Principal Investigator
Education
CSP 570 - Clinical Assessment I: Psychometrics
Fall Semester, 3 Cr.
Loisa Bennetto, Course Instructor
Course Description: The purpose of this course is to develop an understanding of psychometric theory and its application to assessment. The course will focus on the following issues: Assessment theory, types of tests, test construction and standardization, reliability, validity, test fairness, and ethical and social considerations in testing. Students will learn the psychometric characteristics of a variety of widely used assessment instruments, and will acquire skills in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of these instruments.
PSY/CSP 384/385 - Practicum in Developmental Disabilities I/II
Fall/Spring Semester, 4 Cr.
Loisa Bennetto, Course Instructor
Course Description: Explores educational, therapeutic, and social challenges in developmental disabilities. Students will spend approximately 8 hours per week in a supervised educational or treatment setting as well as participate in weekly meetings to review and discuss general issues in the field.
PSY/CSP 351/352 - Research in Developmental Neuropsychology
Fall/Spring Semester, 4 Cr.
Loisa Bennetto, Course Instructor
Course Description: This course provides guided, direct research experiences in developmental neuropsychology, with a particular focus on autism and other developmental disabilities.
Recent Publications
- (2010 Jun 01). Speech-and-gesture integration in high functioning autism. Cognition. 115, 380-93.
- (2009 Nov 01). Grammaticality judgments in autism: deviance or delay. J Child Lang. 36, 999-1021.
- (2009 Feb 01). Reference production in young speakers with and without autism: effects of discourse status and processing constraints. Cognition. 110, 131-46.
