B.S., B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Marillac Hall, SB36A
St. John's University
8000 Utopia Parkway
Jamaica, NY 11439
Voice: (718) 990-5388
Fax: (718) 990-5926
eFax: (603) 720-7943
ortizs@stjohns.edu
Biography
Dr. Ortiz is Associate Professor of Psychology and former Director
of the School Psychology Program at St. John's University, Queens,
New York. He earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the
University of Southern California and completed postdoctoral
training in Bilingual School Psychology at San Diego State
University where he also obtained certification as a school
psychologist. In addition, he has served as Visiting Professor and
Research Fellow at Nagoya University in Japan and was recently
elected Vice President for Professional Affairs of Division 16 of
APA beginning Jan. 2003. Dr. Ortiz trains and consults nationally
and internationally on topics ranging from nondiscriminatory
assessment to contemporary evaluation of learning disabilities. He
combines practical and research based experience with specialized
education and training in working with culturally and
linguistically diverse children and parents. Dr. Ortiz is bilingual
(Spanish) and bicultural (Puerto Rican).
Research Interests
Dr. Ortiz has studied and published on topics that include
assessment of culturally and linguistically diverse individuals,
application of modern intelligence theory in testing through CHC Cross-Battery
assessment methods, differentiating cultural and linguistic
differences from disorders, and development of the CHC
Culture-Language Matrix as a method for determining the primary
influence of culture and language on test performance. He recently
authored three chapters in NASP's Best Practices IV on
nondiscriminatory assessment, contemporary intellectual assessment,
and working with culturally and linguistically diverse children and
families. Dr. Ortiz is also the author and developer of the WWW School Psychology
Homepage, which was the very first site on the internet devoted
exclusively to school psychology (published Oct. 1994).
Sample Publications
Ortiz, S. O. & Flanagan, D. P. (2002). Cross-Battery Assessment
Revisited: Some cautions concerning "Some Cautions" (Part II).
Communique, 30(8), 36-38.
Ortiz, S. O. & Flanagan, D. P. (2002). Cross-Battery
Assessment Revisited: Some cautions concerning "Some Cautions"
(Part I). Communique, 30(6), 32-34.
Ortiz, S. O. (2002). Best Practices in Nondiscriminatory
Assessment. In A. Thomas & J. Grimes (Eds.) Best Practices in
School Psychology IV. Washington, DC: National Association of
School Psychologists.
Ortiz, S. O. & Flanagan, D. P. (2002). Best Practices in
Working with Culturally Diverse Children and Families. In A. Thomas
& J. Grimes (Eds.) Best Practices in School Psychology IV.
Washington, DC: National Association of School Psychologists.
Flanagan, D. P. & Ortiz, S. O. (2002). Best Practices in
Intellectual Assessment. In A. Thomas & J. Grimes (Eds.) Best
Practices in School Psychology IV. Washington, DC: National
Association of School Psychologists.
Flanagan, D. P., Ortiz, S. O., Alfonso, V. & Mascolo, J.
(2002). The Achievement Test Desk Reference (ATDR): Comprehensive
Assessment and Learning Disabilities. Boston, MA: Allyn &
Bacon.
Ortiz, S. O. (2001). Assessment of Cognitive Abilities in
Hispanic Children. Seminars in Speech and Language, 22(1),
17-37.
Flanagan, D. P. & Ortiz, S. O. (2001). Essentials of
Cross-Battery Assessment. New York: Wiley Press.
Flanagan, D. P., McGrew, K. S. & Ortiz, S. O. (2000). The
Wechsler Intelligence Scales and Gf-Gc theory: A contemporary
interpretive approach. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Ortiz, S. O., Flanagan, D. P. & McGrew, K. S. (1999).
Assessment in School Psychology: Past, present, and future.
Communique. 28(2), 30-32.
Ortiz, S. O. (1999). You'd never know how racist I was, if you
met me on the street. Journal of Counseling and Development, 77(1),
9-12.
Ortiz, S. O. & Flanagan, D. P. (1998). Enhancing cognitive
assessment of culturally and linguistically diverse individuals:
Application and use of selective Gf-Gc cross-battery assessment.
The School Psychologist, 52(1), 6-9.
Ortiz, S. O. & Flanagan, D. P. (1998). Gf-Gc Cross-Battery
Interpretation and Selective Cross-Battery Assessment: Considering
Referral Concerns and the Needs of Culturally and Linguistically
Diverse Populations. In K. S. McGrew and D. P. Flanagan (Eds.), The
Intelligence Test Desk Reference (ITDR): Gf-Gc Cross-Battery
Assessment. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.