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Kathryn Van Eck is a Graduate Assistant in the Alvin V. Baird Attention and Learning Disabilities Center and a Graduate Apprentice for the Challenging Horizons Program, an afterschool program for middle school students with ADHD. 

She holds a BM in Voice Performance from Indiana University's School of Music.  After singing professionally for several years, she began her career in psychology as a Project Coordinator of a study investigating the effects of temperament assessed in infancy on adolescent behavior.  This study was run through the Child Development Lab at the University of Maryland.  Last year, she began her M.A. in Psychological Sciences at James Madison University.

She is interested in school-based interventions that improve the outcome of adolescents with externalizing disorders, particularly ADHD.  Additionally, she is interested in etiology, prognosis, and treatment of social impairment in adolescents with ADHD. 

Publications:

Van Eck, K., Evans, S. W., Ulmer, L. J., (April, 2007) From Evidence-Based to Best Practices: What Does it Mean? Emotional & Behavioral Disorders in Youth, 7(2), 35-40.

Steven W. Evans, S.W. White, C.L., Brady, C., Schultz, B., Sibley, M., & Van Eck, K. (submitted) A School-Based Organization Intervention for Young Adolescents with ADHD: Patterns of Responding. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Presentations:

Evans, S. W., Schultz, B., Sibley, M., Van Eck, K., & White, C. (November, 2007). Randomized Trial Outcomes for the Challenging Horizons Program. Presentation presented during a symposium at the annual Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapy Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Posters:

Schultz, B., Creasy, B., Van Eck, K., Serpell, Z., & Evans, S. W. (pending acceptance). Preventing Academic Failure in Middle School Students with ADHD: The Effectiveness of Behavioral Consultation. Poster presented at the annual Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapy Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Van Eck, K., Serpell, Z., Creasy, B., & Evans, S. W. (June, 2007). Assessing Initial Use of Substances with a High Risk Group of Young Adolescents. Poster presented at annual Society for Research Prevention Conference, Washington, D.C.

Byland, A., & Van Eck, K. (March, 2007). The Importance Treatment Adherence. Poster presented at both the 6th annual Raising the Bar Conference, Harrisonburg, VA & 2007 Psychology Student Symposium, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Christensen, O., Van Eck, K., Derrow, S., Delizzio, E., Kibler, E., & Gesualdi, C. (March, 2007). Effectiveness of Organization Intervention for Adolescents with ADHD: Patterns of Responding. Poster presented at the 6th annual Raising the Bar Conference, Harrisonburg, VA.

Mullen, C., & Van Eck, K. (March, 2007). Parent Response Rates in Clinical Research. Poster presented at both the 6th annual Raising the Bar Conference, Harrisonburg, VA, & 2007 Psychology Student Symposium, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.

Martin, J., Van Eck, K., & Perez-Edgar, K. (2006, April). Behavioral and neural correlates of self-monitoring in adolescence: The role of individual differences. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Van Eck, K., Martin, J., & Perez-Edgar, K. (2006, April). Relations between individual differences in error monitoring strategies and personality in adolescents. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Eldreth, D., Vanderwert, R.E., Perez-Edgar, K., Hardin, M.,Van Eck, K., & Fox, N.A. (2006, March). The Role of Temperament and Response Inhibition. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.

Van Eck, K., Eldreth, D., Vanderwert, R., & Fox., N.A., (2006, March). Behavioral inhibition identified at 24 months predicts internalizing behavior throughout childhood. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.