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Jessica Dudley is the Project Coordinator for a National Institute of Mental Health Grant funding the development and investigation of a coaching intervention for high school students with ADHD.

Jessica earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Kentucky in 2000. For one year following graduation, she served as a Data Management Coordinator for the University of Kentucky’s Center on Drug and Alcohol Research. In 2001, Jessica relocated to Harrisonburg, Virginia in order to begin her M.A. in Psychological Sciences at James Madison University. While enrolled in this program, she served as a Graduate Assistant and Research Apprentice with the Challenging Horizons Program and also as a lead counselor for a Summer Treatment Program in Binghamton, New York.

Following completion of her M.A. in 2003, until November, 2006, she served as an intensive in-home therapist and as a child and adolescent outpatient therapist for Northwestern Community Services Board in Front Royal, Virginia.

Publications and Presentations

Allen, J. , Evans, S . W . , Langberg, J . , & Raggi, V . (2002, March). Positive illusory bias in adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented at annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston , MA .

Evans, S.W., Allen, J., Langberg, J., & Caughlin, C. (2003, August). Strategies to improve academic functioning of secondary students with ADHD. In G. J. DuPaul (Chair), ADHD and Academic Achievement: Promoting Success Through the School Years. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto , Canada .

Evans, S.W., Allen, J., Moore, S., & Strauss, V. (2005). Measuring symptoms and functioning of youth with ADHD in middle schools. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 33(6), 695-706.

Evans, S.W., Allen, J., Moore, S., & Timmins , B . (2004, July). Reliability and validity of secondary school teachers' ratings of behavior. Poster presented at annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu , HI .

Evans, S.W., Allen, J., Raggi, V. & Langberg, J. (2002, November). Determining the validity of teacher ratings as tools for the assessment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in secondary school students. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno , NV .

Evans, S.W., Langberg, J., Raggi, V., Allen, J., & Buvinger, E. (in 2005). Development of a school-based treatment program for middle school youth with ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 9(1), 343-353.

Moore, S. , Evans, S.W., & Allen, J. (2003, March). The effects of self-appraisal bias on treatment outcome among adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore , MD.

Raggi , V ., Evans, S.W., Langberg, J., & Allen, J. (2002, March). Effects of interpersonal and social skills training on adolescents with ADHD. Poster presented at annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston , MA .

Williams, A., Moore, S. , Evans, S.W., & Allen, J. (2003, November). Does improvement in social skills functioning after treatment reduce self appraisal bias: An investigation of the moderating effect of self appraisal bias in adolescents with ADHD? Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston , MA .