Karla J. Doepke, Ph.D.
Vita - December 2001
Illinois State University Department of
Psychology Campus Box 4620 Normal, IL 61790-4620
Telephone: (309) 438-296 e-mail: kdoepke@ilstu.edu
Education
1992 Post-doctoral Fellowship in
Pediatric Psychology
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
1991 Doctor of Philosophy in
Psychology
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
Specialization: Child Clinical Psychology
1990 Predoctoral Internship
Departments of Psychology at the Kennedy
Institute and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
1988 Master of Arts in Psychology
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
Specialization: Child Clinical Psychology
1983 Bachelor of Science in Special
Education
State University of New York, College at
Geneseo, Geneseo, NY. Certification: K - 12.
Licensure
Alabama (Psychology License #682)
Employment: Academic Appointments
2000-present |
Assistant Professor Illinois
State University, Normal, IL. Responsibilities include
practicum supervision, teaching various undergraduate
and graduate courses, serving on dissertation and thesis
committees, and serving as the Associate Director of
Development/Research for the Psychological Services
Center. |
2000-2001 |
Adjunct Instructor Aurora
University, George Williams College, School of
Education, Aurora, IL. Responsibilities included
teaching an off-campus elective course for graduate
credit in the Master of Arts in Teaching program through
the University's network of collaborating academic
partnerships. |
1999-2000 |
Adjunct Faculty Illinois
Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. Responsibilities
included teaching various undergraduate courses
including General Psychology, Health Psychology, and
advanced undergraduate seminars. |
1998 |
Lecturer Illinois State
University, Normal, IL. Responsiblities included
teaching graduate course in applied behavior
analysis. |
1995-1998 |
Assistant Professor Auburn
University, Department of Psychology, Auburn, AL.
Responsibilities included vertical team supervision of
graduate students, coordinating school consultation and
community outreach services, practicum supervision,
teaching graduate and undergraduate courses, serving on
dissertation and thesis committees, and serving as
Director of the Psychological Services Clinic. |
1994-1995 |
Visiting Assistant
Professor Auburn University, Department of
Psychology, Auburn, AL. Responsibilities included
supervision of graduate practicum and teaching
undergraduate and graduate courses. |
1993-1994 |
Assistant Professor Emory
University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Scienced, Atlanta, GA. Coordinated center
grant activities involving the assessment and treatment
of neuropsychological and psychosocial functioning of
children with sickle cell disease; supervised psychology
pre-doctoral interns and post-doctoral fellows. |
1991 |
Instructor Illinois State
University, Department of Psychology, Normal, IL. Taught
abnormal psychology courses to undergraduate and
graduate students. |
Employment: Clinical Positions
1993-1998 |
Psychologist Clinical
Psychologists, PC, Auburn, AL. Responsibilities included
providing psychological assessments, individual and
family outpatient therapy to children, adolescents,
college students, and families. |
1993-1994 |
Psychologist Bradley Center,
Columbus, GA. Coordinated psychological assessment
services for child and adolescent day treatment program;
supervised psychology pre-doctoral interns,a nd provided
group therapy for adolescents and families experiencing
emotional and behavioral difficulties. |
1992-1993 |
Treatment Team Leader - Adolescent
Day Hospital Bradley Center, Columbus, GA.
Coordinated assessment, treatment and follow-up services
for adolescents and families experiencing emotional and
behavioral difficulties; supervised staff and
pre-doctoral interns; and prepared program applications
for JACHO accreditation and CHAMPUS Select approval
(accreditation and approval received). |
1990-1991 |
School Psychologist
position The Baby Fold/Hammitt School, Normal,
IL. Conducted intellectual and behavioral assessment of
children with behavioral or emotional difficulties;
developed and implemented therapy protocols; consulted
with classroom teachers. |
1988-1989 |
Graduate Clinician Valley
Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center,
Morgantown, WV. Provided assessment and outpatient
treatment of adult and child behavioral/clinical
problems, psychoeducational testing, crisis
intervention, and school consultation. |
1987-1989 |
Educational
Consultant/Tutor Learning Enhancement Center,
Morgantown, WV. Provided individualized education and
social skills programs to school-age children; conducted
parenting classes; and consulted with public school
personnel on individual cases. |
1987-1988 |
Supervisor, Preschool Development
Tutoring Program Learning Enhancement Center,
Morgantown, WV. Supervised a classroom for preschoolers
with developmental disabilities. |
1987-1988 |
Graduate Clinician Autism
Training Center, Huntington, WV. Conducted
community-based assessments and intensive treatment of
children with autism, parent and teacher training,
school consultation, and community-based follow-up
services. |
1986-1989 |
Graduate Clinician Quinn
Curtis Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
Provided individual counseling to children identified as
abused or neglected, parent training and home
intervention with families identified as at-risk for
abuse, school consultation and social skills
training. |
1985-1986 |
Behavior Programming
Specialist The May Institute for Autistic
Children, Chatham, MA. Supervised, trained, and
scheduled direct-care staff; coordinated weekly meetings
between school and residential staff; conducted parent
training; and coordinated behaviorally-based treatment
programs for children exhibiting severe behavior
disorders targeted for transition to less restrictive
environments. |
1984-1985 |
Teacher The May Institute for
Autistic Children, Chatham, MA. Coordinated
behaviorally-based school program for seven children
with severe behavior disorders; designed and implemented
behavioral and educational programs; supervised two
teachers; and conducted parent training sessions. |
1983-1984 |
Special Educator, Self-contained
classroom Appomatox County Public Schools,
Appomatox, VA. Coordinated educational programing for
eight elementary school children identified as
emotionally disturbed.
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Consulting and Contracts
2001-present |
Autism Consultant District 150
Consortium, Peoria, IL. Provide inservice training to
teachers and professionals in the school districts
serving children and adolescents with autism.
Morton Public Schools, Morton, IL. Provide inservice
training to teachers and professionals in the school
districts serving young children with autism.
Private families, Champaign, IL. Provide training in
applied behavior analytic procedures for teaching
children with autism in the home setting to home
therapists; supervised implementation of home programs
(curriculum development and teaching
procedures. |
2000-present |
Behavioral/Autism
Consultant Mackinaw Valley Special Education/Unit
5 Schools, Normal, IL. Provide a variety of consultative
services to professionals serving children and
adolescents with autism spectrum disorders
(individualized behavioral programs, inservice
training). Developed in conjunction with Stacey Bock,
Ph.D. summer school program serving 16 children and
adolescents with autism. |
1997-1998 |
Psychological Consultant East
Alabama Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center,
Division of Children and Family Services, Opelika, AL.
Provided behavioral consultation to adolescent day
treatment and after school programs. Conducted
Alternatives to Physical Management inservice to
staff. |
1997-1998 |
Consultant Chambers County
Circle of Care, Valley, AL. Provided program development
and evaluation consultation to county-wide teenage
pregnancy prevention program. Provided direct
supervision to psychology graduate and undergraduate
students in teen pregnancy prevention program
implementation. |
1996 |
Psychological Consultant TEAM
Evaluation, Nashville, TN. Conducted assessments to
evaluate risk factors and appropriateness of placement
for adult male mentally retarded criminal
offenders. |
1993-1998 |
Member, Alabama Behavior Analysis
Peer Review Committee Alabama Department of
Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Montgomery, AL.
Responsibilities included monitoring and promoting
active, effective treatment at community and residential
Mental Health-Mental Retardation facilities via on-site
visits, reviewing recent developments in the mental
retardation system, and meeting with mental retardation
liaison personnel regarding treatment
interventions. |
1991-1992 |
Clinical
Interviewer Methodology for Epidemiology in
Children and Adolescents study, Emory University School
of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. Conducted clinical interviews
of children and their parents as part of an NIMH
multi-site project to test the feasibility and validity
of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children.
(Principal investigator: Mina Dulcan, M.D.) |
1991-1992 |
Psychological
Consultant Learning Enhancement Center,
Charleston, WV. Consulted with program director
regarding clinical and business issues, staff
supervision, child psychological assessments, and child
and family therapy. |
1989 |
Behavioral Consultant , Curriculum
Development Team University Affiliated Center,
Morgantown, WV. Team developed state-wide Community
Developmental Disabilities Technician (CDDT) training
curriculum to be used with direct service
paraprofessionals. |
1988-1989 |
Behavior Management
Consultant Psychological Resources, Inc.,
Morgantown, WV. conducted individual psychological
assessments and provided behavior management
consultation to ICF/MR group homes serving adults with
mental retardation. |
Professional Affiliations
American Psychological Association Association for
the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Association for
Behavior Analysis Behavior Analysis Society of
Illinois Midwestern Association for Behavior Analysis
Honors and Awards
1995 |
Faculty Award for contributions to
Graduate Students, Auburn University, Psychology
Graduate Student Organization |
1986-1989 |
Swiger Academic Fellowship, West
Virginia University |
1979-1983 |
New York State Regents
Scholarship |
Service and Editorial Activity
2001 |
Member - Illinois State University
Institutional Review Board |
2001 |
Member - Easter Seals Professional
Advisory Committee |
2000-2001 |
Member - Illinois State University -
Department Institutional Review Board |
1999 |
Reviewer - Handbook of Pediatric
Psychology and Psychiatry Book Series |
1996-1998 |
Member - Auburn University Institutional
Review Board |
1996-1997 |
Guest Reviewer, Journal of Emotional
and Behavioral Disorders |
1995-1998 |
Member - Education and Health
Professions Partnership, Auburn University |
1995-1997 |
Guest Reviewer, Education and
Treatment of Children |
1995 |
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Cognitive Therapy
and Research |
1995 |
Book Reviewer, Handbook of Pediatric
Psychology and Psychiatry |
1994-1997 |
Reviewer - APA Dissertation Awards |
1994, 1996 |
Guest Reviewer, Journal of Applied
Behavior Analysis |
1991 |
Guest Reviewer, Journal of Learning
Disabilities |
1989 |
Student Representative, Faculty
Promotion and Tenure Committee, West Virginia
University |
1988, 1989 |
Student Representative, Child Clinical
Training Task Force, West Virginia University |
1988 |
Guest Reviewer, Behavior
Therapy |
Publications
Hoff, K. E. Doepke, K., & Landau, S. (in press). Best
practices in the assessment of children with attention
deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Linking assessment to
intervention. In A. Thomas & J. Grimes (Eds.), Best
practices in school psychology IV. Washington, D.c.:
National Association of School Psychologists.
Lattal, K. A., & Doepke, K. J. (2001). Correspondence
as conditional stimulus control: Insights from experiments
with pigeons. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
34, 127-144. Kennedy, D. V., & Doepke, K. J.
(1999). Multicomponent treatment of a test anxious college
student. Education and Treatment of Children,
22, 203-217.
Collins, M. J., Kaslow, N. J., Doepke, K. J., Eckman, J.,
& Johnson, M. (1998). Psychosocial interventions for
children and adolescents with sickle cell disease. Journal
of Black Psychology, 24, 432-454.
Summerville, M. B., Kaslow, N. J., & Doepke, K. J.
(1996). Psychopathology, cognitive, and family functioning in
suicidal African American adolescents. Current Directions
in Psychological Science, 5, 7-11.
Kaslow, N. J., Doepke, K. J., Racusin, G. R. (1994).
Childhood depression. In V. B. Van Hasselt & M. Hersen
(Eds.), Advanced Abnormal Psychology (pp. 235-252). New
York: Plenum Press.
Brown, R. T., Buchanan, I., Doepke, K. J., Eckman, J. R.,
Baldwin, K., Goonan, B., & Schoenherr, S. (1993).
Cognitive and academic functioning in children with sickle
cell disease. Journal of Child Clinical Psychology,
22, 207-218.
Brown, R. T., Doepke, K. J., & Kaslow, N. J. (1993).
Risk-resistance-adaptation model for pediatric chronic
illness: Sickle cell syndrome as an example. Clinical
Psychology Review, 13, 119-132.
Brown, R. T., Kaslow, N. J., Doepke, K. J., Buchanan, I.,
Eckman, J., Baldwin, K., & Goonan, B. (1993). Psychosocial
and family functioning in children with sickle cell syndrome
and their mothers. Journal of the American Academy of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32, 545-553.
Brown, R. T., Kaslow, N. J., Madan-Swain, A., Doepke, K.
J., Sexson, S. B., & Hill, L. J. (1993). Parental
psychopathology and children's adjustment to leukemia.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, 32, 554-561.
Tishelman, A. C., Hansen, D. J., Hawkins, R. P., &
Doepke, K. J. (1990). Habits with potential as disorders:
Prevalence, severity and other characteristics among college
students. Behavior Modification, 14, 66-80.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Doepke, K. J., Hansen, D. J., & Burke, J. C. (in
preparation). Increasing languae skills in children with
autism: Impact of multiple-cue conditional discrimination
training. Preparing for submission to Journal of Autism and
Developmental Disorders.
Doepke, K. J., & Henderson, A. (in preparation). Child
eyewitness testimony: Impact of parental influence. Journal
of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Kamen, D. G. & Doepke, K. J. (in preparation). Child
witness communication deficits and credibility problems across
real, quasi, and mock courtroom settings. Law and Human
Behavior.
Representative Presentations
Doepke, K. J. (2001, November). Clinical applications of
applied behavior analysis: children's eyewitness testimony as
an issue in signle-subject design. Mid-American Association
for Behavior Analysis Annual convention, Bloomington, IL.
Bock, S. J., & Doepke, K. J. (2001, October). Alphabet
soup in my classroom: Low incidence classification in
classrooms for students with behavior disorders. Annual
Retreat for Educators of Students with behavioral Disorders,
Monticello, IL.
Doepke, K. J. (2001, October). the role of leading
questions in children's eyewitness testimony: Durability of
effects across interviews. Behavior Analysis Society of
Illinois, Orland Park, IL.
Kamen, D., & Doepke, K. (1999, November). Child witness
anxiety and memory impairment in and out of the courtroom.
Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Annual
Convention, Toronto, Canada.
Kamen, D., & Doepke, K. (1999, November). The impact of
in-vivo courtroom exposure on child witness anxiety,
communication, and credibility. Association for the
Advancement of Behavior Therapy Annual Convention, Toronto,
Canada.
Karg, R. S., Ringeisen, H., Tims, S., Doepke, K., &
Shapiro, S. K. (1999, August). Risky behavior in adolescents:
Current data and future directions. American Psychological
Association Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.
Bethke, S., & Doepke, K. (1999, May). Generalized
effects of multiple-cue conditional discrimination in children
with autism: Social and language issues. Association for
Behavior Analysis Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Kamen, D., & Doepke, K. (1999, April). Children's
reactions to courtroom stress. Society for Research in Child
Development Biennial Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.
Ringeisen, H., Karg, R., Tims, M. S., Doepke, K., &
Shapiro, S. K. (1999, March). The relationship between family
cohesiveness and sexual activity in adolescents. Southeastern
Psychological Association Annual Meeting. Savannah, GA.
Henderson, A., & Doepke, K. (1998, November).
Children's eyewitness reports: The role of social pressures
and suggestibility. Association for the Advancement of
Behavior Therapy Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Coffey, T., Kennedy, V., Murphy, K., Nicolotti, L., &
Doepke, K. (1997, June). Juvenile sex offenders: Individual
beliefs regarding sexual crimes. Alabama Psychological
Association Annual Convention, Fort Walton Beach, FL.
Doepke, K. (1997, June). Suicide assessment and risk:
Special considerations in rehabilitation settings. Alabama
Association of Rehabilitation Facilities Annual Conference,
Birmingham, AL.
Perry, A., Willis, J., Clow, J., Paletz, E., Sevin, B.,
& Doepke, K. (1997, May). Developing skills for
integration: Data-based interventions for a preschool child
with autism. Association for Behavior Analysis Annual
Convention, Chicago, IL.
Doepke, K. J., Gaultieri, T., & McCoy, J. (1996,
November). Meeting the needs of individuals with dual
diagnoses. Alabama Association for Behavior Analysis
Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Kollins, S. H., Sevin, B. M., Blakeman, R. S., Willis, J.
C., Fitzsimmons, P., Martin, G., Paletz, E., Perry, A., &
Doepke, K. (1996, November). Variations in the functional
analytic approach to the assessment of problem behavior: The
use of conditional probabilities to confirm a priori
hypotheses. Association for the Advancement of Behavior
Therapy Conference, New York, NY.
Ringeisen, H., Doepke, K. J., Fields, D., & Harger, J.
(1996, October). Evidence of eating disorders in adolescence:
Characteristics of a community sample. Child Clinical
Conference, Lawrence, KS.
Brown, R. T., Doepke, K. J., Baldwin, K., & Buchanan,
I. (1996, March). Psychosocial factors impacting children's
response to preventative health care recommendations. National
Sickle Cell Disease Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Kaslow, N. J., Doepke, K. J., & Rowland, S. (1995,
March). Culturally sensitive assessment and treatment.
Symposium for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis,
IN.
Kaslow, N. J., Rowland, S., Collins, M., Doepke, K. J.,
Brown, R. T., Dingle, A., Buchanan, I., & Eckman, J.
(1994, March). Psychoeducational family intervention for
children and adolescents with sickle cell disease. National
Sickle Cell Disease Conference, New York, NY.
Doepke, K. J. (1993, November). A practical procedure for
planning and implementing individualized functional analyses.
Alabama Association for Behavior Analysis, Birmingham, AL.
Dingle, A. D., Doepke, K. J., Summerville, M. B., &
Kaslow, N. J. (1992, August). A cognitive-behavioral treatment
intervention for suicidal African American Adolescents: Does
it help? American Psychological Association Convention,
Washington, DC.
Doepke, K. J., Abbatte, M. S., Summerville, M. B., &
Davis, J. (1992, August). Outpatient treatment compliance of
African American youth following a suicide attempt. American
Psychological Association Convention, Washington, DC.
Doepke, K. J., Byrne, S. C., Gardner, R. B., Garling, S.,
Fitzgerald, L., Dyer, K., Hansen, D. J., & Burke, J. C.
(1991, May). Multiple-cue conditional discrimination training
in children with autism: Generalization to receptive and
expressive language tasks. Association for Behavior Analysis
Convention, Atlanta, GA.
Babbitt, R., Birk, D., Doepke, K. J., & Schulmeyer, C.
S. (1990, May). Promoting pill swallowing: A competency-based
staff training program. Association for Behavior Analysis
Convention, Nashville, TN.
Babbitt, R., Doepke, K. J., Rogers, L., & McKew, K.
(1990, May). Pediatric oncology: Training medical staff to
implement behavior change programs. Association for Behavior
Analysis Convention, Nashville, TN.
Doepke, K. J., Burke, J. C., Murphy, C., & Cerniglia,
L. (1990, May). Influence of stimulus complexity on autistic
children's responding. Association for Behavior Analysis
Convention, Nashville, TN.
Doepke, K. J. (1989, November). Multi-component
cognitive-behavioral treatment of childhood trichotillomania:
A case study. Association for the Advancement of Behavior
Therapy Conference, Washington, DC.
Doepke, K. J., Watson-Perczel, M., & Hansen, D. J.
(1988, November). Modification of an abusive and neglectful
home environment: Children as behavior change agents.
Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy
Conference, New York, NY.
Critchfield, T. S., Doepke, K. J., & Freeman, T. J.
(1988, October). Effects of mastery rate on transfer across
stimulus-response modalities in basic math skills.
Southeastern Association for Behavior Analysis Convention,
Gatlinburg, TN.
Doepke, K. J., & Lattal, K. A. (1988, May). Say-do
correspondence by the pigeon: Self-production of a sample
stimulus in delayed matching-to-sample. Association for
Behavior Analysis Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Theses and Dissertations Chaired
Stephanie Bethke (thesis defended January 1999). Effects of
multiple-cue conditional discrimination training with children
with autism: An investigation of receptive and expressive
language skills.
David Kamen (thesis defended November 1998). Children's
reactions to courtroom stress: The impact of anxiety and
setting events.
Amy Mixon (thesis defended October 1998). Perpetrator
presence: Effects on children's disclosure and anxiety.
Jennifer Willis (dissertation defended August 1998).
Effective strategies for reducing maladaptive behavior: A
comparison of non-contingent reinforcement and DRO
procedures.
Angela Henderson (thesis defended June 1998). The role of
social pressures and suggestibility on children's eyewitness
reports.
Bart Sevin (dissertation defended October 1997) (co-chaired
with Jim McCoy). A closer look at reinforcer assessment: The
role of stimulus variation and reinforcer efficacy.
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