Does My Child Need Help?
A Guide to Educational Assessments and Interventions
Orpen Press, 2014
Experience
Expertise, built over three decades.
Having trained at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University in Maryland and authored several books — most notably Straight Talk About AD/HD and Does My Child Need Help? — I am knowledgeable in all areas related to child and adult assessments and interventions.
Author of three books With a fourth in preparation
Education
Doctorally trained, rigorously grounded.
- Pre-doctoral internship, Behavioural Psychology Department
- Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Ed.D., Educational Psychology
- Northern Arizona University
- M.A., Educational Psychology
- Northern Arizona University
- B.A., Psychology
- San Diego State University
Professional Experience
Assessment & treatment since 1995.
Since 1995, my focus has been the assessment and treatment of learning, behavioural and developmental conditions, including:
School refusalSocial anxietyGeneral anxietyAD/HDOppositional Defiant DisorderDyspraxiaDyslexiaDyscalculiaNon-verbal learning disabilitySpecific language impairmentAutistic spectrum disordersAsperger's syndromePathological demand avoidance
Appointments held
- 2005 – 2018
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Adjunct Lecturer
Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training Programme, National University of Ireland, Galway.
- 1992 – 1995
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Licensed Psychologist
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
- 1989 – 1995
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Assistant Professor
Department of Counselling and Educational Psychology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
- 1988 – 1989
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Pre-Doctoral Intern
Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Publications
Books & chapters.
Sole author of three books, with a fourth in preparation.
AD/HD in the Classroom
Chapter in the Handbook of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
John Wiley & Sons, 2007
Straight Talk About AD/HD
A Guide to Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder for Irish Parents and Professionals
Collins Press, 2003
Research for the Helping Professions
A practical guide to research methods
Brooks-Cole, 1996
Selected Papers
A sample of published papers.
Peer-reviewed papers and test reviews on psychological assessment, AD/HD, reading and dyslexia.
- Wilkinson, W. & Yu, B. (2026). DSM-V and the Gold Standard Autism Tests: The Magical Bridge. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
- Wilkinson, W. (2019). [The Fairy Tale Test]. In K. F. Geisinger, R. A. Spies, J. F. Carlson & B. S. Plake (Eds.), The Twenty-Second Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurement.
- Wilkinson, W. & Wilkinson, Z. (2017). WIAT-II: A Correlational Study of Reading Accuracy, Reading Speed, and Comprehension. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland, Limerick, Ireland.
- Wilkinson, W. & Wilkinson, Z. (2015). WIAT-II Reading Speed: An initial validation study. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychological Society of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
- Wilkinson, W. (2007). [Checking Individual Progress in Phonics]. In K. F. Geisinger, R. A. Spies, J. F. Carlson & B. S. Plake (Eds.), The Seventeenth Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurement.
- Wilkinson, W. (2005). [College ADHD Response Evaluation]. In R. A. Spies & B. S. Plake (Eds.), The Sixteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurement.
- Wilkinson, W. (2005). [Dyslexia Adult Screening Test]. In R. A. Spies & B. S. Plake (Eds.), The Sixteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurement.
- Wilkinson, W. (2003). [Dyslexia Early Screening Test]. In B. S. Plake & J. C. Impara (Eds.), The Fifteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurement.
- Wilkinson, W. (2003). [Brown Attention Deficit Disorder Scales for Children & Adolescents]. In B. S. Plake & J. C. Impara (Eds.), The Fifteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurement.
- Wilkinson, W. (1997). Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Symptoms and Their Implications for Integrated Education. Learn, 19, 19–28.
- Wilkinson, W. (1996). Advances in the assessment and diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Irish Doctor, 9, 14–18.
- Wilkinson, W. (1996). Treatment options for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Irish Doctor, 9, 24–28.
