Julie K. Ivey, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology
Director/Founder of the Baylor Autism Center

Campus Contact Information:
Baylor University
Educational Psychology Department
School Psychology Program
Office: Burleson 218B
Phone: 710-7584
Email: Julie_Ivey@baylor.edu
Website:http://www.baylor.edu/SOE/autism/

Degree:
Ph. D. Educational Psychology, Oklahoma State University
M.A. School Psychology, Our Lady of the Lake University
B.A. Psychology, Texas State University

Publications:
Importance of Quality of Life Issues: A Comparison of Teachers and Parents of Children with Autism submitted to Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities.

Student IEP participation and parental satisfaction among adolescents with Autism submitted to Autism.

An Initiative to Improve Quality of Services: Increasing Time-On-Task and Quality of Interactions in Ten Classrooms Serving Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders submitted to Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities.

Importance of Quality of Life Issues: A Comparison of Teachers and Parents of Children with Autism submitted to Journal of Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities.

School Psychology Graduate Student Knowldedge of Suicides: A Pilot Study in revision for The School Psychologist.

Ivey, J. (2007). Outcomes for students with autism spectrum disorders: What is important and likely according to teachers? Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 42 (1), 3-13.

Ivey, J. (2004). What do parents expect? A study of likelihood and importance issues for children with autism spectrum disorders. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 19(1).

Ivey, J. & Reinke, K. (June, 2003). Ten ways to help your young child develop number sense. Top: Tips on Parenting.

Ivey, J. & Reinke, K. (2002). Pre-Service teachers' attitudes toward inclusion in a non-traditional classroom. Electronic Journal of Inclusive Education, 1(6).

Ivey, J. (2001). The effect of a field-based program on pre-service teachers' attitudes toward multiculturalism. 2001 Culture Monograph Series, 265-272.

Selected Presentation:
REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Parental Perceptions of Social Skills as a Result of Group Interventions in Children with ASD to be presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual meeting in Boston, MA, in February 2009. Presented with graduate students Ryan Burnett and Kristen Mainor.

How Do Parents of Children with Autism Deal with Stress? An investigation of Coping Styles to be presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual meeting in Boston, MA, February 2009.

Social Skills Group Interventions for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders presented at the Texas Association of School Psychologists annual meeting October 9-10, 2008. Faculty advisor for graduate students Ryan Burnett and Kristen Mainor.

Accommodating for Autism Spectrum Disorders: The effect of a social skills group intervention on the behavior of a child with autism; a case study presented at the 2nd Annual Health Research Forum Waco, Texas, May 13, 2008. Faculty advisor for Kristen Mainor and Ryan Burnett.

Pediatricians and Patients with Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders: Diagnostic Practices, Confidence Levels, and Beliefs presented at 2nd Annual Health Research Forum Waco, Texas, May 13, 2008. Honor’s Thesis project with Holly Hodges.

Pediatricians and Patients with Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders: Diagnostic Practices, Confidence Levels, and Beliefs presented at Baylor's Scholars Day, April 2008.

Autism Spectrum Disorders presented at the Baylor: Libraries Spotlight Scholarship and the Arts, April 25, 2008.

Adult Siblings of Autism: What Do They Expect From Their Own Children with ASD Now? Presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual meeting in New Orleans, February 2008.

The School Psychologist’s Role as an Agent of Change in the Retention Decision-Making Process.” Poster session presented at the Texas Association of School Psychologists annual meeting October 2006, Dallas, TX. Presented with Sarah Becker and Jillian Weaver, school psychology graduate students.

“Preventing Suicide: Do School Psychology Graduate Students Know Enough?” Paper
presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual meeting March 2006, Aneheim, CA. Presented with Tara Hollingsworth, school psychology graduate student.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Ivey, J. (2007, October). What Do Brothers and Sisters Think? Expectations of Siblings of Children with Disabilities. Presentation at the Children’s Special Needs Network Annual Conference, Temple, Texas.

Ivey, J. (2006, September). Ethical Decision Making and Special Population.
Presentation at the meeting of the Heart of Texas Counselor’s Association, Waco, Texas.

"Finding Too Many Teens in the Office? A Description of a Successful Peer Team Building Project," presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual meeting March 2005, Atlanta, GA.

"University School Psychologist Students Role in Behavioral Interventions for Middle School Students," presented with graduate students at the Texas Association of School Psychologists annual meeting November 2004, San Antonio, TX.

"The Skills Using Games and Reading Project," presented at the National Association of School Psychologists annual meeting March 2004, Dallas, TX.

"The Development and Field-Testing of a Mathematical Metacognitive Awareness Instrument," presented at the Southwest Educational Research Association annual meeting, February 2004, Dallas, TX.

"Character Education: What Are Teacher Perceptions?" presented at the International Conference of Civic Education meeting November 2003, New Orleans, LA.

"Quality of Life and Autism," presented at the Texas Council for Exceptional Children annual meeting June 2003, Austin, TX.

GRANTS
Baylor Waco Foundation-Baylor Autism Resource Center (January 2008)

Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Achievement grant for Honor's Thesis project with Holly Hodges (September 2007).

School of Education Summer Sabbatical 2007- Siblings of Children with Autism:
What Do They Expect From Their Own Children with Autism?

University Research Committee-Siblings of Children with Autism: What Do They Expect From Their Own Children with Autism? (March, 2007).

School of Education Summer Sabbatical Awarded 2006- What Do Brothers and SistersThink? An Investigation of Expectations of Siblings of Persons with Autism Spectrum
Disorders.

Research Interest:
Autism Spectrum Disorders, Suicide Prevention, Family Systems, Developmental Disabilities

Courses Taught:
Social and Emotional Assessment EDP 5394
Developmental Disabilities EDP 3361
Psychology of the Exceptional Child EDP 5366
Exceptionalities EDP 4300
Research Methods 5335
Honor's Thesis 4188