Andrew Shanock, Ph.D., NCSP Dr. Shanock has been teaching at The College of Saint Rose since 2005. He specializes in cognitive and academic assessment. He brings to the classroom his years of experience as a school psychologist in public, parochial, and charter schools within urban, suburban, and rural districts. Dr. Shanock's primary interest is the continued development and understanding of contemporary assessment techniques including the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) Cross Battery and Response to Intervention. He promotes an awareness of what cognitive abilities tests actually measure and how cultural and linguistic loadings can impact performance and interpretation. He is currently consulting with several districts in the Capital Region on the creation and implementation of Response to Intervention policies and procedures as well as the development of Instructional Support Teams. Access to Dr. Shanock's presentation handouts and slides can be found here. Education Temple University Ph.D. in School Psychology 2002 Certificate in School Psychology 1998 University of Pennsylvania MS. Ed. in Counseling Services 1992 SUNY Albany BA in Psychology 1991
Certifications New York State School Psychologist Certification National School Psychologist Certification (NCSP) Pennsylvania School Psychologist Certification Professional Organizations NY Association of School Psychologists (NYASP) Board member since 2008, President 2014-2016 NY Trainers of School Psychologists (TSPNY) Board member since 2007 PRESIDENT 2010-2014 National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Trainers of School Psychology (TSP) SCHOLARLY WORK School District Presentations Response to Intervention Implementation and Considerations Ballston Spa Central School District Stillwater Central School District Niskayuna School District Albany Archdiocese Schools Cambridge Central School District Corinth Central School District North Colonie School District East Ramapo Central School District Jericho Central School District South Colonie Central School District Saratoga Central School District Johnstown Central School District Salmon River Central School District Franklin-Essex-Hamilton BOCES Coxsackie-Athens Central School District Perth Central School District Ravena Coeymans Central School District CHC Cross Battery Assessment Saratoga Central School District
Ravena Coeymans Central School District Utica City Schools Dearborn Central School District (MI) West Springfield Central School District (MA) Shenendehowa Central School District Oswego Central School District Yorktown Central School District (VA) Instructional Support Teams The Backbone of RtI Ballston Spa Central School District Johnstown Central School District Jericho Central School District Conference Presentations "Creating a Developmentally Appropriate Model of Response to Intervention for Preschool Programs" JMT Technical Assistance Conference, 2008 Capital District Child Care Council, 2007 "Cultural and Linguistic Loading in Cognitive Assessment" Hispanic Education Forum New York State United Teachers, 2007 "Contemporary Assessment Methods: Unifying RtI & CHC" NYASP Chapter J - Syracuse, 2012 Utica School Psychologists Consortium, 2008 New York Association of School Psychologists, 2006 "Unifying Assessment Data Gathered by School Psychologists and Speech Pathologists" North Carolina School Psychologists - Greensboro Chapter, 2013 American Speech Language Hearing Association, 2012 American Speech Language Hearing Association, 2015 (Featured North Carolina Speech Language Hearing Association, 2012, 2013 Public Schools of North Carolina, 63rd Exceptional Children Conference, 2013 (Featured National Association of School Psychologists, 2010, 2015 National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) Summer Conference, 2015 (Featured New York State Speech Language Hearing Association, 2010 New York Association of School Psychologists, 2009, 2014 New Jersey Speech Language Hearing Association, 2012 California Association of School Psychologists (CASP), 2013 Hawaii Speech Language Hearing Association, 2014 Florida Association of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists, 2014 & 2015 (Featured
NY Association of School Psychologists- Chapter Event, Marist College, 2015 "Impact of Working Memory upon Academic Performance" National Association of School Psychologists, 2010 "Understanding the WIAT-III Writing Sample Workbook" National Association of School Psychologists, 2013 & 2015 New York Association of School Psychologists, 2012 & 2014 "Factors Impacting Candidate Choice of School Psychology Programs" New York Association of School Psychologists, 2011 Trainers of School Psychologists, 2012 "Executive Functioning: The hidden learning disability" New York Association of School Psychologists, 2010 National Association of School Psychologists, 2012 International School Psychology Association (Montreal), 2012 California Association of School Psychologists, 2012 "Executive Functioning and Autism" Family Resource Network, Oneonta NY, 2015 Other projects Contributor Agora: The Marketplace of Ideas - best practices video relating to comprehensive assessment and response to intervention (RTI) in identifying SLD, as well as information to help understand IDEA and the recently issued regulations. Leaders in the field provided commentary and information on how to better understand SLD identification procedures Meeting of the Minds: Best practice in the identification of learning disabilities - member of an interdisciplinary coalition of professional researchers and practitioners that is operationalizing the Learning Disabilities of America's White Paper on learning disabilities into a national model school district policy. CNYSEA-NYASP Working Group - The Council of New York Special Educator Administrators and the New York Association of School Psychologists are working together to operationalize the determination of learning disabilities in New York.
Personal Interests Dr. Shanock, when he is not in his office, or thinking about assessment, his classes, or the state of school psychology, you can find him on the ball field playing some type of sport. Prides himself on having a wine collection that is to be enjoyed and not collect dust. Simply enjoys teaching with energy, passion and humor. Links of interest Intervention Central - A great resource to learn more about Response to Intervention (RtI) and progress monitoring IQCorner - The idea of this blog is to provide a up-to-date bridge between intelligence theory and the applied practice of intelligence testing. The primary interest is in the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) Theory of Human Cognitive Abilities. NY Association of School Psychologists (NYASP)- Official webpage of NYASP. Tons of great resources for future and current school psychologists. CONTACT INFORMATION Phone - 518-337-5694 Office - 958 Madison Avenue, Albany NY Email - shanocka@strose.edu