Dawn P. Flanagan

Courses Taught at St. John’s University

Graduate

• Assessment, Diagnosis, and Remediation of Learning Disability
• Psychoeducational Assessment I
• Psychoeducational Assessment II
• Interviewing and Case Conceptualization
• Introduction to School Psychology
• Doctoral Seminar in Advanced Cognitive Evaluation, Theory, and Research

Undergraduate

• Introduction to Tests and Measurement

Other Courses Taught

• Use and Interpretation of the WISC-IV within the Context of Contemporary Theory and Research, University of Uppsala. Uppsala, Sweden.  September, 2005; January, 2008
• 6-hour Multi-Media Professional Development Training Program
  Flanagan, D. P., Kaufman, A. S., Kaufman, N. L., & Lichtenberger, E. O. (Authors). (2008). Agora: The Marketplace of Ideas. Best Practices: Applying Response to Intervention (RTI) and Comprehensive Assessment for the Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities. [DVD]. (Available from NCS Pearson, Inc., PO Box 1416, Minneapolis, MN 55440. PearsonAssessments.com)

Alfonso, V. C., & Flanagan, D. P. (2006).  Best practices in the use of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5) with preschoolers. In B. A. Bracken and R. Nagle (Eds.), Psychoeducational assessment of preschool children (4th ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Flanagan, D. P. (2006).  The Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory of cognitive abilities.  In C. R Reynolds and E. Fletcher-Janzen (Eds.), Encyclopedia of special education (3rd ed.). New York: Wiley.

Flanagan, D. P. (2000). Wechsler-based CHC cross-battery assessment and reading achievement: Strengthening the validity of interpretations drawn from Wechsler test scores. School Psychology Quarterly, 15, 295-229.

Flanagan, D. P., & Alfonso, V. C., & Ortiz, S. O. (2006).  CHC cross-battery assessment. In C. R. Reynolds and E. Fletcher-Janzen (Eds.) Encyclopedia of special education (3rd ed). New York: Wiley.

Flanagan, D. P., & Alfonso, V. C., Ortiz, S. O., & Dynda, A. (2006). Integration of Response-To-Intervention and norm-referenced tests in learning disability identification: Learning from the tower of Babel.  Psychology in the Schools, 43 (7), 807-825. 

Flanagan, D. P., & Harrison, P. L. (Eds.). (2005). Contemporary intellectual assessment (2nd Edition): Theories, tests, and issues. New York: Guilford.

Flanagan, D. P., & Kaufman, A. S. (2007). Essentials of WISC-IV assessment with C/D ROM (Second Edition).  New York: Wiley.  Manuscript in preparation.

Flanagan, D. P., & Kaufman, A. S. (2004). Essentials of WISC-IV assessment. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley.

Flanagan, D. P., Keiser, S. Berneir, J., & Ortiz. (2003). Diagnosing learning disability in adulthood. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Flanagan, D. P., McGrew, K. S., & Ortiz, S. O. (2000).The Wechsler intelligence scales and Gf-Gc theory: A contemporary approach to interpretation. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Flanagan, D. P., Ortiz, S. O., & Alfonso, V. C. (2008).  Response to intervention (RTI) and cognitive testing approaches provide different but complementary data sources that inform SLD identification.  Communiqué, 36 (5), 16-17.

Flanagan, D. P., Ortiz, S. O., & Alfonso, V. C. (2007). Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment with C/D ROM  (Second Edition).  New York: Wiley.

Flanagan, D. P., Ortiz, S. O., Alfonso, V. C., & Dynda, A. (2008).  Best practices in cognitive assessment. In A. Thomas & J. Grimes (Eds.), Best practices in school psychology (5th ed.). Washington DC: The National Association of School Psychologists.

Flanagan, D. P., Ortiz, S. O., Alfonso, V. C., & Mascolo, J. (2006). The achievement test desk reference (ATDR) – Second Edition: A guide to learning disability identification. New York: Wiley.

Kaufman, A. S., Flanagan, D. P., Alfonso, V. C., & Mascolo, J. T. (2006). Review of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition (WISC-IV). Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment.  278-295.

Kavale, K. A., & Flanagan, D. P. (2007).  Utility of RTI and assessment of cognitive abilities/processes in evaluation of specific learning disabilities.  In Jimerson, S., Berns, M. & Van Der Heyden, A. (Eds.), Handbook of Response to Intervention: The science and practice of assessment and intervention.  New York: Springer Science.

Keith, T. Z., Kranzler, J. H., & Flanagan, D. P. (2001). What does the Cognitive Assessment System (CAS) measure? Conjoint confirmatory factor analysis of the CAS and the Woodcock-Johnson tests of cognitive ability (3rd Edition). School Psychology Review.

Kranzler, J., Keith, T. Z., & Flanagan, D. P. (2000). Independent examination of the factor structure of the Cognitive Assessment System (CAS): Further evidence challenging the construct validity of the CAS. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 18, 143-159.

McGrew, K. S., & Flanagan, D. P. (1998). The intelligence test desk reference (ITDR): Gf-Gc cross-battery assessment. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Ortiz, S.O., & Flanagan, D. P.  (2008). Best practices in working with culturally different children and families.  In A. Thomas & J. Grimes (Eds.), Best practices in school psychology (5th ed.). Washington DC: The National Association of School Psychologists.

Shrank, F. & Flanagan, D.P. (Eds.). (2003). Clinical use and interpretation of the WJ III. Burlington, MA: Elsevier.

Shrank, F., Flanagan, D. P., Woodcock, R. W., & Mascolo, J. (2002). Essentials of WJ III cognitive assessment. New York: Wiley.

Alfonso, V. C., Flanagan, D. P., & Ortiz, S. O. (March, 2007).  RTI and Testing: Responding with an Operational Definition of LD.  Presented at the National Association of School Psychologists, New York City, NY.

Flanagan, D. P. (March, 2007).  An Operational Definition of SLD that Accommodates Both RTI and Use of Norm-Referenced Tests.  Conference: “Response-to-Intervention, ‘Intelligent Testing’ and Specific Learning Disabilities Assessment.” Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. 

Flanagan, D. P. (February, 2007).  Integration of RTI and Cognitive Assessment: A Contemporary Operational Definition of LD.  Invited Keynote address of the annual Texas Educational Diagnosticians’ Association meeting, El Paso, TX. 

Flanagan, D. P. (2006, June).  RTI within the Context of an Operational Definition of LD.  Invited presentation, Dade County School Psychologists Association, Miami, FL. 

Flanagan, D. P. (2006, February).  LD Evaluation in the New Millennium.  Invited Keynote address.  Region 4 Educational Service Center, Houston, TX. 

Flanagan, D. P. (2006, February).  Use of the KABC-II in LD and Nondiscriminatory Assessment.  Invited presentation, Illinois Association of School Psychologists, Springfield, IL. 

Flanagan, D. P. (2005, November).  Use of Cross-Battery Assessment with a New Generation of Tests.  Invited presentation, Yale Child Study Center, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. 

Flanagan, D. P. (2005, November). Cross-Battery Assessment and LD Identification: Best Practices and Accountability. Keynote address at the HouMet Regional conference for psychologists and diagnosticians, Houston, TX. 

Flanagan, D. P. (2005, November). Use of Cognitive Ability Tests in LD Identification.  Presentation at the New York Association of School Psychologists, NY.

Flanagan, D. P. (2005, November). Nondiscriminatory Assessment with the KABC-II. Presentation at the Florida Association of School Psychologists, Hollywood, FL. 

Flanagan, D. P. (2005, August). Cross-Battery Assessment. Keynote presentation at Special Education Regional Services, Region 7, San Antonio, TX.

Flanagan, D. P. (2005, August). Cross-Battery Assessment and LD Identification. Invited address presented at Region 20, Houston, TX.

Flanagan, D. P. (2005, August).  Use of the WISC-IV in the Identification of Giftedness.  Invited address presented at the World Council for Gifted Education, New Orleans, LA.

Flanagan, D. P. (2005, June).  Use of KABC-II in Nondiscriminatory Assessment: Part I.  Invited presentation sponsored by American Guidance Services, Del Mar, CA.

Flanagan, D. P. (2005, June).  Use of KABC-II in Nondiscriminatory Assessment: Part II.  Invited presentation sponsored by American Guidance Services, Del Mar, CA.

Flanagan, D. P. (2005, April). ADA: Evaluating Documentation.  Invited presentation at the National Conference of Bar Examiners, Seattle, WA.

Flanagan, D. P., Alfonso, V. C., Ortiz, S. O., & Dynda, A. (February, 2008). A Research-based Consensus Definition of SLD: Integrating Multiple Data Sources.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA. 

Flanagan, D. P., & Fletcher-Janzen, E. (2005, August). Use of the KABC-II in LD Evaluation. Invited address presented at the Florida Association of School Psychologists, Tampa, FL. 

Flanagan, D. P., Ortiz, S. O., Alfonso, V. C., & Dynda, A. M. (March, 2007). Avoiding the Tower of Babel: Responding to RTI Versus Testing.  Presented at the National Association of School Psychologists, New York City, NY.

Flanagan, D. P. & Vacarro, T. (February, 2008). Applying CHC Theory to Strengthen RtI: A Real World Example.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA. 

Rosengarten, Alfonso, V. C., & Flanagan, D. P. (February, 2008).  CHC Ability Subtest Classifications of Cognitive Tests for Preschool Children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.