Stephen Becker

The purpose of this project was to examine the academic and socio-emotional problems experienced by children with and without elevated sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) symptoms. SCT refers to a specific set of attentional symptoms, including excessive daydreaming, mental confusion, seeming to be "in a fog," and slowed thinking or behavior. It is a unique pattern of attentional difficulties that are not captured by attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study found that SCT can b...

This study will examine whether resilience factors-such as school connectedness, social support, and student engagement-predict academic and socio-emotional skills for middle school students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and whether resilience factors may differ for girls and boys. Although prior research has identified multiple risk factors that increase the probability that students with ADHD will experience educational difficulties, how strength-based factors may co...

The purpose of this project is to develop and validate Student Planning, Organization, and Time Management Scale (SPOTS), a multi-informant measure of organization, time management, and planning (OTMP) behaviors for use with secondary school students. OTMP behaviors are a set of higher order executive function skills that are essential for student success in secondary school. While student challenges with OMTP may first emerge in elementary school, they become more pronounced in secondary sc...