Nadeen L. Kaufman, EdD

Dr. Alan S. Kaufman and Dr. Nadeen L. Kaufman have been at Yale University's Child Study Center in the School of Medicine since 1997, as Clinical Professor of Psychology and Lecturer on the clinical faculty, respectively. Together they combine expertise in psychometrics, test construction, and clinical assessment.

Nadeen, who earned graduate degrees in Psychology, Reading and Learning Disabilities, and Special Education (Neuroscience) from Columbia University, has been a teacher of learning-disabled children, school psychologist, learning disabilities specialist, university professor, and founder-director of several psychoeducational clinics. She also was a direct participant in the development and standardization of the McCarthy Scales and WISC-R.

From 1974 to 1997, Alan and Nadeen trained school psychologists and clinical psychologists, and supervised graduate-student research, at the University of Georgia, the National College of Education in Evanston, Illinois, the California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego campus, and the University of Alabama. The research team that they supervised while at the University of Georgia in 1978-79 to develop the original K-ABC included several individuals who went on to become international leaders in assessment.

In addition to the K-ABC and its second edition (KABC-II), both of which have been translated, adapted, and standardized in numerous countries around the world, Alan and Nadeen have developed a variety of other psychological and educational tests published by Pearson, including the  Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement (K-TEA), the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT), and the second editions of both (KTEA-II and KBIT-2). The Kaufman Survey of Early Academic and Language Skills (K-SEALS) and the Cognitive/Language Profile of the Early Screening Profiles address the preschool level. The Kaufman Adolescent and Adult Intelligence Test (KAIT), the Kaufman Short Neuropsychological Assessment Procedure (K-SNAP), and the Kaufman Functional Academic Skills Test (K-FAST) extend through the adult life span, as does the KBIT-2. They developed the computerized K-CLASSIC for French-speaking countries, which has been published for Germany-speaking countries as well. The K-BIT has been published in Spain and both the KAIT and K-SNAP have been published in Germany and Netherlands.

Nadeen’s other projects include co-authoring Clinical Evaluation of Young Children with the McCarthy Scales (with Alan in 1977), Essentials of Assessment Report Writing (with Liz Lichtenberger, Nancy Mather, and Alan in 2004), and Essentials of KABC-II Assessment (with Alan, Liz Lichtenberger, and Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, 2005); and co-editing Specific Learning Disabilities and Difficulties in Children and Adolescents: Psychological Assessment and Evaluation (2001). 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. In 2007, she co-authored (with Dawn Flanagan, Liz Lichtenberger, and Alan) the DVD-based training program — Agora: The Marketplace of Ideas. Best Practices: Applying Response to Intervention (RTI) and Comprehensive Assessment for the Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities. In addition, many of Nadeen's case reports have been published in a variety of books, and she has authored or co-authored many articles, chapters, and reviews in professional journals and books. Nadeen is a former associate editor of School Psychology Review.

Nadeen is a Fellow of APA's Division 16 (School Psychology). In 2012, she was awarded (jointly with Alan) the School Neuropsychology Summer Institute KIDS, Inc. Lifetime Achievement Award.