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Nadeen Kaufman, DEd

Lecturer in the Child Study Center

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Lecturer in the Child Study Center

Biography

Nadeen L. Kaufman, Ed. D., is Lecturer on the Clinical Faculty at the Yale Child Study Center at the Yale University School of Medicine (since 1997) and is co-author, with Alan Kaufman, of the various Kaufman tests, such as the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC), the Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement (K-TEA), Kaufman Brief Intelligence test (K-BIT) and the second editions of these instruments. These tests are influential worldwide, with the K-ABC and KABC-II currently being used in more than 20 countries. Nadeen, who also co-edits with Alan Kaufman, the popular Wiley book series, Essentials of Assessment, is a Fellow of Division 16 of APA. She has been a teacher of learning-disabled children, school psychologist, learning disabilities specialist, university professor, Associate Editor of School Psychology Review, and founder-director of several psychoeducational clinics. She has also published five books, including the 2001 text, Specific Learning Disabilities and Difficulties in Children and Adolescents: Psychological assessment and evaluation, as well as numerous articles, reviews, and book chapters in the fields of psychology and education. She co-edited (with Nancy Mather) two special issues of Psychology in the Schools in 2006 devoted to the integration of cognitive assessment and response to intervention in the assessment of children with specific learning disabilities. With Alan, Nadeen co-authored the computerized test, the K-CLASSIC, for French-speaking countries.

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Education & Training

DEd
Columbia University (1978)
MS
Columbia University, Specialist in Learning and Reading Disabilities (1975)
MA
Columbia University, Educational Psychology (1972)
BS
Hofstra University, Education (1965)

Research

Overview

With my husband and scholarly colleague, Alan Kaufman, I have developed tests of intelligence, achievement, and neuropsychological functioning, beginning with the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) in 1983 and extending to the present day. We are currently in the tryout phase of developing the KTEA-III, a revision of the 2004 test, the Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement--2nd ed. (KTEA-II), and we are also working on a thorough revision of the 2004 KABC-II. Our most recently published test is the 2007 K-CLASSIC, a computerized screening test of the intelligence and attention of children ages 6-10 years; the test was published directly for a French publisher and was adapted and published in 2010 in Germany. My research and writing have centered on the clinical interpretation of tests to diagnose learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities (mental retardation) and other exceptionalities. I have written many psychological case reports that have been published in a diversity of texts, such as Intelligent Testing with the WISC-R (A. Kaufman, 1979), Assessing Adolescent and Adult Intelligence (A. Kaufman, 1990), and--more recently, Essentials of WISC-IV Assessment, 2nd ed. (D. Flanagan & A. Kaufman, 2009). I am co-author of Clinical Evaluation of Young Children with the McCarthy Scales (1977), Essentials of Assessment Report Writing (2004), and essentials of KABC-II Assessment (2005). I co-edited (with Alan Kaufman) the 2001 book Specific Learning Disabilities and Difficulties in Children and Adolescents: Psychological Assessment and Evaluation (at the invitation of Donald Cohen); and I co-edited (with Nancy Mather) a special 2006 issue of Psychology in the Schools that was devoted to the implementation of IDEA for the diagnosis of specific learning disabilities, entitled, “Integration of Cognitive Assessment and Response to Intervention.” I participated in a considerable research endeavor, along with three co-authors, concerning the diagnosis and treatment of specific learning disabilities. The outcome of this research project was a DVD training program titled, “Agora: The Marketplace of Ideas. Best Practices: Applying Response to Intervention (RTI) and Comprehensive Assessment for the Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities.” 1. Exploration of computer-based tests of cognitive abilities.
2. Development of tests of academic achievement that emphasize the translation of test scores to educational intervention.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Achievement; Aptitude; Child, Exceptional; Mental Processes; Psychiatry and Psychology; Psychological Theory; Psychology, Educational

Publications

Others

  • Use of individually administered achievement tests as clinical tools to help children with learning disabilities.
    Kaufman, N. L., Kaufman, A. S., Todo, E., Kumagai, K., & Ishikuma, T. (2012). Use of individually administered achievement tests as clinical tools to help children with learning disabilities. Japanese Journal of Learning Disabilities, 21, 24-31.
    Peer-Reviewed Original Research

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    School Neuropsychology Summer Institute KIDS, Inc. Lifetime Achievement Award (with Alan S. Kaufman) (2012)

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