Conference Presentations

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August 6, 2011 American Psychological Association presentation, Washington, DC
The relationship of school structure and support to suspension rates for Black and White high school students

2011 APA Poster Presentations, Washington, DC
The Impact of Bullying Climate on Schoolwide Academic Performance, August 7. (Download Manuscript)
Student Reports of Peer Threats of Violence, August 7.
Bully Victimization and Academic Achievement in Middle School, August 4.

August 2, 2011 School and Campus Safety Training Forum, Hampton, Virginia
Authoritative Schools

April 7, 2010 Les États Généraux de la Sécurité À L’École: Comprendre, Prévenir, Agir, Paris, France
Violence Prevention in American Schools

March 30, 2010 Parent Symposium, Mooresville, North Carolina
Bullying and School Safety: Fears vs Facts

March 20, 2010 Staff Training Program, Mooresville Graded School District, Mooresville, North Carolina
Violence Prevention in Schools

November 8, 2009 Workshop on Student Threat Assessment, Berlin, Germany
The Virginia Model for Student Threat Assessment

November 7, 2009 Keynote at XIV Workshop Agression, Berlin, Germany
Prevention of School Shootings in the United States

October 23, 2009 Presentation at Virginia Psychological Association Fall Conference, Richmond
Findings from the Virginia High School Safety Study

August 3, 2009 Presentation at the Governor’s Campus Preparedness Conference, Richmond
College Threat Assessment as a Violence Prevention Strategy

July 28, 2009 Presentation at the School and Campus Safety Training Forum, Hampton Roads, Virginia
Recommended Practices for Virginia College Threat Assessment

June 22, 2009 Presentation at the Stockholm Criminology Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden
Preventing lethal school violence: The American experience. What we know about school shootings, and promising preventive approaches

August 15, 2008 APA Poster Presentation, Boston, Massachusetts
Internal and External Validity of Three School Climate Scales on the School Climate Bullying Survey

August 11, 2006 APA Presentation, New Orleans, Louisiana
Snitching versus Seeking Help: Barriers to Preventing School Violence

2006 APA Poster Presentations, New Orleans, Louisiana
Self and Peer Report in the Assessment of Bullying, August 13.
The Effect of Parental Attachment on Bullying in Middle School, August 13.
Popularity of Middle School Bullies, August 13.
Concurrent Validity of the Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire, August 12.
Evaluation of Statewide Training in Student Suicide Prevention, August 12.
Psychiatric Disorder, Sexual Abuse, and Substance Abuse Among Adolescent Inpatients, August 11.

August 20, 2005 APA Poster Presentation, Washington, DC
Student Willingness to Seek Help for Threats of Violence in Middle School

September 13, 2005 Hamilton Fish Institute National Conference, Persistently Safe Schools, Philadelphia
Guidelines for Responding to Student Threats of Violence

March 30, 2005, NASP Presentation, Atlanta, Georgia
NASP presentation on Guidelines for Student Threat of Violence

2004 APA Poster Presentations, Honolulu, Hawaii
Correspondence of the MACI and the PIY in Juvenile Offenders, July 28.
Factor Structure of Adolescent Psychopathy, July 30.

August 8, 2003 APA Presentation, Toronto, Canada
School Guidelines for Student Threat Assessment

2003 APA Poster Presentations, Toronto, Canada
Threats from Special Education Students, August 9.
Student Threat Assessment, August 7.

October 2003 VPA Presentation PowerPoint handouts, Charlottesville, Virginia
Responding to Student Threats of Violence
VPA Presentation on Threats of Violence by Students in Special Education
Identification of Bullies
Lessons Learned: Research on a School Bullying Prevention Program

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