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1Christopher R. NiilekselaUniversity of KansasDepartment of Educational PsychologyJoseph R. Pearson Hall1122 West Campus Road, Room 641Lawrence, Kansas 66045785.864.1037chrisn@ku.eduEDUCATIONPh.D., School PsychologyUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, May 2012APA-Accredited and NASP-Approved program in School PsychologyMinor Area: Applied Behavior AnalysisDissertation Title: Moderation of cognitive—achievement relations for children with specificlearning disabilities: A multi-group latent variable analysis using CHC theoryCo-Chairs: Steven W. Lee, Ph.D. and Matthew R. Reynolds, Ph.D.Ed.S., School PsychologyUniversity of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, December 2009NASP-Approved program in School PsychologyBachelor of Arts, PsychologyArizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, August 2005Bachelor of Music, Music PerformanceArizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, August 2004PROFESSIONAL LICENSESSchool PsychologistLicensed by the Kansas State Board of EducationMay 2010-PresentTemporary License, PsychologistTemporary License by the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory BoardAugust 2013-PresentSupervisor: Julia Shaftel, Ph.D.Projected completion of licensure requirements: May 2016
2HONORSMary Oyster O’Guin Memorial Scholarship, School of Education, University of Kansas, August2009Achievement Scholarship, School of Education, University of Kansas, August 2009Mary Oyster O’Guin Memorial Scholarship, School of Education, University of Kansas, August2010Achievement Scholarship, School of Education, University of Kansas, August 2010Outstanding Dissertation Award, School of Education, University of Kansas, May 2012Outstanding Dissertation Award, Woodcock-Muñoz Foundation, February, 2013PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPSNational Association of School PsychologistsAmerican Psychological AssociationSERVICEGraduate Association of School PsychologistsTreasurer, August 2007-May 2008Topeka Public SchoolsPositive Behavioral Supports Committee, Topeka Tiered System of Supports, October 2011May 2013Learning Disabilities Committee, School Psychology Department, August 2010-May 2012Gifted Committee, School Psychology Department, August 2010-May 2012Shawnee County Workgroup on Learning Disabilities, Spring 2012-PresentUniversity of Kansas School Psychology Program CommitteeMember, August 2012-PresentUniversity of Kansas Scholarship CommitteeMember, 2015-2016 Academic YearPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCELecturerDepartment of Educational PsychologySchool Psychology ProgramAugust 2012-PresentPostdoctoral Clinical ExperienceCenter for Psychoeducational Services
3University of KansasJulia Shaftel, Ph.D., SupervisorAugust 2013-PresentMeasurement and Evaluation SpecialistDepartment of Assessment and EvaluationTopeka Public Schools, Topeka, KS.August 2011-August 2013School Psychology InternTopeka Public SchoolsEd.S. Internship, August 2010-May 2011Margaret Braun, Ed.S., SupervisorPh.D. Internship, August 2011-May 2012Julia Shaftel, Ph.D., SupervisorSchool Psychology Practicum StudentLawrence Public SchoolsLawrence High School, New York Elementary SchoolJeannete DeVilbiss, Ed.S., & Alison Hodge-Selig, Ed.S., SupervisorsAugust 2008-May 2009Research AssistantAdvanced Learning Technologies in Education Consortium (ALTEC), University of KansasAugust 2008-August 2010Research AssistantSchool Program Evaluation and ResearchAugust 2007-June 2010Research AssistantCenter for Research on LearningDivision of Adult StudiesJanuary 2007-August 2007Student ClinicianCenter for Psychoeducational ServicesAugust 2007-May2008Teaching AssistantUniversity of KansasPRE 306, Development and Learning of the Adolescent, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2008PRE 712, Classroom Management, Counseling, and Consultation, Fall 2008PRE 860, Assessment of Behavior Problems and Personality, Spring 2009PRE 710, Introduction to Statistical Analysis, Fall 2009, Spring 2010PRE 711, Introduction to Statistical Analysis Lab, Fall 2009, Spring 2010
4COURSES TAUGHTLecturer, University of KansasPRE 306 Development and Learning of the Adolescent, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2008PRE 710 Introduction to Statistical Analysis, Summer 2013PRE 711 Lab for Introduction to Statistical Analysis, Fall 2009, Spring 2010PRE 715 Understanding Research in Education (online), Summer 2014, Summer 2015PRE 798 Applied Behavior Analysis and Evidence-Based Interventions, Fall 2012, Fall 2013,Fall 2014, Fall 2015PRE 798 Systems Consultation and Program Evaluation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015,Spring 2016PRE 855 Psychoeducational Clinic I, Fall 2014, Fall 2015PRE 865 Psychoeducational Clinic II, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016PRE 965 Foundations of Psychoeducational Consultation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014PRE 910 Practicum in School Psychology, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015PRE 911 Advanced Practicum in School Psychology, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016SCHOLARSHIPBooksLee, S. W., & Niileksela, C. R., (2014). Ecobehavioral consultation in schools: Theory andpractice for school psychologists, special educators, and school counselors. New York:Routledge.Peer-Reviewed ArticlesEcker-Lyster, M., & Niileksela, C. R. (in press). Keeping students on track to graduate: Asynthesis of school dropout trends, prevention, and intervention initiatives. Journal of AtRisk Issues.Reynolds, M. R., Hajovsky, D. B., Pace, J. R., & Niileksela, C. R. (2015). What does theShipley-2 measure for children and adolescents? Integrated and conjoint confirmatoryfactor analysis with the WISC-IV. Assessment.Niileksela, C. R., & Reynolds, M. R. (2014). Global or specific deficits? Using a MIMIC modelto examine the differences in CHC broad abilities in children with learning disabilities.Journal of Learning Disabilities, 47, 224-236.Reynolds, M. R., Floyd, R. G., & Niileksela, C. R. (2013). How well is psychometric g indexedby Global Composites? Evidence from three popular intelligence tests. PsychologicalAssessment, 25, 1314-1321.Reed, D. D., Niileksela, C. R., & Kaplan, B. A. (2013). Behavioral economics. A tutorial forbehavior analysts in practice. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 6, 34-54.
5Niileksela, C. R., Reynolds, M. R., & Kaufman, A. S. (2013). An alternative Cattell-HornCarroll (CHC) factor structure of the WAIS-IV: Age invariance of an alternative modelfor ages 70-90. Psychological Assessment, 25, 391-404.Reynolds, M. R., Hajovsky, D. B., Niileksela, C. R., & Keith, T. Z. (2011). Spearman’s law ofdiminishing returns and the DAS-II: Do g effects on subtest scores depend on the level ofg? School Psychology Quarterly, 26, 275-289.Lee, S. W., Lohmeier, J. H., Oeth, J., & Niileksela, C. R. (2009). Educators’ perceptions ofmental health needs and services in rural schools. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 33,26-31.Test ReviewsReynolds, M. R., & Niileksela, C. R. (2015). Test Review. Woodcock-Johnson Tests ofCognitive Abilities—Fourth Edition. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 33, 381390.Paper PresentationsNiileksela, C. R., & Lee, S. W. (2015, February). Ecobehavioral consultation in the schools:Broadening the scope of consultation. Mini-skills presentation presented at the AnnualMeeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Orlando, FL.Niileksela, C. R., & Reynolds, M. R. (2013, February). Differences in cognitive-achievementrelations in children with learning disabilities. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting ofthe National Association of School Psychologists, Seattle, WA.Niileksela, C. R., Goding, N., Dean, B., & Marlow, T. (2012, November). At-risk analysis forelementary and secondary students. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the KansasDepartment of Education, Wichita, KS.Stancil, J., Braun, M., Hamilton, T., Niileksela, C. R. (2012, October). Teaching an old dog newtricks: Application of the patterns of strengths and weaknesses model of SLDidentification. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Kansas Association forSchool Psychologists. Lawrence, KS.Niileksela, C. R., Dean, B. (2012, June). Performance analysis through district-created datadashboards and monitoring systems: Tailoring tools to meet the individual needs ofschools and districts. Paper presented at the Strategies for Educational ImprovementConference, Lawrence, KS.Singer, J. K., Niileksela, C. R., Reynolds, M. R., & Kaufman, A. S. (2012, April). Academicachievement and SES in elementary school and high wchool. Paper presented at theWestern Psychological Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.
6Dean, B., Dreiling, H., Schrickel, C., Niileksela, C., Winkler, R. (2012, February). Effects ofattendance rates on state assessment performance. Paper presented at the AnnualMeeting of the National Association of School Psychologists conference, Philadelphia,PA.Craig-Hare, J., Ault, M., & Niileksela, C. R. (2009, June). Technology rich classrooms: Effect ofthe Kansas model. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National EducationComputing Conference, Washington, D.C.SymposiaCormier, D. C., Bulut, O., Niileksela, C. R., Singh, D., Funamoto, A., & Schneider, J. (February,2016). Revisiting the Relationship between CHC Abilities and Academic Achievement.Symposium accepted for the Annual Meeting of the National Association of SchoolPsychologists, New Orleans, LA.Poster PresentationsNiileksela, C. R., & Reynolds, M. R. (February, 2016). Consistency of CHC Constructs on theWPPSI-IV, WISC-V, and WAIS-IV. Poster accepted for presentation at the Annual Meetingof the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.Ecker-Lyster, M. & Niileksela, C. R. (August, 2015). Curse of the Cutoff Score: Effects ofDifferential Criteria for Gifted Education. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of theAmerican Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.Niileksela, C. R. (February, 2015). Cognitive-achievement relations and SES: A mediationanalysis. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association of SchoolPsychologists, Orlando, FL.Perez, D., Niileksela, C. R., & Lee, S. W. (February, 2015). Measuring severity and frequency ofbehavior using visual analogue scales. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of theNational Association of School Psychologists, Orlando, FL.Kitson, T., Niileksela, C. R., Goldenberg, L., & Embry, D. (February, 2015). PAX Quiet: Thefuture of smooth and successful classroom transitions. Poster presented at the AnnualMeeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Orlando, FL.Reynolds, M. R., Niileksela, C. R., & Floyd, R. F. (February, 2014). How well is psychometric gindexed by global composites? Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of theNational Association of School Psychologists, Washington, DC.Wiggins, S., Niileksela, C. R., & Reed, D, D. (2013, May). Academic discounting in collegestudents. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of Applied Behavior AnalysisInternational, Minneapolis, MN.
7Niileksela, C. R., & Reynolds, M. R. (2012, December). Moderation of cognitive-achievementrelations in children with learning disabilities. Poster session presented at the AnnualMeeting of the International Society for Intelligence Research, San Antonio, TX.Reynolds, M. R., Niileksela, C. R., Hajovsky, D. B., & Keith, T. Z. (2011, February). Do geffects depend on g? Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of the NationalAssociation of School Psychologists, San Francisco, CA.Lee, S. W., Niileksela, C. R., & Lohmeier, J. H. (2010, May). Examining how data displaysaffect predictions of graduation rates. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting ofthe Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA.Niileksela, C. R., & Madden, G. J. (2010, May). Bundling delayed rewards together: Effects ofbundle size. Poster accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Association forPsychological Science, Boston, MA.Welch, G., Frey, B. B., Oeth, J., & Niileksela, C. R. (2008, November). Utilization of structuralequation modeling techniques in real-world program evaluation. Poster accepted forpresentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Denver, CO.Lee, S. W., Lohmeier, J. H., & Niileksela, C. R. (2008, May). Self-schemas of dataunderstanding and use. Poster session presented at the meeting of the AmericanPsychological Society, Chicago, IL.Arrington, T. L., Niileksela, C. R., & Schroer, H. (2008, February). Preventing conduct disorder:Engaging, affirming, and supporting youth and parents. Poster session presented at themeeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.Oeth, J., Niileksela, C. R., Bennett, E., Shaftel, J., & Eagle, J. (2008, February). Assessingundergraduate psychology and education majors’ knowledge of school psychology.Poster session presented at the meeting of the National Association of SchoolPsychologists, New Orleans, LA.Eagle, J., Oeth, J., & Niileksela, C. R. (2007, August). Parent involvement in educationalsettings: A comparative review of measures. Poster session presented at the meeting ofthe American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.Book ChaptersNiileksela, C. R., Reynolds, M. R., Keith, T. Z., & McGrew, K. S. (2016). A special validitystudy of the WJ IV: Acting on evidence for specific abilities. In D. P. Flanagan & V. C.Alfonso (Eds.), WJ IV clinical use and interpretation: Scientist-Practitioner perspectives.Lowe, P. A., Fister, E. L., Unruh, S. M., Raad, J. M., Allen, J. P., Arrington, T. L., Bellinger, S.A., Edwards, L. J., Kathurima, B. N., Neaderhiser, J. M., Niileksela, C. R.,
8Schuttler Oeth, J., Grumbein, M. J., & Loke, S. W. (2013). Formal methods in assessingchild and adolescent personality and affect. In D. H. Saklofske & V. L. Schwean (Eds.),Handbook of psychological assessment of children and adolescents. New York: OxfordUniversity Press.Eagle, J., & Niileksela, C. R. (2008). Contingency contracts. In N. Salkind (Ed.), Encyclopediaof Educational Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.In PreparationNiileksela, C. R., & Reynolds, M. R. (in preparation). CHC analysis of the Wechsler scalesacross the lifespan.Niilekela, C. R. (in preparation). Wechsler Intelligence Tests. In Frey, B. (Ed.) The SAGEEncyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation. Thousand Oaks,CA: Sage.Niilekela, C. R. (in preparation). Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities. In Frey, B.(Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation.Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.Niilekela, C. R. (in preparation). Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement. In Frey, B. (Ed.) TheSAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation. ThousandOaks, CA: Sage.Niilekela, C. R. (in preparation). Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Oral Language. In Frey, B. (Ed.)The SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation.Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, December 2009 NASP-Approved program in School Psychology Bachelor of Arts, Psychology Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, August 2005 Bachelor of Music, Music Performance Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, August 2004 PROFESSIONAL LICENSES School Psychologist
