Faculty: Joe Scardapane - Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology

Faculty - Core Faculty

Scardapane, Joseph

(Ph.D., 1983, Hofstra University) DIRECTOR

Research Interests

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

International Presentations

Scardapane, J.R. (January 2004) The Use of Mindfulness Meditation in the Treatment of Chronic Pain, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Anxiety. Paper presented at the international seminar: Eastern and Western Ideas on Mind and Consciousness in Psychological Health, Pune, India.
Scardapane, J.R ( January 2004) The use of In Vivo Barbing in the Treatment of Anger in Children. Paper presented at the international seminar: Eastern and western Ideas on Mind and Consciousness in Psychological Health, Pune, India
Scardapane, J.R. (January,1999) Treatment of anger disorders in children. Paper presented at the international conference on Emerging issues in psychology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
Kassinove, H. & Scardapane, J.R. (January 1999) Invited two day training workshop on The Principles and Practice of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, University of Pune, Pune, India.
Scardapane, J.R. (January 1999) The role of eastern spiritual practices in the cognitive behavioral treatment of borderline personality disorder. Invited Address given at the University of Pune, Pune, India.
Scardapane, J.R.& Guthman, J.G. (March,1998) Innovative Behavior Therapy: The role of acceptance and commitment. Workshop presented at the International Conference on Contemporary Trends in Cognitive and Behavior Therapy: Theory and Practice, V.M. Bekhterev Psychoneurological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Scardapane, J.R. (January, 1998) Cognitive-behavioral treatment of borderline personality disorder. Invited Address given at the University of Poona, Pune India.
Scardapane, J.R. (January 1996). Treatment of anger disorders. Paper presented at the International Conference of Biological Psychiatry, Bombay, India.
Scardapane, J.R.(January, 1996). Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy: Theory and Application. Invited Workshop given at the University of Poona, Pune, India.
Scardapane, J.R. (January, 1996) The delivery of psychological services at an American University. A model for development. Invited Address given at the University of Bombay, Bombay, India.

National and Regional Presentations

Scardapane, J. (April 2007) Fundraising in Doctoral Training Clinics. Presentation at the midyear meeting of the Association of Directors of Doctoral Training Clinics, San Diego, CA.
Scardapane, J. (November 2006) Pros and Cons of the Manual Approach for Interventions. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago IL.
Scardapane, J. (November 2006) The Effects of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction on Eating Awareness and Food Intake in College Employees. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago IL.
Staples, C.E., Scardapane, J.R., & Schare, M.L. (2006). Effects of Virtual Reality Exposure on Speech Avoidance and Self-Reported Anxiety in Stutterers. Paper presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, Chicago.
Scardapane, J. (August 2006) A Research Model in a Doctoral Training Clinic. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. New Orleans, LA.
Scardapane, J. (March 2006) Research in Doctoral Training Clinics. Symposium presented at the midyear meeting of the Association of Directors of Doctoral Training Clinics, Santa Barbara, CA.
Pauzanno-Slamm, N.M., Scardapane, J.R., Motta,R.W. & Schare,M.L.( November 2003) Mindfulness Meditation For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, M.A.
Tory, P.B., Scardapane, J.R., Schare, M.L. & Motta, R.W. (November 2003) A Mindfulness Based Stress Seduction Program for the Treatment of Anxiety. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.
Staples,C.E., ScardapaneJ.R.. Delligatti,N. & Anderson,L (November 2003) CBT of Anger in Parents: A Single Subject Design. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy.
Delligatti, N. & Scardapane, J.R. (November 2003) Parental Participation in Anger Management Groups and Its Effect on Child Anger Experience and Expression. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.
Delligatti, N., Scardapane, J.R., Read, M.K., Main, S. (November 2003) Parental Anger and Its Relationship to Child Experience and Expression of Anger and Aggression. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.
Schulte, C.F.& Scardapane, J.R. (November 2003) The Use of Peer Modeling and Exposure in the Treatment of OCD in a 3 Year Old Girl. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Boston, MA.
Scardapane, J.R., Delligatti, N., Staples, C.E., Read, M.A. (August 2003) Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Anger in Children: A Single Subject Analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Scardapane, J.R., Tory, P.B., Pauzano-Slamm, N.M., Levine,N., Torres-Gallegos, M. (November 2002) Mindfulness vs. Mindfulness- Based Cognitive Therapy vs. Psych-education: Stress reduction for University Employees. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.
Scardapane, J.R., Delligatti, N. (November, 2002) Parental reports of reduction in Child anger after participation in a cognitive-behavioral anger reduction program. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.
Kenney, K. & Scardapane, J.R. (August, 2002) Parental acculturation and child language preference as predictors of cognitive ability and academic achievement in Asian-American children. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Volker, M & Scardapane, J.R. (August, 2002) Models of intelligence test short form development. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Terjesen, M.D., Scardapane, J.R., DiGuiseppe, R., Leis, S., Stone, E. (August, 2002) Understanding Anger in Children: A cognitive-behavioral approach to assessment and treatment. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Scardapane, J.R., Gallegos, M., Levine, N., Eagan, A., and Owens, S. (August, 2002) Relationships among WRIT, UNIT and GATES scores and language proficiency. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Scardapane, J.R., Stone, E., Deligatti, N. (November, 2001) Changes in subjective reports of anger in young boys after an anger control intervention. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia, PA.
Volker, M.A. & Scardapane, J.R. (August,2001) Evaluation of WISC-III short forms for screening high I.Q. children. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco CA.
Scardapane, J.R. & Pinto, A. (August, 2001) Client satisfaction with services at a University Ttraining clinic. Paper presented at the association of Directors of Training clinics in psychology at the Annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco CA.
Scardapane, J.R., Torres-Gallegos, M., Levine, N., Wachenfeld, A. & Owens, S. (Nov. 2000). Predictive value of Verbal I..Q. , Performance I.Q. and behavior rating scales in the differential diagnosis of ADHD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.
Volker,M.A., Scardapane, J.R., Kenney, K.M., Ricovero,J.(Aug. 2000) Predictors of ADHD Diagnosis in a clinic based sample. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Scardapane, J.R., Levine, N., Wachenfeld, A., Torres Gallegos,M., Williams,, P.M., Guarnaccia,C.(Aug. 2000) Relationship between nonverbal intelligence and academic achievement in monolingual and bilingual children. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Carragher,D.J., Scardapane, J.R. & Schmelkin, L.P. (Aug. 2000) Antecedents and consequences of victimization on nonidentified gay male youth. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Carragher,D.J., Scardapane, J.R. & Schmelkin, L.P. (Aug.2000) Alternative behavior scale: Assessing nonidentified gay youth behaviors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Sukhodolsky, DG & Scardapane, J.R. (Aug.2000) School based anger and aggression: prevention and treatment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington D.C.
Bruckstein, D. & Scardapane, J.R. (November 1999) Effects of Acceptance based and Cognitive- Behavioral interventions on chronic pain management. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, Canada.
Schare, M.L., Scardapane, J.R., Berger, A.L.& Rose, N. (November 1999) A virtual reality-based anxiety induction procedure with driving phobic participants. Symposium to be given at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, Canada.
Josephson, B.R., Scardapane, J.R., Schare, M.L.& Schnoll, R.A.(November 1999) Differences in functional impairments between adults with and without ADHD. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, Canada.
Volker, M..A.,Guarnaccia, V., & Scardapane, J.R.(August 1999) Stanford-Binet short forms for screening high IQ preschoolers. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, Mass.
Volker, M..A.,Guarnaccia, V. & Scardapane, J.R. (August 1999)Stanford Binet short forms: Sample verus manual based cutoffs. Poster Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, Mass.
Ricovero, J., Scardapane, J.R., Volker, M.A., Kenney, K.M., & Williams, P.M. (August 1999) Predictive validity of teachers ratings of giftedness. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, Mass.
Scardapane, J.R. (November 1997) Comparing and contrasting Acceptance and Cognitive based psychotherapy. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami Beach, FL.
Scardapane, J.R. Berger, A.L. & Rose, N. (March 1997) Acceptance and distress tolerance in the treatment of anxiety. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, New Orleans LA.
Scardapane, J.R. & Bruckstein, D. (November, 1996) Buddhism, Existentialism and Behavior Therapy: Three's Company. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New York, N.Y.
Poulson, K. & Scardapane, J.R. (October, 1996) A confirmatory factor analysis of the WISC-III for children of high, average and low average I.Q. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, New Orleans, LA.
Scardapane, J.R. (November 1995) Behaviorism and existentialism. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, D.C.
Scardapane, J.R. (May, 1995) The use of behavior analysis in the development of distress tolerance skills. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Analysis, Washington, D.C.
Scardapane, J.R., Schare, M.L.& Magyar-Weiss, C.(1993). Correlation of the WISC III processing speed index with untimed measures of visual-motor integration. Poster presented at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Atlanta, Georgia.