Faculty Vita

Steven Nichols, B.A.

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Faculty load

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

Skiba, R., St. John, E., Nichols, S., Ong, K., Hoida, J., Smith, F., & Michaels, B. (1998). Back home again in Indiana: Alternative Residential Services Program 1997-98. Indiana Education Policy Center, Indiana University.

Skiba, R., & Nichols, S. (1998). What works in wraparound programming. In M.P. Kluger, G. Alexander, & P. Curtis (Eds.), What works in child welfare, (in press).

Nichols, S., & Skiba, R. (In progress). Assessing local service capacity within the home and school community.

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), Student Affiliate

Conference Presentations

Skiba, R., & Nichols, S. (October 1997). Tracking the costs of care for students with severe disabilities. 1997 Wraparound Conference: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Skiba, R., Ong, K., & Nichols, S. (March 1998). Relationships between behavioral characteristics and service delivery for students with severe emotional/behavioral disorders. 11th Annual Reserach Conference: A System of Care for Children=s Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base. University of South Florida, Florida Mental Health Institute: Tampa, Florida.

Persinger, L., Jones, J., & Nichols, S. (April 1998). Homosexuality and the school community: Opening the conversation on your campus. Mini-Skills Workship presented at the 30th Annual Convention of the National Association of School Psychologists: Orlando, Florida.

Skiba, R., Nichols, S., & Hoida, J. (April 1999). Serving students with severe disabilities: What the research says about residential and local service options. Paper presentation at the 31st Annual Convention of the National Assocation of School Psychologists: Las Vegas, Nevada.

Nichols, S., & Bauder, D. (Spring 1999). Coordinator for the Grief Training Workshop for the Names Project/AIDS Quilt Emotional Support Volunteers at Indiana University.(Two separate presentations were conducted.)

Service/Outreach Projects

1996-1999 Analysis of the Alternative and Residential Services Program in Indiana, which serves students with severe emotional and behavioral disorders.

2000-2001 Counselor at Indiana University Counseling and Psychological Services at the Health Center. Conducting individual and group counseling with IU students.

Summer 2000 Counselor at Indiana University Center for Human Growth. Conducted invidual and group counseling with individuals, couples, families.

Spring 1999 Counselor at Indiana University Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Student Support Services. Conducted individual counseling with students who identified as gay.

Spring 1999 Counselor at Indiana University Center for Human Growth. Conducted individual and group counseling

Fall 2000 Larue Carter Children's Hospital, Indianapolis, IN. Conducted intellectual and academic assessments of adolescents living in a residential psychiatric facility.

1998-1999 Clinician with Marsha R. McCarty, Ph.D., private practice in family and child therapy. Conduct children's social skills groups, educational/intellectual/psychological evaluations of children, adolescents, and adults, which requires work with several local schools and teachers. Bloomington, IN.

1998-1999 Clinician with the Institute for Child Study. Conducted educational/intellectual/psychological assessments of children and adolescents, also conducted social skills training at Clear Creek Elementary, and conducted individual child therapy. This involved work with several local schools and teachers. Indiana University, Bloomington.

1997-1998 Classroom Partner at Clear Creek Elementary in Kindergarten and first grade classrooms. Bloomington, IN.

1996-1997 Indianapolis Public Schools. Conducted two Special Education re-evaluations at Arlington Woods Middle School, and shadowed a school psychologist there once a week for an entire semester.

1995-1996 Reading Tutor for elementary-grade students in inner-city Cincinnati, Ohio at Hays Elementary School.

Honors/Awards

Outstanding School Psychology Student of the Year, 1998-99

School of Education Fellowship, 1996-97 & 1997-98

Alan P. Bell Award through the Center for Human Growth, Summer 2000