Hill M. Walker, Ph.D.

Education and Training

1962- Eastern Oregon College, B.A., Secondary Education

1964- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, M.A., Counseling Psychology

1967- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Ph.D., Special Education, Counseling Psychology

Professional experience

1999-
Director, Oregon First Step to Success Replication Initiative. $450,000 Oregon legislative appropriation to support adoption of the First Step to Success program in Oregon school districts.

1994-
Founder and Co-Director, Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior , College of
Education, University of Oregon.

1982-
Director, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD): Center on Human Development, University of Oregon.

1995-97
Associate Dean, Research and Outreach, College of Education, University of Oregon.

1992-96
Project Director, the First Steps Program, an early intervention program for at-risk kindergartners funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs.

1982-95
Associate Dean, Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation, College of Education, University of Oregon.

1989-91
Co-Principal Investigator, "Using Technology to Improve Assessment of Children with Handicaps," with Oregon Research Institute.

1986-89
Project Co-Director and Research Scientist, "Research and Development of a Multiple Gating Screening Procedure for Identifying Mainstream Pupils At Risk for Behavior Disorders," with Oregon Research Institute.

1984-89
Project Director, “The Oregon Youth Study on Antisocial Behavior in Fifth Grade Boys.” A five-year longitudinal investigation of antisocial and at-risk boys in school (1984-89).

1979-82
Director, the SBS project (Social Behavior Survival), a handicapped children's model program grant on mainstreaming funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs.

1971-79
Director, CORBEH (Center at Oregon for Research in the Behavioral Education of the Handicapped), national research and development center at the Center on Human Development, College of Education, University of Oregon, funded by the Bureau of the Handicapped, U.S. Office of Education.

1970-71
Principal Investigator, USOE, Center for Research and Demon-stration in Early Childhood Education, Department of Special Education; Director of research project, "Identification and Modification of Homogeneous Groupings of Deviant Classroom Behavior."

1967-70
Co-Director, Engineered Learning Project (ELP). Research project on deviant behavior in children.

1964-67
Graduate student, Special Education, College of Education, University of Oregon; and Graduate Teaching Fellow, Special Education.

1963-64
Graduate student, Counseling Psychology, College of Education, University of Oregon; and Head Counselor, freshman dormitory, Housing Department, University of Oregon.

1962-63
Teacher, grades 7 and 8, Eugene School District 4J.

Current ORI Projects

Supporting School Readiness in Social & Literacy Domains (Early Start)
National Institute of Child Health and Development, 2002 – 2003

Head Start Mental Research Consortium (Head Start Data)
National Institute of Mental Health, 2003-2005

Publications (Partial List of over 100)

Journal Articles

Feil, E. G., Walker, H. M., Severson, H. H., & Ball, A. (in press). Proactive screening for emotional/behavioral concerns in Head Start preschools: Promising practices and challenges in applied research. Behavioral Disorders.

Walker, H. M. (2002, Winter). The First Step to Success program: Preventing destructive social outcomes at the point of school entry. Report on Emotional & Behavioral Disorders in Youth, 3(1), 3-6, 22-23.

Bullis, M., Walker, H. M., & Sprague, J. R. (2001). A promise unfulfilled: Social skills training with at-risk and antisocial children and youth. Exceptionality, 9(1 & 2), 67-90.

Sprague, J., Walker, H. M., Golly, A., White, K., Myers, D. R., & Shannon, T. (2001). Translating research into effective practice: The effects of a universal staff and student intervention on indicators of discipline and school safety. Education and Treatment of Children, 24(4), 495-511.

Walker, H. M., Nishioka, V. M., Zeller, R., Bullis, M., & Sprague, J. R. (2001). School-based screening, identification, and service-delivery issues. Report on Emotional & Behavioral Disorders in Youth, 1(3), 51-52, 67-70.

Sprague, J. R., & Walker, H. M. (2000). Early identification and intervention for youth with antisocial and violent behavior. In R.
Skiba & R. L. Peterson (Eds.), Building safe and responsive schools: Perspectives on school discipline and school violence [Special issue]. Exceptional Children, 66(3), 367-379.

Walker, H. M. (2000). Investigating school-related behavior disorders: Lessons learned from a thirty-year research career (invited article). Exceptional Children, 66(2), 151-161.

Walker, H. M., & Eaton-Walker, J. (2000). Key questions about school safety: Critical issues and recommended solutions. The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Bulletin, 84(614), 46-55.

Walker, H. M., Nishioka, V. M., Zeller, R., Severson, H. H., & Feil, E. G. (2000). Causal factors and potential solutions for the persistent under-identification of students having emotional or behavioral disorders in the context of schooling. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 26(1), 29-40.

Walker, H. M., & Sprague, J. R. (2000). Intervention strategies for diverting at-risk children and youth from destructive outcomes. Report on Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Youth, 1(1), 5-8, 18-19.

Walker, H. M., & Sprague, J. R. (1999a). The path to school failure, delinquency and violence: Causal factors and some potential solutions. Intervention in School and Clinic, 35(2), 67-73.

Walker, H. M., & Sprague, J. R. (1999b). Longitudinal research and functional behavioral assessment issues. Journal of Behavioral Disorders, 24(4), 335-337.

Walker, H. M., Sprague, J. R., Close, D. W., & Starlin, C. (1999-2000). What is right with behavior disorders: Seminal achievements and contributions of the behavior disorders field. Exceptionality, 8(1), 13-28.

Walker, H. M., Zeller, R. W., Close, D. W., Webber, J., & Gresham, F. (1999). The present unwrapped: Change and challenge in the field of behavioral disorders [invited article]. Behavioral Disorders, 24(4), 293-304.

Feil, E. G., Severson, H. H., & Walker, H. M. (1998). Screening for emotional and behavioral delays: The Early Screening Project. Journal of Early Intervention, 21(3), 252-266.

Walker, H. M. (1998). First steps to prevent antisocial behavior. Teaching Exceptional Children, 30(4) (Special issue on Discipline), 16-19.

Walker, H. M., Forness, S. R., Kauffman, J. M., Epstein, M. H., Gresham, F. M., Nelson, C. M. & Strain, P. S. (1998). Macro-social validation: Referencing outcomes in behavioral disorders to issues and problems society wants solved. Behavioral Disorders, 24(1), 7-18

Walker, H. M., Kavanagh, K., Stiller, B., Golly, A., Severson, H. H., & Feil, E. G. (1998). First Steps: An early intervention approach for preventing school antisocial behavior. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 6(2), 66-80.

Walker, H. M., Severson, H. H., Feil, E. G., Stiller, B., & Golly, A. (1998). First Step to Success: Intervening at the point of school entry to prevent antisocial behavior patterns. Psychology in the Schools, 35(3), 259-269.

Walker, H. M., Stiller, B., & Golly, A. (1998). First Step to Success: A collaborative home-school intervention for preventing antisocial behavior at the point of school entry. Young Exceptional Children, 1(2), 2-6.

Walker, H. M., & Sylwester, R. (1998). Reducing students' refusal and resistance. Teaching Exceptional Children, 30(6) (Special issue on Discipline), 52-58.

Walker, H. M., & Gresham, F. M. (1997). Making schools safer and violence free. Intervention in School and Clinic, 32(4), 199-204.

Walker, H. M., Horner, R. H., Sugai, G., Bullis, M., Sprague, J. R., Bricker, D., & Kaufman, M. J. (1996). Integrated approaches to preventing antisocial behavior patterns among school-age children and youth. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 4(4), 194-209.

Feil, E. G., Walker, H. M., & Severson, H. H. (1995). The Early Screening Project for young children with behavior problems. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 3(4), 194-202.

Books

Walker, H. M., & Sprague, J. R. (in press). A resource guide for creating safe, effective and violence-free schools. New York NY: Guilford Press.

Walker, H. M., Ramsey, E., & Gresham, F. M. (Eds.). (2004). Antisocial behavior in school: Evidence-based practices (2nd ed.). Belmont CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.

Shinn, M. R., Walker, H. M., & Stoner, G. (Eds.). (2002). Interventions for academic and behavior problems II: Preventive and remedial approaches. Silver Spring MD: National Association of School Psychologists.

Walker, H. M., & Epstein, M. H. (Eds.). (2001). Making schools safer and violence free: Critical issues, solutions, and recommended practices. Austin TX: PRO-ED.

Schneider, T., Walker, H. M., & Sprague, J. R. (2000). Safe school design: A handbook for educational leaders. Eugene OR: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, College of Education, University of Oregon.

Walker, H. M. (1995). The acting-out child: Coping with classroom disruption (2nd ed.). Longmont CO: Sopris West.

Chapters

Walker, H. M., Sprague, J. R., Perkins-Rowe, K. A., Beard-Jordan, K. Y., Seibert, B., Golly, A. M., Severson, H. H., & Feil, E. G. (in press). The First Step to Success program: Achieving secondary prevention outcomes for behaviorally at-risk children through early intervention. In M. Epstein, K. Kutash, & A. Duchnowski (Eds.), Outcomes for children and youth with behavioral and emotional disorders (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: PRO-ED.

Walker, H. M., Sprague, J. R., & Severson, H. H. (in press). Schools and youth violence: What educators need to know about developing healthy students and safe schools. In R. H. A. Haslam & P. J. Valletutti (Eds.), Medical problems in the classroom: The teacher’s role in diagnosis and management (4th ed.). Austin, TX: PRO-ED.

Walker, H. M., & Gresham, F. M. (2003). School-related behavior disorders. In I. Weiner (Ed. in Chief), Handbook of psychology (12-vol. series). In W. M. Reynolds & G. Miller (Vol. eds.), Educational psychology (Vol. 7). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Epstein, M. H., & Walker, H. M. (Eds.). (2002). Special education: Best practices and First Step to Success. In B. J. Burns & K. Hoagwood (Eds.), Community treatment for youth: Evidence-based interventions for severe emotional and behavioral disorders. New York: Oxford University Press.

Feil, E. G., Walker, H. M., & Severson, H. H. (2002). Screening and early intervention to prevent the development of aggressive, destructive behavior patterns among at-risk children. In M. Shinn, H. Walker, & G. Stoner (Eds.), Interventions for academic and behavior problems II: Preventive and remedial approaches. Silver Spring, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.

Kingery, P. M., & Walker, H. M. (2002). What we know about school safety. In M. Shinn, H. Walker, & G. Stoner (Eds.), Interventions for academic and behavior problems II: Preventive and remedial approaches. Silver Spring, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.

Severson, H. H., & Walker, H. M. (2002). Pro-active approaches for identifying children at-risk for socio-behavioral problems. In
F. M. Gresham, K. L. Lane, & T. E. O’Shaughnessy (Eds.), Interventions for students with or at-risk for emotional and behavioral disorders. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Sprague, J. R., Walker, H. M., Sowards, S., Van Bloem, C., Eberhardt, P., & Marshall, B. (2002). Sources of vulnerability to school violence: Systems-level assessment and strategies to improve safety and climate. In M. Shinn, H. Walker, & G. Stoner (Eds.), Interventions for academic and behavior problems II: Preventive and remedial approaches. Silver Spring, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.

Walker, H. M., & Severson, H. H. (2002). Developmental prevention of at-risk outcomes for vulnerable antisocial children and youth. In F. M. Gresham, K. L. Lane, & T. E. O’Shaughnessy (Eds.), Interventions for students with or at-risk for emotional and behavioral disorders. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Walker, H. M., & Shinn, M. R. (2002). Structuring school-based interventions to achieve integrated primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention goals for safe and effective schools. In M. Shinn, H. Walker, & G. Stoner (Eds.), Interventions for academic and behavior problems II: Preventive and remedial approaches. Silver Spring, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.




		Hill M. Walker, Ph.D. Education Professional Experience Current ORI Projects Selected Publications
Education and Training 1962- Eastern Oregon College, B.A., Secondary Education 1964- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, M.A., Counseling Psychology 1967- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, Ph.D., Special Education, Counseling Psychology Professional experience 1999- Director, Oregon First Step to Success Replication Initiative. $450,000 Oregon legislative appropriation to support adoption of the First Step to Success program in Oregon school districts. 1994- Founder and Co-Director, Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior , College of Education, University of Oregon. 1982- Director, University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD): Center on Human Development, University of Oregon. 1995-97 Associate Dean, Research and Outreach, College of Education, University of Oregon. 1992-96 Project Director, the First Steps Program, an early intervention program for at-risk kindergartners funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs. 1982-95 Associate Dean, Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation, College of Education, University of Oregon. 1989-91 Co-Principal Investigator, "Using Technology to Improve Assessment of Children with Handicaps," with Oregon Research Institute. 1986-89 Project Co-Director and Research Scientist, "Research and Development of a Multiple Gating Screening Procedure for Identifying Mainstream Pupils At Risk for Behavior Disorders," with Oregon Research Institute. 1984-89 Project Director, “The Oregon Youth Study on Antisocial Behavior in Fifth Grade Boys.” A five-year longitudinal investigation of antisocial and at-risk boys in school (1984-89). 1979-82 Director, the SBS project (Social Behavior Survival), a handicapped children's model program grant on mainstreaming funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs. 1971-79 Director, CORBEH (Center at Oregon for Research in the Behavioral Education of the Handicapped), national research and development center at the Center on Human Development, College of Education, University of Oregon, funded by the Bureau of the Handicapped, U.S. Office of Education. 1970-71 Principal Investigator, USOE, Center for Research and Demon-stration in Early Childhood Education, Department of Special Education; Director of research project, "Identification and Modification of Homogeneous Groupings of Deviant Classroom Behavior." 1967-70 Co-Director, Engineered Learning Project (ELP). Research project on deviant behavior in children. 1964-67 Graduate student, Special Education, College of Education, University of Oregon; and Graduate Teaching Fellow, Special Education. 1963-64 Graduate student, Counseling Psychology, College of Education, University of Oregon; and Head Counselor, freshman dormitory, Housing Department, University of Oregon. 1962-63 Teacher, grades 7 and 8, Eugene School District 4J. Current ORI Projects Supporting School Readiness in Social & Literacy Domains (Early Start) National Institute of Child Health and Development, 2002 – 2003 Head Start Mental Research Consortium (Head Start Data) National Institute of Mental Health, 2003-2005 Publications (Partial List of over 100) Journal Articles Feil, E. G., Walker, H. M., Severson, H. H., & Ball, A. (in press). Proactive screening for emotional/behavioral concerns in Head Start preschools: Promising practices and challenges in applied research. Behavioral Disorders. Walker, H. M. (2002, Winter). The First Step to Success program: Preventing destructive social outcomes at the point of school entry. Report on Emotional & Behavioral Disorders in Youth, 3(1), 3-6, 22-23. Bullis, M., Walker, H. M., & Sprague, J. R. (2001). A promise unfulfilled: Social skills training with at-risk and antisocial children and youth. Exceptionality, 9(1 & 2), 67-90. Sprague, J., Walker, H. M., Golly, A., White, K., Myers, D. R., & Shannon, T. (2001). Translating research into effective practice: The effects of a universal staff and student intervention on indicators of discipline and school safety. Education and Treatment of Children, 24(4), 495-511. Walker, H. M., Nishioka, V. M., Zeller, R., Bullis, M., & Sprague, J. R. (2001). School-based screening, identification, and service-delivery issues. Report on Emotional & Behavioral Disorders in Youth, 1(3), 51-52, 67-70. Sprague, J. R., & Walker, H. M. (2000). Early identification and intervention for youth with antisocial and violent behavior. In R. Skiba & R. L. Peterson (Eds.), Building safe and responsive schools: Perspectives on school discipline and school violence [Special issue]. Exceptional Children, 66(3), 367-379. Walker, H. M. (2000). Investigating school-related behavior disorders: Lessons learned from a thirty-year research career (invited article). Exceptional Children, 66(2), 151-161. Walker, H. M., & Eaton-Walker, J. (2000). Key questions about school safety: Critical issues and recommended solutions. The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Bulletin, 84(614), 46-55. Walker, H. M., Nishioka, V. M., Zeller, R., Severson, H. H., & Feil, E. G. (2000). Causal factors and potential solutions for the persistent under-identification of students having emotional or behavioral disorders in the context of schooling. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 26(1), 29-40. Walker, H. M., & Sprague, J. R. (2000). Intervention strategies for diverting at-risk children and youth from destructive outcomes. Report on Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Youth, 1(1), 5-8, 18-19. Walker, H. M., & Sprague, J. R. (1999a). The path to school failure, delinquency and violence: Causal factors and some potential solutions. Intervention in School and Clinic, 35(2), 67-73. Walker, H. M., & Sprague, J. R. (1999b). Longitudinal research and functional behavioral assessment issues. Journal of Behavioral Disorders, 24(4), 335-337. Walker, H. M., Sprague, J. R., Close, D. W., & Starlin, C. (1999-2000). What is right with behavior disorders: Seminal achievements and contributions of the behavior disorders field. Exceptionality, 8(1), 13-28. Walker, H. M., Zeller, R. W., Close, D. W., Webber, J., & Gresham, F. (1999). The present unwrapped: Change and challenge in the field of behavioral disorders [invited article]. Behavioral Disorders, 24(4), 293-304. Feil, E. G., Severson, H. H., & Walker, H. M. (1998). Screening for emotional and behavioral delays: The Early Screening Project. Journal of Early Intervention, 21(3), 252-266. Walker, H. M. (1998). First steps to prevent antisocial behavior. Teaching Exceptional Children, 30(4) (Special issue on Discipline), 16-19. Walker, H. M., Forness, S. R., Kauffman, J. M., Epstein, M. H., Gresham, F. M., Nelson, C. M. & Strain, P. S. (1998). Macro-social validation: Referencing outcomes in behavioral disorders to issues and problems society wants solved. Behavioral Disorders, 24(1), 7-18 Walker, H. M., Kavanagh, K., Stiller, B., Golly, A., Severson, H. H., & Feil, E. G. (1998). First Steps: An early intervention approach for preventing school antisocial behavior. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 6(2), 66-80. Walker, H. M., Severson, H. H., Feil, E. G., Stiller, B., & Golly, A. (1998). First Step to Success: Intervening at the point of school entry to prevent antisocial behavior patterns. Psychology in the Schools, 35(3), 259-269. Walker, H. M., Stiller, B., & Golly, A. (1998). First Step to Success: A collaborative home-school intervention for preventing antisocial behavior at the point of school entry. Young Exceptional Children, 1(2), 2-6. Walker, H. M., & Sylwester, R. (1998). Reducing students' refusal and resistance. Teaching Exceptional Children, 30(6) (Special issue on Discipline), 52-58. Walker, H. M., & Gresham, F. M. (1997). Making schools safer and violence free. Intervention in School and Clinic, 32(4), 199-204. Walker, H. M., Horner, R. H., Sugai, G., Bullis, M., Sprague, J. R., Bricker, D., & Kaufman, M. J. (1996). Integrated approaches to preventing antisocial behavior patterns among school-age children and youth. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 4(4), 194-209. Feil, E. G., Walker, H. M., & Severson, H. H. (1995). The Early Screening Project for young children with behavior problems. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 3(4), 194-202. Books Walker, H. M., & Sprague, J. R. (in press). A resource guide for creating safe, effective and violence-free schools. New York NY: Guilford Press. Walker, H. M., Ramsey, E., & Gresham, F. M. (Eds.). (2004). Antisocial behavior in school: Evidence-based practices (2nd ed.). Belmont CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. Shinn, M. R., Walker, H. M., & Stoner, G. (Eds.). (2002). Interventions for academic and behavior problems II: Preventive and remedial approaches. Silver Spring MD: National Association of School Psychologists. Walker, H. M., & Epstein, M. H. (Eds.). (2001). Making schools safer and violence free: Critical issues, solutions, and recommended practices. Austin TX: PRO-ED. Schneider, T., Walker, H. M., & Sprague, J. R. (2000). Safe school design: A handbook for educational leaders. Eugene OR: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, College of Education, University of Oregon. Walker, H. M. (1995). The acting-out child: Coping with classroom disruption (2nd ed.). Longmont CO: Sopris West. Chapters Walker, H. M., Sprague, J. R., Perkins-Rowe, K. A., Beard-Jordan, K. Y., Seibert, B., Golly, A. M., Severson, H. H., & Feil, E. G. (in press). The First Step to Success program: Achieving secondary prevention outcomes for behaviorally at-risk children through early intervention. In M. Epstein, K. Kutash, & A. Duchnowski (Eds.), Outcomes for children and youth with behavioral and emotional disorders (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: PRO-ED. Walker, H. M., Sprague, J. R., & Severson, H. H. (in press). Schools and youth violence: What educators need to know about developing healthy students and safe schools. In R. H. A. Haslam & P. J. Valletutti (Eds.), Medical problems in the classroom: The teacher’s role in diagnosis and management (4th ed.). Austin, TX: PRO-ED. Walker, H. M., & Gresham, F. M. (2003). School-related behavior disorders. In I. Weiner (Ed. in Chief), Handbook of psychology (12-vol. series). In W. M. Reynolds & G. Miller (Vol. eds.), Educational psychology (Vol. 7). New York: John Wiley & Sons. Epstein, M. H., & Walker, H. M. (Eds.). (2002). Special education: Best practices and First Step to Success. In B. J. Burns & K. Hoagwood (Eds.), Community treatment for youth: Evidence-based interventions for severe emotional and behavioral disorders. New York: Oxford University Press. Feil, E. G., Walker, H. M., & Severson, H. H. (2002). Screening and early intervention to prevent the development of aggressive, destructive behavior patterns among at-risk children. In M. Shinn, H. Walker, & G. Stoner (Eds.), Interventions for academic and behavior problems II: Preventive and remedial approaches. Silver Spring, MD: National Association of School Psychologists. Kingery, P. M., & Walker, H. M. (2002). What we know about school safety. In M. Shinn, H. Walker, & G. Stoner (Eds.), Interventions for academic and behavior problems II: Preventive and remedial approaches. Silver Spring, MD: National Association of School Psychologists. Severson, H. H., & Walker, H. M. (2002). Pro-active approaches for identifying children at-risk for socio-behavioral problems. In F. M. Gresham, K. L. Lane, & T. E. O’Shaughnessy (Eds.), Interventions for students with or at-risk for emotional and behavioral disorders. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Sprague, J. R., Walker, H. M., Sowards, S., Van Bloem, C., Eberhardt, P., & Marshall, B. (2002). Sources of vulnerability to school violence: Systems-level assessment and strategies to improve safety and climate. In M. Shinn, H. Walker, & G. Stoner (Eds.), Interventions for academic and behavior problems II: Preventive and remedial approaches. Silver Spring, MD: National Association of School Psychologists. Walker, H. M., & Severson, H. H. (2002). Developmental prevention of at-risk outcomes for vulnerable antisocial children and youth. In F. M. Gresham, K. L. Lane, & T. E. O’Shaughnessy (Eds.), Interventions for students with or at-risk for emotional and behavioral disorders. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Walker, H. M., & Shinn, M. R. (2002). Structuring school-based interventions to achieve integrated primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention goals for safe and effective schools. In M. Shinn, H. Walker, & G. Stoner (Eds.), Interventions for academic and behavior problems II: Preventive and remedial approaches. Silver Spring, MD: National Association of School Psychologists. back to top