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Shannon Dowd-Eagle

Shannon Dowd-Eagle Professor
Adams Library (AL) 122
(401) 456-8023
seagle@ric.edu

Academic Background

Ph.D. 2006 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School Psychology
M.A. 2001 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School Psychology
B.A. 1998 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Psychology
Internship 2004-5 Devereux Center for Effective Schools (APA Accredited)

Courses Taught

CEP 215 Educational Psychology
CEP 532 Theories and Methods of Counseling 
CEP 604 Psychoeducational Assessment and Response to Intervention
CEP 629 Internship in School Psychology
CEP 675 Consultation and Collaboration in School and Community Settings
Disability Studies 538 
Disability Studies 561

Research Interests

Systems Level Consultation / Multi-tiered Systems of Support
Home-School Partnerships
Disability
Interdisciplinary Training

Current Projects

Interdisciplinary Specialization in Transition (IST) Project:
Through a grant funded by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), the Interdisciplinary Specialization in Transition (IST) project is designed to improve the quality of pre-service graduate scholars in Special Education and School Psychology Programs to implement high quality instruction, with a focus on evidence-based transition intervention and evaluation, to improve transition outcomes for children and young adults with disabilities. Selected scholars receive tuition remission for 15 credit hours ($7005.00) and a $10,000 stipend per year ($34,010 of funding over the two years).

Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (RI LEND):
The Rhode Island Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (RI LEND) project offers a graduate level interdisciplinary training experience to prepare individuals from diverse professional disciplines to assume leadership roles in the disability field. The purpose of the RI LEND training program is to improve the life course and health of infants, children, and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders and other neurodevelopmental disabilities. The RI LEND program is funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources Services Administration and represents a partnership between the W. Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Hasbro Children’s/Rhode Island Hospital, and the Paul V. Sherlock Center for Developmental Disabilities at Rhode Island College.

Grants Awarded

The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) Personnel Preparation Grant. Preparing Personnel to Serve Transition-Aged Students with Disabilities who have High Intensity Needs: An Interdisciplinary Personnel Preparation Model. Susan J. Dell and Shannon Dowd-Eagle, Co-Principal Investigators. $1,124,187 from October 2019-September 2024.

Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services. Community Enhancement Grant. Shannon Dowd-Eagle, Principal Investigator. $113,700 from June 1, 2019 – May 30, 2020.

Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Project # T73MC301210100, Rhode Island Leadership in Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, Shannon Dowd-Eagle, Principal Investigator for the Sherlock Center sub-award, $126,809/year July 1, 2016- June 30, 2021.

Publications

Eagle, J. W., Furey, J., & Dowd-Eagle, S. E. (2020). Tier 1 family-school partnership programs. In S.A. Garbacz (Ed.), Implementing Family-school Partnerships: Student Success in School Psychology Research and Pracitce. Routledge

Garbacz, A., McIntosh, K., Eagle, J., Dowd-Eagle, S., Hirano, K., & Ruppert, T. (2016). Conceptualizing a paradigm for universal family-school partnerships within school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports. Preventing School Failure.

Eagle, J. W., Dowd-Eagle, S. E., & Garbacz, A. (2016). The role of family and cross-setting supports to reduce impairment and promote success. In S. Goldstein and J. Naglieri (Eds.),  Assessment of impairment: From theory to practice: Second Edition. Springer Publications.

Silva, M., Eagle, J. W., & Dowd-Eagle, S. E. (2014). Family functioning. In S. Lopez (Ed.), Encyclopedia of positive psychology: Second Edition. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.

Eagle, J. W., Dowd-Eagle, S. E., Snyder, A., & Holtzman, E. G. (2014). Implementing a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS): Collaboration between school psychologists and administrators to promote systems level change. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation

Eagle, J. W., & Dowd-Eagle, S. E. (2014). Best practices in school-community partnerships. In A. Thomas and P. Harrison (Eds.), Best practices in school psychology VI. Silver Spring, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.

Dowd-Eagle, S. E., & Eagle, J. W. (2014). Research examining group/team-based school consultation. In W. Erchul & S. Sheridan (Eds.), Handbook of Research in School Consultation: Empirical Foundations for the Field (2nd ed.). Routledge: New York.

Dowd-Eagle, S. E., & Eagle, J. W. (2014). Implementation of ecobehavioral consultation within a response to intervention framework. In S. Lee and C. Niileksela, Ecobehavioral consultation in the schools: Theory and practice for school psychologists, special educators and school counselors. Routledge: New York.

Wills, H. P., Hanson, B., Mason, B., Eagle, J. W., & Dowd-Eagle, S. E. (2014). Functional behavioral assessment and intervention design in ecobehavioral consultation. In S. Lee and C. Niileksela, Ecobehavioral consultation in the schools: Theory and practice for school psychologists, special educators and school counselors. Routledge: New York.

Eagle, J. W. & Dowd-Eagle, S. E., (2012). Review of the Handbook of school-family partnerships by S. Christenson and A. Reschly (Eds.). Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal. 

Eagle, J. W., & Dowd-Eagle, S. E. (2009). Family functioning. In S. Lopez (Ed.), Encyclopedia of positive psychology. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.

Selected Presentations

Furey, J., Gibbons Holtzman, E., Dowd-Eagle, S., & Eagle, J. (2019, February). Assessing Competency Based Field Experiences in School Psychology. Presentation at the annual meeting for the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). Atlanta, GA.

Dowd-Eagle, S., Eagle, J.W., Reinhardt, E. (2016, October). School-wide data based decision making: A user friendly tool. Presentation prepared for the annual meeting of the Office of Special Education Programs. Washington, DC.

Reinhardt, E., Dowd-Eagle, S., & Eagle, J. (2016, October). Leveraging online modalities to support implementation. Presentation prepared for the annual meeting of the Office of Special Education Programs. Washington, DC.

Dowd-Eagle, S., Eagle, J.W., Newman, T., & Ortiz, Y. (2015, February). Evaluating Coaching Practices within a Multi-tiered System of Supports Framework. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists. Washington, DC.

Francis, A., Daly-Cano, M., Dowd-Eagle, S., Nastari, K., Newman, T (2015). Perceptions of Self-determination among college students with disabilities: A pilot study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities. Washington, DC.

Morrison, J., Eagle, J., Dowd-Eagle, S., Rollenhagen, J., Stoner, G., Nantais, M., & Furey, J. (2014, February). Advancing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support through a Program Evaluation Lens. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists. Washington, DC.

Garbacz, A., Eagle, J. W, Hirano, K., Ruppert, T., McIntosh, K., & Dowd-Eagle, S. E. (2014, March). A model for moving from parent engagement to family-school partnerships within SW-PBIS. Poster to be presented at the 11th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support (APBS), Chicago, IL. 

Dowd-Eagle, S., Newman, T., Furey, J., & Ortiz, Y. (2014, February). Multi-tiered System of Supports: School Psychologists as Systems Change Agents. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists. Washington, DC

 Eagle, J. W., & Dowd-Eagle, S. E. (2010, March). Assessing Family Involvement within SWPBIS: School-wide Evaluation Tool – Family (SET-F). Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL.

Dowd-Eagle, S. E., Darcy, M., & Eagle, J. W. (2010, March). A Comparison of Professional Standards: Enhancing Collaborative Partnerships across Disciplines. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Chicago, IL.

Dowd-Eagle, S.E., & Eagle, J.W. (2010, February). Advanced collaborative problem solving teams. Training presented at the Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities at Rhode Island College, Providence, RI.

Eagle, J. W., & Dowd-Eagle, S. E. (2009, November). Family involvement in School-wide Positive Behavioral Supports and Interventions. Workshop presented at the 4th Annual May Institute on Positive Behavioral Supports, Norwood, MA.

Eagle, J. W., & Dowd-Eagle, S. E. (2009, October). Evaluating Family Involvement at the Universal Level in School-wide PBIS: The School-wide Evaluation Tool-Family (SET-F). Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National PBIS Leadership Forum, Chicago, IL.

Dowd-Eagle, S. E., & Eagle, J. W. (2009, October). The Behavior Education Plan-Home (BEP-Home): Cross-Setting Implementation of a Secondary Level Intervention. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National PBIS Leadership Forum, Chicago, IL.

Antosh, A., Nkomo, L., Arenberg, D., DeMerchant, L., Eagle, J. W., & Dowd-Eagle, S. E. (2009, October). The Evolution of the Rhode Island Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports System (RIPBIS).Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National PBIS Leadership Forum, Chicago, IL.

Dowd-Eagle, S.E., & Eagle, J.W. (2009, April). Collaborative problem solving: Fostering partnerships to enhance outcomes. Workshop presented at the Rhode Island School Psychology Association, Providence, RI. 

Eagle, J. W., & Dowd-Eagle, S. E. (2009, February). Extending the Behavioral Education Plan (BEP) to Home Settings: Cross-Setting Implementation. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Boston, MA.

Dowd-Eagle, S. E., & Eagle, J. W. (2009, February). Family Involvement Across a Three-Tiered Model of Service Delivery. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, Boston, MA.

Holtzman, E.G., & Dowd-Eagle, S.E. (2008, June). When you say RTI. In-service presented as part of staff development at Central Falls School District, Central Falls, Rhode Island.

Dowd-Eagle, S. E., Sheridan, S. M., & Eagle, J. W. (2007, March) Responsiveness to the Pre-referral Intervention with Parents as Partners (PIPP) Model. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of School Psychologists, New York, NY.

Dowd-Eagle, S. E., Sheridan, S. M., Eagle, J. W., Blevins, C., & Magee, K. (2006, August). Pre-referral Intervention Partnerships: A Multiple Baseline Design Investigating Outcomes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Eagle, J. W., & Dowd-Eagle, S. E. (2006, August). A Model for Individual Support across Multiple Settings in Schoolwide PBS: Conjoint Behavioral Consultation. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Dowd, S. E., Sheridan, S. M., Eagle, J. W., & Olson, S. (2003, August). An investigation of outcomes and acceptability for school-based problem-solving teams. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Professional Organizations

Rhode Island School Psychology Association (RISPA)
National Association of School Psychologists

Dissertation

Shannon Elizabeth Dowd-Eagle (2006), Pre-referral intervention with parents as partners (PIPP): An investigation of efficacy, implementation fidelity and parent involvement in team-based problem solving procedures.​​​​

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