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Poverty and Covid-19: Rates of Incidence and Deaths in the United States During the First 10 Weeks of the Pandemic by Finch, W Holmes, Hernández Finch, Maria E

“…The Covid-19 pandemic in the winter and spring of 2020 represents a major challenge to the world health care system that has not been seen perhaps since the…”
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Comparison of Methods for Factor Invariance Testing of a 1-Factor Model With Small Samples and Skewed Latent Traits by Finch, Holmes W, French, Brian F, Hernández Finch, Maria E

“…A primary underlying assumption for researchers using a psychological scale is that scores are comparable across individuals from different subgroups within…”
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ENHANCING COLLABORATION BETWEEN SCHOOL NURSES AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS WHEN PROVIDING A CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH MEDICAL NEEDS by Finch, Maria E. Hernández, Finch, W. Holmes, Mcintosh, Constance E., Thomas, Cynthia, Maughan, Erin

“…Students who are medically involved often require sustained related services, regular care coordination, and case management to ensure that they are receiving…”
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The Relationship of National, School, and Student Socioeconomic Status With Academic Achievement: A Model for Programme for International Student Assessment Reading and Mathematics Scores by Finch, Holmes, Finch, Maria E. Hernández

“…Prior research has demonstrated links between academic achievement and family socioeconomic status SES, such that students from wealthier families generally…”
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Relationship of executive functioning and memory to autism symptomology and adaptive functioning: Implications for reducing future underemployment by Hernández Finch, Maria E., Trammell, Beth, Hulse, Asia R., Finch, William H., Wildrick, Aimee, Floyd, Elizabeth F., Pittenger, Jenna, McIntosh, David E.

“…Understanding the relationship between executive functioning and its connection to working memory and adaptive functioning can inform planning and employment…”
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Improving Predictive Classification Models Using Generative Adversarial Networks in the Prediction of Suicide Attempts by Mangino, Anthony A., Smith, Kendall A., Finch, W. Holmes, Hernández-Finch, Maria E.

“…A number of machine learning methods can be employed in the prediction of suicide attempts. However, many models do not predict new cases well in cases with…”
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Differential impact of COVID-19 school closures on immigrant students: A transnational comparison by Finch, Holmes, Hernández Finch, Maria E., Avery, Brooke

“…Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on many aspects of life, perhaps most notably education. Efforts to mitigate the negative effects of the…”
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School-Based Consultation: Training Challenges, Solutions and Building Cultural Competence by Sander, Janay B., Hernández Finch, Maria E., Pierson, Eric E., Bishop, Jared A., German, Rachel L., Wilmoth, Claire E.

“…This is a consensual qualitative research study of the perceptions of university faculty about methods and tools to teach students the professional competency…”
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Markers of At-Risk Literacy Development in Gifted Students by Speirs Neumeister, Kristie, Hernández Finch, Maria E., Finch, W. Holmes, Spoon, Robyn, Burney, Virginia, Smith, Veronica

“…This study explored the role that select components of executive functioning play in predicting reading outcomes in gifted students both directly and…”
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Not One Pandemic: A Multilevel Mixture Model Investigation of the Relationship Between Poverty and the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic Death Rate in the United States by Finch, Holmes, Hernández Finch, Maria E, Mytych, Katherine

“…The COVID-19 pandemic, which began in China in late 2019, and subsequently spread across the world during the first several months of 2020, has had a dramatic…”
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Investigation of Specific Learning Disability and Testing Accommodations Based Differential Item Functioning Using a Multilevel Multidimensional Mixture Item Response Theory Model by Finch, W. Holmes, Hernández Finch, Maria E.

“…The assessment of test data for the presence of differential item functioning (DIF) is a key component of instrument development and validation. Among the many…”
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Modeling of Self-Report Behavior Data Using the Generalized Covariates in a Uniform and Shifted Binomial Mixture Model: An Empirical Example and Monte Carlo Simulation by Finch, W. Holmes, Hernández Finch, Maria E.

“…Social scientists routinely collect data using questionnaires and surveys. Items on these instruments frequently involve scales with multiple ordered options…”
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Modeling of Nonlinear Growth to Improve the Accuracy of Identification Decision Rules by Finch, W. Holmes, Finch, Maria E. Hernández, Avery, Brooke

“…Progress monitoring using curriculum–based measures administered to a student at multiple points in time is common in educational settings. Recent research has…”
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Profile analysis of the Personality Assessment Inventory‐Adolescent (PAI‐A) for individuals with autism spectrum disorder by Hooks, Elizabeth, Dale, Brittany A., Hernandez Finch, Maria E.

“…The purpose of the present study was to determine if individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) display a unique pattern of responses on the Personality…”
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The Relationship of Cognitive and Executive Functioning With Achievement in Gifted Kindergarten Children by Hernández Finch, Maria E., Speirs Neumeister, Kristie L., Burney, Virginia H., Cook, Audra L.

“…This study provides baseline data to assist researchers in conducting future studies exploring the developmental trajectories of young gifted learners on…”
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Self-regulated learning as a cyclical process and predictor of creative problem-solving by Callan, Gregory L., Rubenstein, Lisa DaVia, Ridgley, Lisa M., Speirs Neumeister, Kristie, Hernández Finch, Maria E.

“…This study used structured interviews to examine cyclical relations among self-regulated learning (SRL) processes before (forethought), during (performance),…”
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The Impact of National and School Contextual Factors on the Academic Performance of Immigrant Students by Finch, Holmes, Hernández Finch, Maria E., Avery, Brooke

“…The issue of immigration has become central to the politics of nations across the world, impacting many aspects of life over the last decade. Researches…”
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The Use of Topic Modeling With Latent Dirichlet Analysis With Open-Ended Survey Items by Finch, W. Holmes, Hernández Finch, Maria E, McIntosh, Constance E, Braun, Claire

“…Open-ended questions are a common component in surveys and questionnaires that are used in the social sciences. Such items can provide researchers with…”
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Special considerations with response to intervention and instruction for students with diverse backgrounds by Hernandez Finch, Maria E

“…Response to Intervention (RtI) has been heralded as having significant promise for improving outcomes, reducing disproportional placement in special education,…”
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Introduction to Special Issue on Multicultural Competence in Consultation by Sander, Janay B., Hernández Finch, Maria E., Newell, Markeda

“…The purpose of this special issue is to highlight current research on multicultural consultation in school psychology, broadly defined. Given the need to…”
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