Associate Director for Program Evaluation
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Psychology and Neuroscience

Dr. Rabiner’s work focuses on violence prevention, ADHD, and interventions to improve academic performance in children with attention difficulties. In the violence prevention area, he is currently working on the GREAT Schools and Families project, a multi-site violence prevention study for middle school students that is funded by the Centers for Disease Control.

Other projects include a study of two different computerized interventions for elementary school students with attention difficulties and a study of the misuse and abuse of ADHD medications among college students. He also has long standing interests in improving the quality of care received by children with ADHD and in the relationship between children's social experience and their social cognitive functioning.

Dr. Rabiner has created a Web site where he makes available a number of ADHD/ADD resources. Everyone is welcome to visit the site and to sign up for "Attention Research Update," a monthly e-newsletter in which Dr. Rabiner reviews new studies on ADHD/ADD that are published in leading medical and psychology journals. The Web site: www.helpforadd.com.

Education:

• PhD Duke University - 1987
• A.B., Magna cum Laude Brown University, Providence, RI - 1980

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Rabiner, D.L., Murray, D.W., Schmid, L., & Malone, P. (2004). An exploration of the relationship between ethnicity, attention problems, and academic achievement. School Psychology Review, 33, 498-509.


2. Dodge, K.A., & Rabiner, D.L. (2004). Returning to Roots: On Social Information Processing and Moral Development. Child Development, 75, 1003-1008.


3. Lansford, J.E., & Rabiner, D.L. (2004). The High School Academy: Evaluation of a program to promote a successful transition to high school. Journal of At-Risk Issues, 10, 23-29.


4. Rabiner, D.L., Malone, P.S., & CPPRG (2004). The impact of tutoring on early reading achievement for children with and without attention problems. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 32, 273-284.


5. Ikeda, R.M., Farrell, A.D., Horne, A.M., Rabiner, D.L., Tolan, P.H., & Reid, J. (2004). Prevention of youth violence: The multisite violence prevention project. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 26(1S), 1-81.

1. "Evaluating and managing ADHD in a primary care setting", Invited presentation to the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, Asheville, NC, 1997

1. Advances in Youth violence prevention: The CDC Multisite Collaboration, Paper presented at annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 2 November 2005
2. The impact of toxic school environments on children's social development, Presented at biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA, 28 August 2005
3. Does tutoring prevent a decline in reading achievement for first graders with attention problems?, Presented at biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL, 2003
4. Predicting the persistence of violent and non-violent offending, Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN, 2001

Grant Support

• "Natural History of ADHD in Population-based Sample", National Institute of Mental Health, 05/01/2005 - 04/01/2010.      
• "A randomized trial of two promising interventions for students with attention difficulties", US Department of Education, 07/01/2005 - 06/01/2008.      
• "College students misuse and nonmedical use of ADHD meds", National Institute on Drug Abuse, 08/01/2005 - 04/01/2007.      

Curriculum Vitae