Nadeen L. Kaufman

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Nadeen L. Kaufman (* 1945 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an American psychology professor. She is known for her research on learning disabilities.

life and career

Kaufman grew up on Long Island . In 1965 she received her bachelor of science in education from Hofstra University , in 1972 her master's degree in educational psychology from Columbia University and in 1975 her Ed.M. in Learning and Reading Disabilities and 1978 Ed.D. in Special Education — Neurosciences , both from Columbia University.

Kaufman taught learning disabled children, worked as a school psychologist, and founded several psychiatric clinics. She was also involved in the development and standardization of the McCarthy Scales and the WISC-R .

With her husband, Alan S. Kaufman , she trained school psychologists and clinical psychologists and supervised the work of graduate students at the University of Georgia , the National College of Education in Evanston , Illinois , the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego , and the University of Alabama .

Like her husband Alan, she is one of the 52 co-signers of Mainstream Science on Intelligence , written by Linda Gottfredson and published by the Wall Street Journal in December 1994 .

She has a son named James C. Kaufman .

Publications (excerpt)

Her publications have always been co-authored with her husband, Alan S. Kaufman .

  • Clinical evaluation of young children with the McCarthy scales , New York: Grune & Stratton, 1977, ISBN 0-808-91013-2
  • K-ABC: Kaufman assessment battery for children , Circle Pines, Minnesota: American Guidance Service, 1983
  • K-TEA II: Kaufman test of educational achievement: comprehensive form , Circle Pines, Minnesota: American Guidance Service, 1983
  • K-SEALS: Kaufman survey of early academic and language skills , Circle Pines, Minnesota: American Guidance Service, 1993
  • * K-ABC: Kaufman assessment battery for children, Circle Pines, Minnesota: American Guidance Service, 1983
  • K-TEA II: Kaufman test of educational achievement: comprehensive form, Circle Pines, Minnesota: American Guidance Service, 1983, Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-521-65840-9

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Linda Gottfredson: Mainstream Science on Intelligence. In: Wall Street Journal , Dec. 13, 1994, p. A18.

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personal data
SURNAME Kaufman, Nadeen L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York, USA