Dr. Scott's curriculum vita

Educational Background

• PhD Special Education, University of Oregon, 1994
• MS Special Education, Portland State University, 1990
• BS Psychology, University of Oregon, 1984

Teaching Areas

• Classroom management
• Applied behavior analysis
• School-wide discipline systems
• Interventions for students with extreme behavior

Research Interests

• Prevention science as applied to schools (primary, secondary, & tertiary)
• Effective instruction for students with behavioral disorders
• Functional behavior assessment and function-based intervention
• Sustainability of evidence-based practice in school settings
• Classroom management, ecology, and context as a factor in student success rates

Professional Activities

• Editor, Beyond Behavior
• Partner in National Center for Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)
• Research on effective secondary/tertiary interventions in Maryland elem. Schools
• Positive Behavior Support trainer/consultant (VA, OH, UT, MD, LA, IA, IL, NYC)
• More than $3.5 million in federal research and training grant funding

Honors & Awards

• Distinguished Early Research Career Award, CEC Division for Research
• Graduate Student Service Award, University of Oregon

Professional Memberships

• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
• Council for Children with Behavior Disorders (Ed. Board, Behavioral Disorders)
• Division for Research
• Association for Positive Behavior Support (Ed. Board, JPBI)

Selected Publication

• Scott, T. M. (2007). Issues of personal dignity and social validity in school-wide systems of positive behavior support. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 9(2), 102-112.
• Scott, T. M., & Kamps, D. (2007). The future of functional behavior assessment in public schools: Balancing Necessity and Sufficiency. Behavioral Disorders, 32(3), 146-157.
• Scott, T. M., & Caron, D. (2006). Functional Behavior Assessment at the School-Wide Level: Determining Predictability and Function of Typical Problem Behaviors. Preventing School Failure 50(1), 13-20.
• Scott, T. M., Liaupsin, C., & Nelson, C. M. (2005). Team-based Functional Assessment and Intervention Planning: A Simplified Teaming Process. Longmont, CO: Sopris West.