School of Professional Psychology Faculty
Benson Schaeffer, Ph.D.
Professor
Psy.D. Clinical Program
School of Professional Psychology
Pacific University
Education
- Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1967
- M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1964
- B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1962
Clinical, Research, and Teaching Interests
- Child clinical neuropsychology, assessment and therapy
- Education and development of neurologically impaired and developmentally disabled children; child and family therapy
- Assessment and treatment of autism spectrum disorders
- Models of residential treatment for children
- Teach Assessment I: Intelligence; Pediatric Neuropsychology; and will be developing the Pediatric Neuropsychology Track.
- Part-time private practice
Professional Membership
- American Psychological Association
- Oregon Psychological Association
- Society for Pediatric Psychology
- Society for Research in Child Development
- Licensure as psychologist in state of Oregon
Selected Publications
- Schaeffer, B. Interviewing children and adolescents with learning, motor and communication disorders. In M. Hersen & J.C. Thomas (Eds.) Handbook of Clinical Interviewing with Children (in press).
- Schaeffer, B., Musil, A. and Kollinzas, G. Habla Signada para Alumnos no verbales. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 2005.
- Schaeffer, B. Learning disabilities and attention deficits in the workplace. In J.C. Thomas & M. Hersen (Eds.) Psychopathology in the Workplace: Recognition and Adaptation. New York: Brunner-Routledge, 2004.
- Schaeffer, B., Musil, A., and Kollinzas, G. Signed Speech for Nonverbal Students. Seattle: Educational Achievement Systems, 1994.
- Schaeffer, B. Lenguaje de signos y lenguaje oral para ninos minsvalidos. In M. Monfort (Ed.), Investigacion y logopedia: III symposio de logopedia, Madrid: CEPE, S.A, 1985.
- Schaeffer, B. Counseling families with epileptic children. In J. Farah (Ed.), Serving students with epilepsy. Stillwater, OK: National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Materials, 1984.
Selected Presentations
- Ozaki, M., Pellegrini, K., and Schaeffer, B. Environmental structure, co-regulation, and self-regulation: Treating children with serious mental and behavioral disturbances by developing relationship capacities. 2003 Conference of the Child Welfare League of America, Los Angeles; 2002 Conference of the American Association of Children’s Residential Centers, Vancouver, B.C.
- Schaeffer, B. Linguistic functions and language intervention. 1982 Meetings of The Association for the Severely Handicapped, Denver.
Benson Schaeffer , Ph.D.
School of Professional Psychology
Pacific University
511 SW 10th, Suite 400
Portland, OR 97205-2732
Phone:
FAX: 503-352-2403
E-Mail: scha0698@pacificu.edu