Faculty Vita

Jeffrey Anderson, Ph.D.

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

Anderson, J. A., Matthews, B., Rutland, J., & Rotto, K. I. (2001). The Dawn Project: Supporting caregivers as partners in the care process. In K. Exo (eds.) Compendium of Presentations for The Building on Family Strengths: A National Conference on Research and Services in Support of Children and Their Families, (April 6-8, 2000). (pp. ). Portland, OR.

Gray, M., Anderson, J. A., & Rotto, K. I.(2001). Exploring the Experiences of Successful Completers of a System of Care for Children and Families. In C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R. Friedman (Eds.), The 13th Annual Research Conference Proceeding, A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base (March 5-8, 2000). (pp. 65-68). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health.

Anderson, J. A., Kutash, K., & Duchnowski, A. J. (2001). Comparing the academic achievement of students with emotional and behavioral disabilities and students with learning disabilities. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities, 9, 106-115.

Anderson, J. A. & Matthews. B. (2001). We care for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities and their families. Teaching Exceptional Children, 33(5), 34-39.

Mohr, W. K, & Anderson, J. A. (2001). Examining faulty assumptions associated with the use of restraints with children. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 14, 141-151.

Anderson, J. A. (2000). The need for interagency collaboration for children with emotional and behavior disabilities and their families. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Human Services, 81, 484-493.

Anderson, J. A. (2000). Developing Systems of Care for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities and Their Families in the United States. In K. Ruoha (Ed.), The First International Colloquium of the Finnish EBD Network: Global Problem - Local Practice: Cultural, Theoretical and Practical Aspects of the Definition of Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities (June 2-4, 1999). Bulletins of the Faculty of Education (pp. 31-48). University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland.

Anderson, J. A. (2000). Comparing Academic Progress in Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities and Students with Learning Disabilities. In C. Liberton, C. Newman, K. Kutash, & R. Friedman (Eds.), The 12th Annual Research Conference Proceedings, A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base (February 21-24, 1999). (pp. 123-126). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health.

Anderson, J. A., Smith, R. L., Knopp, T., & Hinkle, H. (2000). Using the Emergent Evaluation Model to evaluate parent programs (pp. 75-77). In K. J. Exo, L. J. Gordon, P. Jivanjee, & K. Blankenship (Eds.), The 1997 Conference Proceedings, Building on Family Strengths: Research and Services in Support of Children and Their Families, (May, 1997). Portland, OR.

Anderson, J. A., Rivera, V. R., & Kutash, K. (1998). Measuring consumer satisfaction with children's mental health services. In M. H. Epstein, K. Kutash, and A. J. Duchnowski (Eds.), Outcomes for children and youth with behavioral and emotional disorders and their families: Programs and evaluation best practices. (pp. 455-482). Austin, TX: PRO-ED. (This was a refereed book chapter).

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

2001-present Merit Review Committee (IUPUI)

2001-2002 Leadership Selection Committee (IUPUI)

1998-present Area Coordinator for the IUPUI Special Education Area (IUPUI)

2001-2002 IUPUI Teacher Education Committee (IUPUI)

2001-2002 Special Education Doctoral Program (IUB)

2001-2002 Alternate Member, Core Campus Policy Council (IUB)

2001-2002 Member (Alternate), Institutional Review Board (IUPUI)

2001-2002 Adjunct Faculty Member, IU Public Health Department Program (IUB)

Research Areas

McGrew, J. H., Newman, F., & Anderson, J. A. (under review). The Predictive Validity of the HAPI-C. (MH-02-005). National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, proposed research period: 7/01/02-6/30/07, total requested funding: $1,985,704.

Anderson, J. A., Principal Investigator, Exploring the Impact that Mental Health Services have on Functioning in Children and Youth. Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addictions, Indianapolis, IN, 1/02-6/02, $10,500

Anderson, J. A., Exploring the Impact that Mental Health Services have on School Functioning, Proffitt Endowment Grant proposal submitted to the Office of Research and Development. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 7/01-6/02, funded for $15,000 plus 23 credit hours of tuition waiver for a graduate research assistant.

Wright, E. C. and Anderson, J. A., Dawn Project Evaluation Study, Indiana Behavioral Health Choices, Indianapolis, IN 46205, contracted through the Indiana Consortium for Mental Health Services Research, 10/99-present, funded to date: 573,796; total over 5 years: $1,000,000.

Service/Outreach Projects

1999 - Present Youth Services Advisory Board. La Rue Carter Hospital. Indianapolis, IN.

1999 - Present Youth Integrated Services Program. Lawrence Public Schools, IN.

1998 - Present Dawn Project Consortium. Indiana Behavioral Health Choices. Indianapolis, IN.

2001 - present Evaluation Academy Advisory Board. Center for Mental Health Services, Washington DC & MACRO International, Atlanta, GA.