corresponded following the conference, about one-third of the early scholars developed a research or grant proposal with other early scholars and collaborated across sites on a research project, and nearly half collaborated on a writing project within only 6 months of the conference.

2003 Participants

Aggression / Violence / Crisis

• Leigh Baldwin
• Barbara Bole-Williams (Catalyst Scholar)
• Stephen Brock
• Michelle Demaray & Christine Malecki
• Michael Furlong (Catalyst Scholar)
• Amanda Nickerson
  

Assessment / Cognitive / Diversity

• Matthew Burns
• Catherine Fiorello
• Patti Harrison (Catalyst Scholar)
• Ramona Noland ../../resources/noland.pdf
• Christine Quallich
• Dan Reschly (Catalyst Scholar)
• Barbara Schaefer
• Mike Vanderwood (SPRCC Committee)

Reading Assessment / Intervention / Literacy

• Jessica Blom-Hoffman
• Sandra Chafouleas
• Roland Good (Catalyst Scholar)
• Shane Jimerson (SPRCC Committee)
• Jeff Klein
• Steve Peverly (Catalyst Scholar)
• Kelly Powell-Smith (SPRCC Committee)
• Briley Proctor
• T. Chris Riley-Tillman
• Sylvia Rosenfield (Catalyst Scholar)
• Barbara Wideman, Victoria Bunke, & Christine Jaffe
  

Social / Emotional / Behavioral

• Angeleque Akin-Little (SPRCC Committee)
• Michelle Athanasiou
• Jean Baker (Catalyst Scholar & SPRCC Committee)
• Lisa Bischoff (SPRCC Committee)
• Sandra Christenson (Catalyst Scholar)
• Jim DiPerna
• Rosemary Flanagan
• Sandra Glover Gagnon
• Donald Gouwens
• John Hosp
• Tom Kratochwill (Catalyst Scholar)
• Kara McGoey
  

School Systems / Teachers / Climate

• Richard Abidin (Catalyst Scholar)
• Beth Doll (Catalyst Scholar)
• Marika Ginsburg-Block
• Steve Knotek
• Patricia Manz
• Bonnie Nastasi (Catalyst Scholar)
• Sandi Thompson
• Steve Truscott
• Amanda VanDerHeyden
• Jina Yoon