Lazarus, P. J. (2009, March). Creating safe and supportive learning environments. An invited
presentation at the National School Safety Summit. Nyack, NY.
Lazarus, P. J. (2009, February). Using a public health model to create safe schools. Paper
presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists.
Boston, MA.
Lazarus, P. J., & Ortega, P. (2009, February). Effective alternatives to retention. Paper
presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists.
Boston, MA.
Lazarus, P. J. (2009, February).The sustained reduction of youth suicidal behavior in a
multicultural urban school system. Paper presented as part of a symposium entitled
School based suicide prevention: Research advances and practice implications at the
annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists. Boston, MA.
Lazarus, P. J. (2008, February). Public health, school violence and America’s youth. Paper
presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists.
New Orleans, LA.
Lazarus, P. J. (2008, February). Preventing grade retention through universal pre-kindergarten
and universal screening. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National
Association of School Psychologists. New Orleans, LA.
Lazarus, P.J. (2007, April).Breaking the cycle of bullying and creating a school climate where
everyone belongs. A symposium delivered at the Kent State Psychology Seminar Series.
Kent State, OH.
Lazarus, P. J. (2007, April). Out of whack: How the American educational establishment has
neglected the emotional well-being of its nation’s youth. An address delivered at the
Kent State Psychology Seminar Series. Kent State, OH.
Lazarus, P. J., & Benson, N. (2007, March). Retention is an ineffective intervention. So
what are the alternatives? Paper presented at the annual convention of the
National Association of School Psychologists. New York, NY.
Lazarus, P. J., & Taub, G. (2007, March). The effects of training in timing and rhythm on
reading achievement. Poster presented at the annual convention of the National
Association of School Psychologists. New York, NY.
Lazarus, P. J. et. al. (2006, March). The NASP/NEAT school crisis response in the aftermath
of Hurricane Katrina. An invited presentation at the annual convention of the National
Association of School Psychologists. Anaheim, CA.
Lazarus, P. J. (2006, March). School violence, public policy and America’s youth. Paper
presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists.
Anaheim, CA.
Lazarus, P. J., & Lazarus, J. (2006, March). Managing children’s anxiety in a high stakes
environment. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of
School Psychologists. Anaheim, CA
Lazarus, P. J. (2005, August). It’s not just about the bully. Invited presentation to the second
annual convention of VIRTUS coordinators. Chicago, IL
Lazarus, P. J. (2006, February). Crisis intervention in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
A half day presentation at the annual conference of the Mississippi Association of Psychologists
in the Schools.
Lazarus, P. J. (2006, February). Developing your state school psychology crisis response team. A
half day presentation at the annual conference of the Mississippi Association of
Psychologists in the Schools.
Lazarus, P J., Feinberg, T., & Zenere, F. (2006, November). Presented four half day workshops
on Helping students and faculty cope in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Plaquemines Parish,
New Orleans, LA.
Lazarus, P. J., Cash, G., & Pitts, S. (2005, September). Presented a series of four workshops
across the state of Mississippi on Coping with the immediate aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina.
Lazarus, P. J., & Zenere, F. (2005, March). Tropical trauma: Implications for responding to
natural disasters in the school community. An invited presentation at the annual convention
of the National Association of School Psychologists. Atlanta, GA.
Lazarus, P. J., & Buslinger-Clifford, S. (2005, March). The effects of high stakes testing on retention
practices. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School
Psychologists. Atlanta, GA.
Lazarus, P. J., & Buslinger-Clifford (2005, April). Referral practices for special education after
the implementation of high stakes testing. Paper presented at the annual convention of
the National Association of School Psychologists. Atlanta, GA.
Lazarus, P. J., & Zenere, F. (2004, April). Reducing suicide in an urban school system. Paper
presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists.
Dallas, TX.
Lazarus, P. J. , Pfohl, W., Brock, S., Jimerson, S., Zenere, F., Lieberman, R., Zenere, F., &
Sieckert, K. (2004, April). Developing state school crisis response teams. An invited
presentation at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists.
Dallas, TX.
Lazarus, P. J. , & Kitson, J. (Symposium Co-Chairs), Jimerson, S., Cash, G., Hobbs, T. &
Satchell, R. (2004, April). Bullying and violence prevention. An invited symposium
presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists.
Dallas, TX.
Lazarus, P. J., & Aberson, B. (2003, October). Bully prevention and the I Can Problem Solve
Program. A two day workshop presented to school personnel of the Catholic Diocese of
Albany, NY.
Lazarus, P. J. (2003, April). Anxiety and the school age child. Paper presented at the
annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologist as part of a
symposium on mental health advocacy. Toronto, Canada.
Lazarus, P. J., & Zenere, F. (2003, April). A 13 year longitudinal study investigating the long
term-effects of a suicide prevention program in a large urban multicultural school system. An
invited presentation (by the President of the American Association of Suicidology) delivered at
the annual convention of American Association of Suicidology. Sante Fe, NM.
Lazarus, P. J., & Poland, S. (2002, August). Violence prevention in the schools. An invited two-
day workshop delivered to the Catholic diocese of Queens and Brooklyn. Manhattan
Beach, NY.
Lazarus, P. J., & Poland, S. (2002, November). Violence prevention in the schools. An invited
all-day workshop delivered to the Catholic diocese of Albany. Albany, NY.
Lazarus, P. J., & Poland, S. (2002, May). School violence prevention. An all day presentation in
Brooklyn, NY for the Catholic diocese.
Lazarus, P. J., & Poland, S. (2002, April). School violence prevention. An all day presentation in
Princeton, N.J. for the Catholic diocese.
Lazarus, P. J. (2002, February). Breaking the code of silence: Barriers and strategies. Paper
presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologist, Chicago,
IL.
Lazarus, P. J. (2002, February). Suicide prevention and youth: Recommendations for
public policy. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of
School Psychologist . Chicago, IL.
Lazarus, P. J., Zenere, F., Pfohl, W., & Sieckert, K. (2002, February). Developing your state
crisis response team. Special session presented at the annual convention of the National
Association of School Psychologist. Chicago, IL.
Pfohl, W., Lazarus, P. J. & Lieberman, R. (2002, February). Debriefing strategies following a
crisis. A workshop presentation presented at the annual meeting of Trainers of School
Psychologists. Chicago, IL.
Lazarus, P., & Poland, S. (2001, October). School violence prevention. An all day workshop
presented to the schools of the Catholic diocese of Chicago. Chicago, IL.
Lazarus, P. J. & Zenere, F. (2001, April). Developing your state school crisis response team.
A special session presented at the annual convention of the National Association of
School Psychologists. Washington, DC.
Pfohl, W., Feinberg, T., Lazarus, P. J., Zenere, F., & Sieckert, K. (2001, April). Training trainers
in school crisis prevention and intervention. A workshop presented at the
annual meeting of Trainers of School Psychologists. Washington, DC.
Lazarus, P. J. (2000, March). Crisis prevention and intervention in the schools. The featured
all day CEU workshop at the Annual Spring Conference of the West Virginia School Psychology
Association. Morgantown, WV.
Lazarus, P. J. (2000, January). Preventing youth suicide: A risk assessment approach.
Featured symposium at the Annual Meeting of the National Catholic Risk Assessment
Group. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Poland, S., Feinberg, T., Lazarus, P. J., Zenere, F., Pfohl, W. & Siekert, K. (2000, July). Crisis
intervention in the schools. An all day CEU workshop presented at the
annual convention of the International School Psychology Association. Durham, N.H.
Lazarus, P. J., & Brock, S. (2000, April). Responding to the media in the aftermath of
school violence. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National
Association of School Psychologists. New Orleans, LA.
Young, M., Zenere, F., Lieberman, R., Feinberg, T., Pfohl, W., Lazarus, P. J., & Seikert, K.
(2000, April). NEAT/NOVA workshop. An all day CEU workshop presented at the annual
convention of the National Association of School Psychologists.
New Orleans, LA.
Lazarus, P. J. (2000, February). Crisis prevention and intervention in the schools. The
pre-conference all day CEU workshop at the annual spring conference of the
Texas School Psychology Association. Grapevine, TX.
Lazarus, P. J. (2000, January). Preventing youth suicide: A risk assessment approach.
Featured symposium at the annual meeting of the National Catholic Risk Assessment Group.
Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Lazarus, P. J. (1999, July). Emotional intelligence: A paradigm for education in the next
millennium. Invited keynote address at the International School Psychology
Association Colloqium. Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.
Lazarus, P. J. (1999, July). Symposium chair. Developing an international response to crisis
in the schools. A symposium presented at the International School Psychology
Association Colloqium. Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.
Lazarus, P. J. , Siekert, K., & Pfohl, W. (1999, July). Responding to crisis in the schools. A
half day workshop presented at the International School Psychology Association Colloqium.
Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.
Mullins, A., Bower, J., Stockton, B., Massone, V., Christiansen, T., Paine, C., Feinberg, T.,
Lazarus, P. J. , Lieberman, R., Pfohl, W., Poland, S., Siekert, K., & Zenere, F. (1999, April). Advice
from the front lines: School psychologists who have been there. (President’s Invited Panel
Presentation). Panel presentation at the annual convention of the National Association of School
Psychologists. Las Vegas, NV.
Young, M., Feinberg, T., Lazarus, P. J. , Lieberman, R., Pfohl, B., Poland, S., Sieckert, K., &
Zenere, F. (1999, April). NEAT/NOVA workshop. All day workshops presented at the annual convention
of the National Association of School Psychologists. Las Vegas, NV.
Poland, S., & Lazarus, P. J. (1998, November). Crisis intervention in the schools. What have
we learned? Invited workshop at the annual Southeast Regional Leaders Meeting. Savannah, GA.
Lazarus, P. J., & Zenere, F. (1998, April). Developing preventative programs and building
support systems for students displaying suicidal behavior. Paper presented at the annual convention
of National Association of School Psychologists. Orlando, FL.
Shukla, S., & Lazarus, P. J. (1998, April). Does inclusion work? Show me the data. Paper
presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists
Orlando, FL.
Lazarus, P. J., & Paez, D. (1997, April). Approaches to honestly dealing with the human
diversity standard. (Invited presentation). Paper presented at the annual meeting of
the Trainers of School Psychologists. Anaheim, CA.
Feinberg, T., Lazarus, P. J. , Lieberman, R., Poland, S., Sieckert, K. (1997, April). The
development of the NEAT Team. Paper presented at the annual convention of the
National Association of School Psychologists. Anaheim, CA.
Lazarus, P. J., & Cash, R. (1996, March). The DSM-IV in clinical and school practice. (Invited
presenter). All day workshop presented at the annual convention of the National Association
of School Psychologists. Atlanta, GA.
Zenere, P. J., & Lazarus, P. J. (1996, March). Suicidal behavior of youth. Trends in a
multicultural public school system. Paper presented at the annual convention of
the National Association of School Psychologists. Atlanta, GA.
Lazarus, P. J., & Zenere, F. (1995, March). Acute Stress Disorder and PTSD: Models for
intervention and prevention. Paper presented at the annual convention of the
National Association of School Psychologists. Chicago, Il.
Zenere, F., & Lazarus, P. J. (1995, March). Prevention, intervention, and postvention efficacy
of a district-wide school crisis management program. Paper presented
at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists.
Chicago, IL.
Lazarus, P. (1995, March). Post-traumatic stress disorder in children and adolescents. Rhode
Island School Television (a half hour interview of the presenter shown on television in
Rhode Island). The program objective is to provide psychological information to parents.
Lazarus, P. (1995, March). Psychological interventions with children who experienced PTSD.
Rhode Island School Television (a 10 minute segment of a half hour program shown on
television in Rhode Island. The program objective was to provide psychological
information to parents).
Lazarus, P. J., & Cash, R. E. (1995, June) The DSM-IV in clinical and school practice. Two
day workshop for DASP/FASP. (Invited presenter). Presented on the Cruise Ship
Ecstasy, Carnival Cruise Lines. Miami and Bahamas.
Escovar, P. & Lazarus, P. J. (1994, March) Educational implications of social
facilitation effects with ADHD boys on automatic and effortful processing tasks.
Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School
Psychologists. Seattle, WA.
Lazarus, P. J., Jackson, J., & Zenere, F. (1994, March). School psychological services in the
aftermath of a natural disaster: What have we learned? Paper presented at the annual
convention of the National Association of School Psychologists. Seattle, WA.
Lazarus, P. (1994, January). Crisis intervention in the aftermath of a natural disaster.
Research Triangle Symposium. Paper presented at North Carolina State University.
Raleigh, NC.
Lazarus, P. J., & Phelps, J. (1993, April). Expect the unexpected: Training trainers in
debriefing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Trainers of School Psychologists.
Washington, D.C.
Lazarus, P. J., & Jackson, J. (1993, April). Hurricane Andrew: Crisis intervention in the
aftermath. Paper presented at the annual convention of National Association of School
Psychologists. Washington, D.C.
Lazarus, P. J. (1993, April). The Popcorn Report: Tracking the trends of the future: A
socioquake on the horizon. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National
Association of School Psychologists. Washington, D.C.
Lazarus, P. J. & Prado, H. (1990, April). Sleep Terror Disorder: A psychologist's guide
for consultation and intervention. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National
Association of School Psychologists. San Francisco, CA.
Lazarus, P. J. (1989, March). Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by the guided story-
telling technique. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of
School Psychologists. Boston, MA.
Gillespie, B., & Lazarus, P. J. (1988, April). Professional issues related to preschool screening.
Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School
Psychologists. Chicago, IL
Lazarus, P. J. , Pancake-Cofield, C., & Jackson, J. (1988, April). Academic achievement and the
shy child. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School
Psychologists. Chicago, IL.
Lazarus, P. J. (1986, April). Considerations in developing a school psychology licensure
exam. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School
Psychologists. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Lazarus, P. J., Bild, R., Diaz, A., Lazarus, J. (1986, April). Multicultural influences on childhood
psychopathology. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association
of School Psychologists. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Escovar, P., Alcala, A. & Lazarus, P. J. (1984, April). Role of the school psychologist in a
residential psychiatric facility. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National
Association of School Psychologists. Philadelphia, PA.
Lazarus, P. J., Ludwig, R. P., & Aberson, B. (1983, March). Assessment of selective attention
deficits in children with learning disabilities. Paper presented at the annual convention
of the National Association of School Psychologists. Detroit, MI.
Lazarus, P. J., Gavilo M., & Moore, J. (1983, March). Behavioral approaches to
assessing and treating the elective mute child. Paper presented at the annual convention
of the National Association of School Psychologists. Detroit, MI.
Lazarus, P. J. (1983, March). School Psychologist - An innovative role for systems
change. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School
Psychologists. Detroit, MI.
Lazarus, P. J. (1982, August). The licensure of Florida school psychologists: Competence,
criteria and compromise. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American
Psychological Association. Washington, D.C.
Ludwig, R. P., & Lazarus, P. J. (1982, August). The relationship between cognitive control
and shyness in elementary age children. Paper presented at the annual convention of
the American Psychological Association. Washington, D.C.
Lazarus, P. J., Jackson, J., Bailey, R. & Rockwell, J. (1982, March). The sun also
rises: The licensure of Florida school psychologists. Paper presented at the annual
convention of the National Association of School Psychologists. Toronto, Canada.
Ludwig, R. P. & Lazarus, P. J. (1982, March). Differences in cognitive styles between shy
and non-shy children. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National
Association of School Psychologists. Toronto, Canada.
Lazarus, P. J. (1981, June). The implementation of a transcultural model in the
development of school psychological services for (U.S.) American Indians. Paper presented
at the the Interamerican Society of Psychology Congress (Sociedad Interamericana De Psicologia).
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Lazarus, P. J. (1981, June). Cross-cultural child rearing practices: Implications for school
psychologists. Paper presented at the Interamerican Society of Psychology Congress
(Sociedad Interamericana De Psicologia). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Pinnas, R., & Lazarus, P. J. (1981, April). Two non-biased assessment inventories for
identifying high-risk children. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Council
for Exceptional Children. New York City, NY.
Lazarus, P. J., & Lavendera, L. (1981, April). Toward least biased assessment of the Native
American child. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School
Psychologists. Houston, TX.
Lazarus, P. J., & Pinnas, R. (1981, April). Identifying high-risk children in a multi-
cultural environment. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association
of School Psychologists. Houston, TX.
Lazarus, P. J., & Lavendera, L. (1981, February). The development of E.C.E. services with
Native American children. Paper presented at the convention of the Bilingual Council
for Exceptional Children. New Orleans, LA.
Lazarus, P. J., (1980, April). The declaration of the Psychological Rights of the Child. Paper
presented at the National Conference on Global Education at Florida International
University. Miami, FL.
Lazarus, P. J., & Saunders, J. (1980, April). Deprivation-enhancement fantasy patterns and
sex-role development in children. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National
Association of School Psychologists. Washington, D.C.
Lazarus, P. J., & Fitzgerald, P. (1980, March). The assessment of shyness in children:
Preliminary instrumentation. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American
Personnel and Guidance Association. Atlanta, GA.
Saunders, J., & Lazarus, P. J. (1980, March). Deprivation-enhancement fantasy
patterns and sex-role development in children. Paper presented at the annual convention
of the California Association of School Psychologists. Los Angeles, CA.
Lazarus, P. J. (1979, September). Shyness as a self-esteem disorder. Presentation at Loyola
Marymount University. Los Angeles, CA.
Lazarus, P. J. (1979, March). The educational and clinical application of the Illinois Test of
Psycholinguistic Abilities. Presentation at the California School of Professional Psychology. Berkeley, CA.
Lazarus, P. J. (1979, March). Breaking the shyness barrier: Methods of measurement and
treatment. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of
School Psychologists. San Diego, CA.
Lazarus, P. J. (1979, March). A competency based internship: Development, assessment
and implications. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association
of School Psychologists. San Diego, CA