Christine DiStefano

Associated IES Content

Statistics and Modeling FY2021 - FY2024

FY2019 - FY2021

FY2019-FY2021 Statistics and Modeling Peer Review Panel

Grant

Investigating Psychometric Properties of BASC-3 Flex Progress Monitoring Forms with Preschool Students

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the forms for a social-emotional progress monitoring system, Flex System for Progress Monitoring (Flex PM), as part of conducting Response to Intervention (RtI) in the preschool environment. The Flex PM is part of the existing Behavioral Assessment System for Children, 3rd Edition (BASC-3), a widely used social-emotional system of measurement that includes a screener, observations forms, and other rating scales. RtI is a systematic process of preventi...

Federal funding program:

Special Education Research Grants

Award number:

R324A190066

FY2018

FY2018 Social and Behavioral Peer Review Panel

FY2017 - FY2020

FY2017 - FY2020 Statistics and Modeling Peer Review Panel

FY2016

FY2016 Single-Session Peer Review Panel

FY2016

FY2016 Social and Behavioral Peer Review Panel

FY2016 - FY2019

FY2016 - FY2019 Statistics and Modeling Peer Review Panel

FY2015 - FY2017

FY2015 - FY2017 Statistics and Modeling Peer Review Panel

Grant

A Psychometric Investigation of Universal Screening for Social Emotional Development in Preschool Using Parent and Teacher Informants

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Behavioral and Emotional Screening System Parenting Rating Scale-Preschool Form (BESS PRS-P), a parent report screening tool which was developed to identify young children at risk for social behavioral problems. As enrollment in preschool programs has increased, so has the number of children entering preschool with emerging social, behavioral, or emotional difficulties. Preschool programs need assessment tools that...

Federal funding program:

Education Research Grants

Award number:

R305A150152

FY2011 IES Peer Reviewers

FY2011 IES Research Peer Review Panel

Grant

Validation of the Behavioral and Emotional Screening System for Early Identification for Social-Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Preschoolers

During the last four decades, the number of preschoolers served in center-based programs (e.g., childcare centers, Head Start Programs, publicly funded pre-kindergarten programs, private preschools) has increased dramatically. Concurrent with the expansion of services to young children has been the fact that many young children who are enrolling in preschools exhibit emerging behavioral and social emotional difficulties that are severe enough to impede their social development and education...

Federal funding program:

Special Education Research Grants

Award number:

R324A100104