David L. Wodrich

David L. Wodrich is an American psychologist, professor, researcher, and author. He is the Mary Emily Warner Professor in Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ. He was previously Director of Psychology at Phoenix Children’s Hospital (AZ), Assistant Professor of Psychology at Illinois State University, and Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arizona.

Professor Wodrich has authored several books on learning disabilities and psychological assessment/intervention, including a structured methodology for detecting the nature of students’ learning problems and matching their needs to empirically-supported educational interventions. Besides publications concerning the impact of learning problems at school, Dr. Wodrich has conducted distinctive research regarding the effect of pediatric illnesses (e.g., diabetes, epilepsy, cancer) in the classroom.

He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applied School Psychology. Among honors are Distinguished Contribution to the Practice of Psychology (Arizona Psychological Association) and fellow status in Division 16 of the American Psychological Association. He is past president of the Arizona Psychological Association, American Board of School Psychology, and the Brain, Neuroscience, and Education SIG of the American Educational Research Association. He is also a consultant to Benjamin Behavioral Health Services in Scottsdale, AZ, where he conducts psychological and neuropsychological evaluations of children with learning, developmental, and health-related school difficulties.

Arizona State University State Press, October 30, 2009. Professor’s work helps epileptic students by Nicole Gilbert

Some Scholarly Work by David L. Wodrich: Wodrich, D. L. & Schmitt, A. J. (2006). Patterns of learning disorders: Working systematically from assessment to intervention. New York: Guilford Press. Wodrich, D. L., Schmitt, A. J., & Goldberg, J. (2010). Using neuropsychological instruments in school settings: Possibilities and limitations. In E. Arzubi & E. Mambrino (Eds.) A guide to neuropsychological testing for health care professionals (pp. 199–228). New York: Springer. Wodrich, D. L., Spencer, M. L. S., & Daley, K. B. (2006). Combining use of RTI and psychoeducational testing: What we must assume to do otherwise. Psychology in the Schools, 43, 798-806. Wodrich, D. L., Kaplan, A. M., & Deering, W. M. (2006). Children with epilepsy in school: Special service usage and assessment practices. Psychology in the Schools, 43, 169-181.

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