Laura Pendergast

Laura Pendergast, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of School Psychology
Dept. of Psychological, Organizational, & Leadership Studies in Education

Ritter Annex 265
1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19122

phone: (215) 204-8077
Laura.Pendergast@temple.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., School Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University
  • M.Ed., School Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University
  • B.A., Psychology, Eastern Illinois University

Areas of Professional Interest

  • Multicultural issues in assessment and diagnosis
  • Diversity in the school setting
  • Childhood behavioral and social-emotional disorders
  • Psychometrics and scale development

Recent Scholarship

Pendergast, L. L., Youngstrom, E. A., Brown, C., Jensen, D., Alloy, L. B., & Abramson, L. Y. (2012). Structural Invariance of General Behavior Inventory (GBI) Scores in
Black and White Young Adults.  Manuscript under review.

Pendergast, L. L., Watkins, M. W., & Canivez, G. L. (2012). Factor structure of scores from the Homework Performance Questionnaire for Teachers. Manuscript under review.

Miller, A. R., Vandiver, B. J., Schneider, B. J., VanDeth, L., M., & Pendergast, L. L. (2012). Preserving language and culture through education: A case study of the Gulisi   Community Primary School in Belize. Manuscript under revision.

Pendergast, L. L., Merkitch, K., Alloy, L. B., Abramson, L. Y., Youngstrom, E. A., & Watkins, M. W. (2012). Differentiating Bipolar Disorder and ADHD: Discriminative Validity of the GBI.  Presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.

Pendergast, L. L., Bryant, J., Howells, L., Moore, L., & Alloy, L. B. (2012). The Suicidality Decision Flow Chart: A Tool for School Psychology Students and Supervisors working with Suicidal Youth. Presented at the Trainers of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Pendergast, L. L. (2010). Nonverbal Intellectual Assessments for Children from Diverse Backgrounds.  Workshop presented at CORA Services, Inc., School Psychology Department, Philadelphia, PA.

Pendergast, L. L., Vandiver, B. J., Cole, P. M., Schaefer, B. A., Murray-Kolb, L. E., Khatry, S. K., ... Christian, P. (2010).  Factor structure of scores from the Revised Conners' Scales with Nepali children. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.

Pendergast, L. L., & Watkins, M. W. (2009). Development of an electronic version of the Homework Performance Questionnaire. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 40, 323 – 335. doi: 10.2190/EC.40.3.d