Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley 1993
  • M.A., University of California - Berkeley 1988
  • B.S., The University of Scranton 1985
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Director of the Center for Child and Family Policy, Center for Child and Family Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy 2019 - 2022
  • Assistant Research Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2015 - 2018
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2016 - 2018
  • Assistant Research Professor in the Social Science Research Institute, Social Science Research Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2014 - 2015
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • AUG 20, 2021

    Six Duke-Penned Books to Prep for Back-to-School

  • JUN 7, 2019

    Sanford School of Public Policy

    Leslie Babinski Named Director of Sanford’s Center for Child and Family Policy

  • APR 16, 2019

    Center for Child and Family Policy

    A Sanford Professor Became a Principal for a Day. See How She Fared
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Efficacy of the DCCS Program: ESL and Classroom Teachers Working Together with Students and Families awarded by Department of Education 2018 - 2023
  • The Targeted Reading Intervention: Investigating the Efficacy of a Web-Based Early Reading Intervention Professional Development Program for K-1 English Learners awarded by University of Delaware 2016 - 2022
  • Hunt-CCFP Research Fellows awarded by James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy Foundation. 2020 - 2021
  • Promoting Self-Regulation to Enhance Social, Behavioral, and Academic Adjustment in Middle School awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2017 - 2020
  • Teacher Collaboration for English Language Learner Success awarded by Orange County Schools 2016 - 2017
  • A Neuroscience-Based Health Curriculum to Promote Academic Success awarded by Department of Education 2012 - 2016
  • Developing Consultation and Collaboration Skills: ESL and Classroom Teachers Working Together with Students and Families awarded by Department of Education 2012 - 2016
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  External Relationships

  • William T Grant Foundation
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Babinski, L. M., D. W. Murray, and J. V. Hamm. “Self-Regulation Challenges and Supports in Middle Level Education: Health Education Teachers’ and School Counselors’ Views.” Rmle Online 46, no. 6 (January 1, 2023): 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/19404476.2023.2204780.
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    • Babinski, Leslie M., Desiree W. Murray, Wilkie A. Wilson, Cynthia M. Kuhn, and Patrick S. Malone. “Impact of a Neuroscience-Based Health Education Course on High School Students' Health Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behaviors.” J Adolesc Health 63, no. 4 (October 2018): 489–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2018.05.016.
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    • Babinski, L. M., S. J. Amendum, S. E. Knotek, M. Sánchez, and P. Malone. “Improving Young English Learners’ Language and Literacy Skills Through Teacher Professional Development: A Randomized Controlled Trial.” American Educational Research Journal 55, no. 1 (February 1, 2018): 117–43. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831217732335.
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    • Babinski, Leslie M., Ashley J. Corra, and Elizabeth J. Gifford. “Evaluation of a Public Awareness Campaign to Prevent High School Dropout.” The Journal of Primary Prevention 37, no. 4 (August 2016): 361–75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-016-0438-3.
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    • Skinner, A. T., L. M. Babinski, and E. J. Gifford. “Teachers’ expectations and self-efficacy for working with bullies and victims.” Psychology in the Schools 51, no. 1 (January 2014): 72–84. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.21735.
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    • Gifford, E. J., R. S. Wells, S. Miller, T. O. Troop, Y. Bai, and L. Babinski. “Pairing nurses and social workers in schools: North Carolina’s school-based child and family support teams.” Journal of School Health, 2010.
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    • Babinski, L. M., S. E. Knotek, and D. L. Rogers. “Facilitating conceptual change in new teacher consultation groups,” March 28, 2004, 101–14. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781410610355.
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    • Knotek, S. E., S. A. Rosenfield, T. A. Gravois, and L. M. Babinski. “The process of fostering consultee development during instructional consultation.” Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation 14, no. 3–4 (January 1, 2003): 303–28. https://doi.org/10.1207/s1532768xjepc143&4_6.
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    • Webster, L., S. E. Knotek, L. M. Babinski, D. L. Rogers, and M. M. Barnett. “Mediation of consultee's conceptual development in new teacher groups: Using questions to improve coherency.” Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation 14, no. 3–4 (January 1, 2003): 281–301. https://doi.org/10.1207/s1532768xjepc143&4_5.
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    • Dewert, M. H., L. M. Babinski, and B. D. Jones. “Safe Passages: Providing Online Support to Beginning Teachers.” Journal of Teacher Education 54, no. 4 (January 1, 2003): 311–20. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022487103255008.
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    • Gravois, T. A., S. Knotek, and L. M. Babinski. “Educating Practitioners as Consultants: Development and Implementation of the Instructional Consultation Team Consortium.” Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation 13, no. 1–2 (January 1, 2002): 113–32. https://doi.org/10.1207/s1532768xjepc1301&2_09.
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    • Babinski, L. M., C. S. Hartsough, and N. M. Lambert. “A comparison of self-report of criminal involvement and official arrest records.” Aggressive Behavior 27, no. 1 (December 1, 2001): 44–54. https://doi.org/10.1002/1098-2337(20010101/31)27:1<44::AID-AB4>3.0.CO;2-O.
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    • Babinski, L. M., B. D. Jones, and M. H. DeWert. “The Roles of Facilitators and Peers in an Online Support Community for First-Year Teachers.” Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation 12, no. 2 (January 1, 2001): 151–69. https://doi.org/10.1207/S1532768XJEPC1202_05.
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    • Rogers, D. L., and L. Babinski. “Breaking through isolation with new teacher groups.” Educational Leadership 56, no. 8 (May 1, 1999): 38–40.
    • Babinski, L. M., C. S. Hartsough, and N. M. Lambert. “Childhood conduct problems, hyperactivity-impulsivity, and inattention as predictors of adult criminal activity.” Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines 40, no. 3 (March 1999): 347–55. https://doi.org/10.1111/1469-7610.00452.
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    • Babinski, L. M., and D. L. Rogers. “Supporting new teachers through consultee-centered group consultation.” Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation 9, no. 4 (January 1, 1998): 285–308. https://doi.org/10.1207/s1532768xjepc0904_1.
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    • Hartsough, C. S., L. M. Babinski, and N. M. Lambert. “Tracking procedures and attrition containment in a long-term follow-up of a community-based ADHD sample.” Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines 37, no. 6 (September 1996): 705–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1996.tb01462.x.
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    • Furlong, M., S. Poland, L. Babinski, J. Muñoz, and S. Boles. “Factors associated with school psychologists' perceptions of campus violence.” Psychology in the Schools 33, no. 1 (January 1, 1996): 28–37. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1520-6807(199601)33:1<28::AID-PITS4>3.0.CO;2-S.
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  • Book Sections

    • Knotek, S. E., and L. M. Babinski. “Mentoring and Developmentally Productive Environments to Support Talent Development.” In Talent Development as a Framework for Gifted Education: Implications for Best Practices and Applications in Schools, 205–29, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003238454-10.
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  • Reports

    • Gifford, E., E. Evans, Kelly, E. Babinski, Leslie, and E. Foster, Audrey. “Participant Perspectives of the School Readiness Planning Process,” August 2011.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • PSY 494: Research Independent Study 2023
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Bass Connections Faculty Team Member. Promoting Academic Success for Latino English Learners in Elementary School. August 2014 - May 2015  2014 - 2015

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