Erin Dowdy
Biographic Data
| ID | 2962271 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erin Dowdy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erin |
| FAMILY NAME | Dowdy |
| SIGNATURE | DOWDY E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6402-3277 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Promoting Early School Success
Kindergarten readiness is shaped by both family and school contexts, highlighting the importance of an ecological perspective on early learning. The current study examined whether parental engagement mediates the relationship between parents' protective factors (e.g., social support) and children's kindergarten readiness when controlling for parental education. Participants included 853 kindergarten students whose readiness was assessed using the…
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive MTSS
This paper examines the ethical and legal considerations in providing services to multilingual learners (MLs) before special education evaluations, focusing on the decision‐making process within Multi‐Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). Legal mandates require districts to ensure MLs have equitable access to the general education curriculum and are provided with language support before special education assessment. However, school teams often face e…
Diminished Adolescent Social Well-Being During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Managing the COVID-19 pandemic involved implementing public health policies that disrupted students’ lives, creating conditions that substantially influenced their mental health and well-being. Subsequently, research focused on the mental health sequelae of increased depression and anxiety, but the possible impacts on adolescents’ social well-being have been largely unexamined. Social well-being is essential to youth’s overall mental health and c…
Considerations for conducting legal and ethical ACEs screening in schools
Childhood exposure to adversity and its consequences is a significant public health challenge. Schools are beginning to understand the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and some schools are considering screening for ACEs. However, dissemination of the ACEs screener and subsequent interventions may lead to challenges and iatrogenic outcomes for students if caution is not taken. This paper examines key considerations, including ethical…
A roadmap to equitable school mental health screening
Youth in the United States are experiencing mental health concerns at alarming rates. Considering the nation's legacy of racism and growing recognition of the impact of social determinants of health on educational and mental health inequities, it is imperative to re-envision how we approach mental health screening in schools to center equity. A focus on mental health screening for the sole purpose of identifying individual at-risk students ignore…
Associations of School Diversity with Students’ Race-based Victimization and School Connectedness
Social support profiles associations with adolescents' psychological and academic functioning
Measurement invariance of the English and Spanish Basc-3 behavioral and emotional screening system parent preschool forms
Adolescents’ Personality Traits and Positive Psychological Orientations
Complete Mental Health Screening
Affective Teacher–Student Relationships and Students' Engagement and Achievement
The present study took a meta-analytic approach to investigate whether students' engagement acts as a mediator in the association between affective teacher–student relationships and students' achievement. Furthermore, we examined whether results differed for primary and secondary school and whether similar results were found in a longitudinal subsample. Our sample consisted of 189 studies (249,198 students in total) that included students from pr…
University student voices on healing and recovery following tragedy
Perceived resource loss is important in understanding the impact of the trauma on mental health and could be a part of intake for supportive services. Given that it was the students with greater prior trauma exposure and depression symptoms who were more likely to have clinical distress posttragedy, targeted outreach to current and former university counseling center clients to "check in" may be helpful to reach those who may be in most need. (Ps…
Addressing Disproportionality in Special Education Using a Universal Screening Approach
Bridget V. Dever, Tara C. Raines, Erin Dowdy, Cody Hostutler, Addressing Disproportionality in Special Education Using a Universal Screening Approach, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 85, No. 1, Special Focus: Research Methods, Cultural Narratives and Responsibilities in Education (Winter 2016), pp. 59-71
Long-Term Stability of Screening for Behavioral and Emotional Risk
The practice of screening students to identify behavioral and emotional risk is gaining momentum, with limited guidance regarding the frequency with which screenings should occur. Screening frequency decisions are influenced by the stability of the constructs assessed and changes in risk status over time. This study investigated the 4-year longitudinal stability of behavioral and emotional risk screening scores among a sample of youth to examine …
Development and Predictive Validity of a Teacher Screener for Child Behavioral and Emotional Problems at School
A principal components analysis of the Teacher Rating Scale—Child (TRS-C) of the Behavior Assessment System for Children was conducted with a cross-sectional cohort of 659 children in Grades 1 to 5. A predictive validity study was then conducted with a 2-year longitudinal sample of 206 children. The results suggested that scores from the resulting 23-item screener had strong initial reliability and validity evidence. Predictive validity coefficie…
Screening for Conduct Disorder in an Adolescent Male Sample from Colombia
This study assessed the validity, reliability, and utility of a screening measure for detecting the signs or symptoms of Conduct Disorder in male adolescents from schools in Medellín, Colombia. A first study examined the differences between 70 male offender adolescents (aged 12-16 years) attending alternative education institutions, and 68 (sex, age, and socioeconomic status (SES)-matched) adolescent controls attending regular schools. A CD check…
Addressing Disproportionality in Special Education Using a Universal Screening Approach
Bridget V. Dever, Tara C. Raines, Erin Dowdy, Cody Hostutler, Addressing Disproportionality in Special Education Using a Universal Screening Approach, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 85, No. 1, Special Focus: Research Methods, Cultural Narratives and Responsibilities in Education (Winter 2016), pp. 59-71
Adolescents’ Personality Traits and Positive Psychological Orientations
Measurement invariance of the English and Spanish Basc-3 behavioral and emotional screening system parent preschool forms
Complete Mental Health Screening
Screening for Conduct Disorder in an Adolescent Male Sample from Colombia
This study assessed the validity, reliability, and utility of a screening measure for detecting the signs or symptoms of Conduct Disorder in male adolescents from schools in Medellín, Colombia. A first study examined the differences between 70 male offender adolescents (aged 12-16 years) attending alternative education institutions, and 68 (sex, age, and socioeconomic status (SES)-matched) adolescent controls attending regular schools. A CD check…
Screening for Conduct Disorder in an Adolescent Male Sample from Colombia
This study assessed the validity, reliability, and utility of a screening measure for detecting the signs or symptoms of Conduct Disorder in male adolescents from schools in Medellín, Colombia. A first study examined the differences between 70 male offender adolescents (aged 12-16 years) attending alternative education institutions, and 68 (sex, age, and socioeconomic status (SES)-matched) adolescent controls attending regular schools. A CD check…
Development and Predictive Validity of a Teacher Screener for Child Behavioral and Emotional Problems at School
A principal components analysis of the Teacher Rating Scale—Child (TRS-C) of the Behavior Assessment System for Children was conducted with a cross-sectional cohort of 659 children in Grades 1 to 5. A predictive validity study was then conducted with a 2-year longitudinal sample of 206 children. The results suggested that scores from the resulting 23-item screener had strong initial reliability and validity evidence. Predictive validity coefficie…
Long-Term Stability of Screening for Behavioral and Emotional Risk
The practice of screening students to identify behavioral and emotional risk is gaining momentum, with limited guidance regarding the frequency with which screenings should occur. Screening frequency decisions are influenced by the stability of the constructs assessed and changes in risk status over time. This study investigated the 4-year longitudinal stability of behavioral and emotional risk screening scores among a sample of youth to examine …
University student voices on healing and recovery following tragedy
Perceived resource loss is important in understanding the impact of the trauma on mental health and could be a part of intake for supportive services. Given that it was the students with greater prior trauma exposure and depression symptoms who were more likely to have clinical distress posttragedy, targeted outreach to current and former university counseling center clients to "check in" may be helpful to reach those who may be in most need. (Ps…
Addressing Disproportionality in Special Education Using a Universal Screening Approach
Bridget V. Dever, Tara C. Raines, Erin Dowdy, Cody Hostutler, Addressing Disproportionality in Special Education Using a Universal Screening Approach, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 85, No. 1, Special Focus: Research Methods, Cultural Narratives and Responsibilities in Education (Winter 2016), pp. 59-71
Affective Teacher–Student Relationships and Students' Engagement and Achievement
The present study took a meta-analytic approach to investigate whether students' engagement acts as a mediator in the association between affective teacher–student relationships and students' achievement. Furthermore, we examined whether results differed for primary and secondary school and whether similar results were found in a longitudinal subsample. Our sample consisted of 189 studies (249,198 students in total) that included students from pr…
Complete Mental Health Screening
Adolescents’ Personality Traits and Positive Psychological Orientations
Measurement invariance of the English and Spanish Basc-3 behavioral and emotional screening system parent preschool forms
Social support profiles associations with adolescents' psychological and academic functioning
Considerations for conducting legal and ethical ACEs screening in schools
Childhood exposure to adversity and its consequences is a significant public health challenge. Schools are beginning to understand the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and some schools are considering screening for ACEs. However, dissemination of the ACEs screener and subsequent interventions may lead to challenges and iatrogenic outcomes for students if caution is not taken. This paper examines key considerations, including ethical…
A roadmap to equitable school mental health screening
Youth in the United States are experiencing mental health concerns at alarming rates. Considering the nation's legacy of racism and growing recognition of the impact of social determinants of health on educational and mental health inequities, it is imperative to re-envision how we approach mental health screening in schools to center equity. A focus on mental health screening for the sole purpose of identifying individual at-risk students ignore…
Associations of School Diversity with Students’ Race-based Victimization and School Connectedness
Diminished Adolescent Social Well-Being During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Managing the COVID-19 pandemic involved implementing public health policies that disrupted students’ lives, creating conditions that substantially influenced their mental health and well-being. Subsequently, research focused on the mental health sequelae of increased depression and anxiety, but the possible impacts on adolescents’ social well-being have been largely unexamined. Social well-being is essential to youth’s overall mental health and c…
Promoting Early School Success
Kindergarten readiness is shaped by both family and school contexts, highlighting the importance of an ecological perspective on early learning. The current study examined whether parental engagement mediates the relationship between parents' protective factors (e.g., social support) and children's kindergarten readiness when controlling for parental education. Participants included 853 kindergarten students whose readiness was assessed using the…
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive MTSS
This paper examines the ethical and legal considerations in providing services to multilingual learners (MLs) before special education evaluations, focusing on the decision‐making process within Multi‐Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). Legal mandates require districts to ensure MLs have equitable access to the general education curriculum and are provided with language support before special education assessment. However, school teams often face e…
Psychology (15 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Mental health (4 works)