Special Projects

Research and Scholarly Activities

Grant Awards

Helping Our Toddlers, Developing Our Children (HOT DOCS, 2006), $189,816, PI

• Children's Board of Hillsborough County (Ongoing continuation project)

Relation between Weight Status and the Food and Activity Choices of Adolescents (2006), $9,632, PI

• USF Collaborative Grant Award (1 year)

Early Learning Opportunities Grant (ELO, 2005), $85,000, PI

• Early Learning Coalition of Pinellas County (Completed 2006)

Early Intervention Positive Behavior Support Project (EIPBS, 2002), $334,032, Project Director

• US Department of Education/Office of Special Education Programs (Completed 2006)

Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative (SS/HIS, 1999), $450,000, Co-PI

• US Departments of Education, Health, and Juvenile Justice (Completed 2003)

Families are First Teachers (FFT, 2001), $150,000, PI

• Annie E. Casey Foundation (Completed 2002)

Early Intervention Project, (2001), $160,000, Co-PI

• Florida Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services (Completed 2003)

Supporting Caretakers of Children with Sickle Cell Disease (2001), $15,000, PI

• USF Center for Scholarship in Action (Completed 2002)

The Match Program: Matching Families Strengths to Children's Needs (1999), $12,000, PI

• USF Collaborative (Completed 2000)

New Submissions

Project SPECIAL: School Psychology Early Childhood Intervention and Leadership (Submitted July 5, 2006 to the US Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Preparation of Leadership Personnel), $800,000, Co-PI.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Armstrong, K., Hornbeck, M., Beam, B., Mack, K., & Popkave, K. (2006). Development, implementation, and evaluation of a model for supporting caregivers of young children with challenging behavior. Journal of Early Childhood and Infant Psychology, 2, 51-61.

Boroughs, M., Massey, O.T., & Armstrong, K. (2005). Socioeconomic status and behavior problems: Addressing the context for school safety. Journal of School Violence, 4(4), 31-47

Massey, O.T., Armstrong, K., Boroughs, M., & Henson, K. (2005). Mental health services in schools: A qualitative analysis of challenges to implementation, operation, and sustainability. Psychology in the Schools, 42(4), 361-372.

Armstrong. K., Massey, O.T., Boroughs, M. (2003). Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative: Pinellas County Schools, FL. Psychology in the Schools, 40 (5), 489-502.

Armstrong, K., Dedrick, R., & Greenbaum, P. (2003). Factors associated with community adjustment of young adults with serious emotional disturbance: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 11 (2), 65-76.

Scott, J., Armstrong, K., & Downes, K. (2003). Teasing and bullying: How pediatricians can help. Contemporary Pediatrics, 20 (4), 105-120.

Hernandez, M., Gomez, A., Lipien, L., Greenbaum, P., Armstrong, K., & Gonzalez, P. (2001). Use of the system of care practice review in the national evaluation: Evaluating practice fidelity to system of care principles. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (9), 43-52.

Submitted for Review

Massey, O.T., Boroughs, M., & Armstrong, K. (in press). School violence interventions in the Safe Schools Healthy Students Initiative: Evaluation of two early intervention programs. Journal of School Violence.

Armstrong, K., Curtiss, H., & Lilly, C. Positive behavior support and pediatric feeding problems: Case studies. Submitted July 28, 2006 to Journal of Early Childhood and Infant Psychology.

Book Chapters, Reviews & Reports

Massey, O.T., Boroughs, M., & Armstrong, K. (in press). Sustainability of school-community collaboration in Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative. In Wang, A. (Eds.) Safe Schools/Healthy Students: Meeting the Challenge/Capturing the 1999 Safe Schools/Healthy Students Experience through Local Outcomes. Newton, MA: Education Development Center, Inc.

Armstrong. K, Massey, O.T., Boroughs, M. (2006). The Safe Schools Initiative in Pinellas County, FL. In S. Jimerson & M. Furlonge (Eds.) Handbook of School Violence and School Safety: From Research to Practice, (pp. 525-536). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Armstrong, K. & Hornbeck, M. (2005). Positive behavior support for infants and toddlers at-risk: A proactive, prevention-oriented approach towards healthy development and school readiness. In C. Newman, C. Liberton, K. Kutash, & R. Friedman, (Eds.), A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base, (pp. 355-359). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida.

Armstrong, K., Cusumano, D., Cohen, R., & Todd, M. (2005). Early learning opportunities act: Impact on early childhood educators and preschoolers. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute.

Armstrong, K ., Massey, O.T. (2002). Building a safe school: Evaluation findings from Clearview Avenue Elementary School . University of South Florida , Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Tampa, Florida.

Boroughs, M.A., Massey, O.T. & Armstrong, K. (2002). The cohort study: A longitudinal evaluation of OCIP and Chill Out. University of South Florida , Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Tampa, Florida.

Perry, A., Massey, O.T., & Armstrong, K. (2002). Families and schools together (FAST): An evaluation of program effectiveness with elementary school children. University of South Florida , Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Tampa, Florida.

Santoro, G., Armstrong, K., & Massey, O.T. (2002). An evaluation of the efficacy of a prosocial approach to social skills instruction. University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Tampa, Florida.

Santoro, G., Massey, O.T., & Armstrong, K . (2002). Perceptions of school safety: Year 2 of the School Safety Survey. University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Tampa, Florida.

Tucker, J., Henson, K., Santoro, G., Massey, O.T. & Armstrong, K. (2002). The violence prevention/social skills needs assessment survey: Year 1 of the School Safety Survey. University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Tampa, Florida.

Uzell, D., Massey, O.T., & Armstrong, K. (2002). Learning between the lines: A qualitative analysis of focus groups on school safety. University of South Florida , Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Tampa, Florida.

Worthington , J., Hernandez, M., Friedman, R., Uzzell, D., Joseph, R., MacAlister, J. & Armstrong, K. (2001). Learning from families: Identifying service strategies for success. Promising Practices in Children's Mental Health, Vol. II. Washington, D.C. : American Institutes for Research.

Armstrong, K., Street, S., & Moore, J. (2001). The Match Team: Matching families' strengths to children's needs. University of South Florida , Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Tampa, Florida.

Armstrong, K. (2000). Outcomes from the National Adolescent and Child Treatment Study (NACTS). Florida School Psychologist (27, 3), 20-22.

Innovative Creative Products

Armstrong, K., Lilly, C., Curtiss, H., Salinas, A., Chiraboga, D., Popkave, K. & Williams, J. (In Press). Helping our Toddlers: Developing our Children's Skills (HOT DOCS/ HOT DOCS Espanõl). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Department of Pediatrics.

Armstrong, K. & Hornbeck, M. (2005). HOT: Helping our toddlers. Lessons for parents of young children with challenging behavior. Tampa, FL: University of South Florid , Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute.

Armstrong, K., Scott, J., & Massey, O.T. (2002). Recipes for success in early childhood settings: Essential ingredients. University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Tampa Florida.