Title
Professor
Department:
CITES, CPSE
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Office: 149-D MCKB
Phone: 801-422-5081
Email: paul_caldarella@byu.edu
Paul Caldarella, Ph.D. is director of the Brigham Young University Positive Behavior Support Initiative and professor in the Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education. He completed an internship in clinical child psychology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and a post-doctoral fellowship in adolescent clinical psychology at Brown University. He is a licensed psychologist and teaches graduate courses primarily in the area of school psychology. His research and scholarly activities have related mostly to the areas of positive behavior support and social-emotional learning interventions in public schools, as well as screening and targeted interventions for at-risk students.
Nancy Perry Marriott Outstanding Scholar Award
David O. McKay School of Education
2018
Mentored Research Conference Outstanding Research Award
David O. McKay School of Education
2017
School Psychology Professor of the Year Award
Brigham Young University Graduate Student Cohort (2012)
2010 - 2012
Friend of Education Award
Wasatch Elementary School, Provo School District
2010
Weber State University Hall Endowment
Weber State University
2000 - 2002
Exceptional Reviewer Recognition
Early Childhood Education Journal
2017
David O. McKay School of Education Mentored Research Conference Outstanding Research Award
David O. McKay School of Education
2013
Edward G. Carr Research Award
Association for Positive Behavior Support
2010
Alan E. and Jeanne N. Hall Endowment for Community Outreach
Weber State University
2000 - 2002
Increasing Positive Playground Interaction for Kindergarten Students at Risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
- Authors: Anderson, Darlene H; Trihn, Scott; Caldarella, Paul; Hansen, Blake Darrell; Richardson, Michael John
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Springer
- Volume: 46
- URL: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10643-017-0878-2.pdf
- Abstract: click to view
Teaching organizational skills to promote academic achievement in behaviorally challenged students.
- Authors: Anderson, Darlene H; Munk, JoAnn H; Young, K Richard; Conley, L.; Caldarella, Paul
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Council for Exceptional Children
- City: Arlington
- Volume: 40
- Issue: 4
- Abstract: click to view
Classroom management that works: A replication trial of the CW-FIT program.
- Authors: Wills, Howard; Wehby, Joseph; Caldarella, Paul; Kamps, Deborah; Swinburne-Romine, R.
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Council for Exceptional Children and SAGE
- City: Provo
- Country: United States
- Volume: 84
- Abstract: click to view
Validation of the Systematic Screening for Behavior Disorders in middle and junior high school.
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Richardson, Michael John; Young, B.; Young, K Richard
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 16
- Abstract: click to view
Effects of CW-FIT on teachers’ ratings of elementary school students at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Larsen, Ross Allen Andrew; Williams, Leslie; Wills, howard; Kamps, Deborah; Wehby, Joseph
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: SAGE
- City: Los Angeles, CA
- Country: United States
- Volume: 20
- Abstract: click to view
Generalization of social skills using bibliotherapy and positive peer reporting
- Authors: Krieger, Ange; Marchant, Michelle; Caldarella, Paul; Doty, Mary Anne
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Abstract: click to view
Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams “CW-FIT”: Outcomes from a multi-site randomized replication trial.
- Authors: Wills, Howard; Kamps, Deborah; Caldarella, Paul; Wehby, Joseph; Swinburne-Romine, R.
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: The University of Chicago
- City: Chicago, IL
- Country: United States
- Volume: 119
- Issue: 1
- Abstract: click to view
Exploring Perceptions of School Quality: Implications for School Administrators.
- Authors: Richardson, Michael John; Sabbah, Hilda; Juchau, A.; Caldarella, Paul; Young, Ellie L
- Publication Type: Database
- Issue: ED501833
- URL: www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED501833
- Abstract: click to view
Effects of middle school teachers' praise-to-reprimand ratios on students’ classroom behavior.
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Larsen, Ross Allen Andrew; Williams, Leslie; Wills, Howard
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Sage
- Volume: Advance online publication.
- Abstract: click to view
Implementing Strong Teens for adolescent girls in residential treatment: A quasi-experimental evaluation.
- Authors: Marvin, Luke; Caldarella, Paul; Young, Ellie L; Young, K Richard
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Taylor and Francis
- Volume: 34
- Abstract: click to view
Middle school classroom management: A randomized control trial of Class‑wide Function‑Related Intervention Teams for Middle Schools (CW‑FIT MS)
- Authors: Wills, Howard; Caldarella, Paul; Williams, Leslie; Fleming, Kandance; Chen, P.
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Springer
- Volume: Advance online publication
- Abstract: click to view
The effects of a buddy bench on elementary students’ solitary behavior during recess.
- Authors: Griffin, Andrew; Caldarella, Paul; Sabey, Christian Vance; Heath, Melissa Ann
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 10
- Abstract: click to view
Precision request: A secondary analysis of the use of praise, response cost, and punishment
- Authors: Sabey, Christian; Calder, Marcie; Caldarella, Paul
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Springer
- Volume: 44
- Issue: 3
- Abstract: click to view
Addressing problem behavior at recess using peer praise notes.
- Authors: Teerlink, Elise; Caldarella, Paul; Anderson, Darlene H; Richardson, Michael John; Guzman, Geovanni
- Publication Type: Journal Contribution, Nonfiction
- Publisher: SAGE
- Volume: 19
- Issue: 2
- Abstract: click to view
Supporting elementary school classroom management: An implementation study of the CW-FIT program.
- Authors: Wills, Howard; Wehby, Joseph; Caldarella, Paul; Williams, Leslie
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Taylor and Francis
- Volume: Advance online publication
- Abstract: click to view
Monitoring academic and social skills in elementary school: A psychometric evaluation of the Classroom Performance Survey.
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Larsen, Ross Allen Andrew; Williams, Leslie; Wehby, Joseph; Wills, Howard; Kamps, Deborah
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: SAGE
- Volume: 19
- Issue: 2
- URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1098300716665081?rss=1
- Abstract: click to view
Navigating early childhood teachers’ initial resistance to literacy coaching in diverse rural schools.
- Authors: Cutrer, Elizabeth Ann; Heath, Melissa Ann; Caldarella, Paul
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 49
- Issue: 1
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-020-01037-5
- Abstract: click to view
Managing Student Behavior in Dual Immersion Classrooms: A Study of Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams
- Authors: Hansen, Blake Darrell; Caldarella, Paul; Williams , Leslie; Wills, Howard
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Sage
- Volume: 41
- Abstract: click to view
“Stop doing that!”: Effects of teacher reprimands on student disruptive behavior and engagement.
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Larsen, Ross Allen Andrew; Williams, Leslie; Wills, Howard; Wehby, Joseph
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: SAGE
- Volume: 23
- Issue: 3
- Abstract: click to view
Managing student behavior in an elementary school music classroom: A study of Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams.
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Williams, Leslie; Jolstead, Krystine; Wills, Howard
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: SAGE
- Country: USA
- Volume: 35
- Issue: 2
- Abstract: click to view
Implementing positive behavior support in preschools: An exploratory study of CW-FIT tier 1.
- Authors: Jolstead, Krystine; Caldarella, Paul; Hansen, Blake Darrell; Korth, Byran Baird; Williams, Leslie; Kamps, Deborah
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: SAGE
- Volume: 19
- URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1098300716653226
- Abstract: click to view
Effects of teachers' praise-to-reprimand ratios on elementary students’ on-task behaviour.
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Larsen, Ross Allen Andrew; Williams, Leslie; Downs, Kade; Wills, Howard; Wehby, Joseph
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Taylor and Francis
- Volume: 40
- Issue: 10
- Abstract: click to view
Respite care, stress, uplifts, and marital quality in parents of children with Down syndrome.
- Authors: Norton, Michelle; Taylor, Tina Marie; Harper, James M; Roper, Susanne Olsen; Caldarella, Paul
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Springer
- Volume: 46
- URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-016-2902-6
- Abstract: click to view
Improving student behavior in middle school art classrooms: Initial investigation of CW-FIT tier 1.
- Authors: Monson, Kimberly; Caldarella, Paul; Anderson, Darlene H; Wills, Howard
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: SAGE
- Volume: 22
- Issue: 1
- Abstract: click to view
Effects of a tier 3 self-management intervention implemented with and without treatment integrity.
- Authors: Lower, Ashley; Young, K Richard; Christensen, Lynnette; Caldarella, Paul; Williams, Leslie; Wills, Howard
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: West Virginia University Press
- Volume: 39
- Issue: 4
- URL: http://www.educationandtreatmentofchildren.net/
- Abstract: click to view
Managing student behavior in a middle school special education classroom using CW-FIT tier 1.
- Authors: Orr, Robyn; Caldarella, Paul; Hansen, Blake Darrell; Wills, Howard
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Springer
- Volume: 29
- Issue: 1
- Abstract: click to view
Middle school predictors of high school performance: A case study of dropout risk indicators.
- Authors: McKee, Michael T; Caldarella, Paul
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Project Innovation
- Country: USA
- Volume: 136
- Issue: 4
- URL: http://www.projectinnovation.com/education.html
- Abstract: click to view
Effects of Precision Requests as a Standalone Intervention on Noncompliance of Students with Emotional Disturbance.
- Authors: Sabey, Christian ; Calder, Marcie; Caldarella, Paul; Thompson, Gregory A
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Springer
- City: New York, NY
- Country: USA
- Volume: 43
- Issue: 3
- ISSN: 1934-8924
- URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43494-020-00026-y#citeas
- Abstract: click to view
Using Multisensory Phonics to Foster Reading Skills of Adolescent Delinquents
- Authors: Warnick, Kristan; Caldarella, Paul
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
- Volume: 32
- Issue: 4
- URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10573569.2014.962199
- Abstract: click to view
Academic Persistance Among Native American High School Students: A qualitative Case Study
- Authors: Buckley, Tiana; Jackson, Aaron ; Ward, Carol ; Caldarella, Paul; Cutrer, Elizabeth
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Project Innovation
- City: Mobile, AL
- Country: US
- Volume: in press
- Abstract: click to view
Managing Student Behavior with Class-Wide Function-Related Intervention Teams: An Observational Study in Early Elementary Classrooms
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Williams, Leslie; Hansen, Blake; Wills, Howard
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Springer
- Country: USA
- Volume: 43
- Issue: 5
- Abstract: click to view
Social-emotional learning in the middle grades: A mixed-methods evaluation of the Strong Kids program
- Authors: Neth, Erin; Caldarella, Paul; Richardson, Michael John; Heath, Melissa Ann
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Association for Middle Level Education
- Country: US
- Volume: 43
- Issue: 1
- Abstract: click to view
You can do this: An approach to raising wonderful children
- Authors: Young, K Richard; Christensen, Lynnette; Caldarella, Paul; Young, James; Womack, Sue
- Publication Type: Broadcast Media
- Publisher: David O. McKay School of Education
- City: Provo
- Country: USA
- URL: education.byu.edu/youcandothis
A psychometric analysis of the Primary Intervention Rating Scale
- Authors: Wright, Jason L.; Caldarella, Paul; Sudweeks, Richard R; Anderson, Darlene H; Heath, Melissa Ann; Williams, Leslie
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 139
- Issue: 4
- Abstract: click to view
Adolescent sports participation and parent perceptions of resilience: A comparative study
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Johnson, Jason; Larsen, Ross Allen Andrew; Heath, Melissa Ann; Warren, Jared Scott
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Phi Epsilon Kappa Fraternity
- Country: US
- Volume: 76
- Issue: 4
- Abstract: click to view
Implementing Strong Kids school-wide to reduce internalizing behaviors and increase prosocial behaviors
- Authors: Kramer, Thomas; Caldarella, Paul; Young, K Richard; Fischer, Lane; Warren, Jared Scott
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: West Virginia University Press
- City: Morgantown, WV
- Volume: 37
- Issue: 4
- Abstract: click to view
Managing student behavior in the middle grades using Class-wide Function-Related Intervention Teams.
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Howard, Wills; Anderson, Darlene H; Leslie, Williams
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Association for Middle Level Education
- Country: US
- Volume: 42
- Issue: 7
- Abstract: click to view
Systematic screening for behavior disorders in professional development schools: A social validity study
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Hallam, Pamela Rust; Christensen, Lynnette; Wall, Donald Gary
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: National Association of Professional Development Schools
- Country: USA
- Volume: 7
- Issue: 2
- ISSN: 1935-7125
- Abstract: click to view
The impact of gender on Chinese elementary school teachers' perceptions of student misbehavior
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Richardson, Michael John; Shatzer, R.; Shen, J.; Zhang, C.; Zhang, N.
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Hong Kong Teachers' Association
- City: Hong Kong
- Volume: 57
- Issue: 2
- URL: www.cpe.ied.edu.hk/newhorizon/
Teacher praise-to-reprimand ratios: Behavioral response of students at risk for EBD compared with typically developing peers.
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Larsen, Ross Allen Andrew; Williams, Leslie; Howard, Wills; Joseph, Wehby
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: West Virginia University Press
- City: Morgantown, West Virginia
- Country: US
- Volume: 42
- Issue: 4
- Abstract: click to view
Improving student behavior in middle school art classrooms: Initial investigation of CW-FIT tier 1
- Authors: Monson, Kimmie; Caldarella, Paul; Anderson, Darlene H; Howard, Wills
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: SAGE
- Country: US
- Volume: 22
- Issue: 1
- Abstract: click to view
Teacher perspectives on behaviors displayed by secondary students at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders.
- Authors: Brittany, Hecker; Young, Ellie L; Caldarella, Paul
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
Benefits and distractions of social media as tools for undergraduate student learning
- Authors: Emerick, Emily; Caldarella, Paul; Black, Sharon Jean
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Project Innovation
- City: Mobile, AL
- Country: United States
- Volume: 53
- Abstract: click to view
Improving student behavior in middle schools: Results of a classroom management intervention.
- Authors: Wills, Howard; Caldarella, Paul; Mason, Ben; Lappin, Amanda; Anderson, Darlene H
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: SAGE
- Country: US
- Volume: 21
- Issue: 4
- Abstract: click to view
Effects of peer praise notes on teachers’ perceptions of school community and collegiality.
- Authors: Nelson, Julie Peterson; Caldarella, Paul; Adams, Michael; Shatzer, Ryan
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
Varying opportunities to respond to improve behavior of elementary students with developmental disabilities
- Authors: Bolt, Theresa; Hansen, Blake ; Caldarella, Paul; Williams, Leslie; Young, K Richard; Wills, Howard
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: T&K Academic
- City: Oslo
- Country: NORWAY
- Volume: 11
- Abstract: click to view
The Brigham Young University-Public School Partnership: Nine Essentials in Practice
- Authors: Christensen, Lynnette; Baugh, Steven Clare; Caldarella, Paul; Losser, Janet L
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education
- City: Lanham, MD
- Country: US
- Volume: 6
- Issue: 1
- Abstract: click to view
School-wide screening and programs of positive behavior support: Informing the intervention process.
- Authors: Marchant, Michelle; Anderson, Darlene H; Caldarella, Paul; Young, K Richard; Fisher, A.; Young, B.
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Heldref Publications
- City: New York
- Volume: 53
- Issue: 3
- Abstract: click to view
Teacher praise and reprimands: The differential response of students at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders.
- Authors: Downs, K ; Caldarella, Paul; Larsen, Ross Allen Andrew; Charlton, Cade T; Wills, H.; Kamps, D.; Wehby, J.
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: SAGE
- City: Los Angeles, CA
- Country: United States
- Volume: 21
- Issue: 3
- Abstract: click to view
The effects of Strong Start on second grade students emotional and social competence.
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Christensen, Lynnette; Kramer, Thomas; Kronmiller, Kalli
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 37
- Issue: 1
- Abstract: click to view
Managing student behavior in a middle school special education classroom using CW-FIT tier 1.
- Authors: Robyn, Orr; Caldarella, Paul; Hansen, Blake Darrell; Wills, Howard
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Springer
- Country: US
- Volume: Online First
- Abstract: click to view
Training a general educator to use function-based support as a pre-referral intervention
- Authors: Christensen, Lynnette; Renshaw, Tyler L; Caldarella, Paul; Young, James
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Project Innovation
- City: Mobile, AL
- Country: USA
- Volume: 133
- Issue: 2
- URL: www.projectinnovation.com/Education.html
- Abstract: click to view
Can school-wide positive behavior support be an evidence-based practice?
- Authors: Renshaw, Tyler L; Young, K Richard; Caldarella, Paul; Christensen, Lynnette
- Publication Type: Database
- Publisher: Brigham Young University
- City: Provo, UT
- Country: USA
- Issue: ED506271
- URL: www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED506271
School counselors’ use of social emotional learning in high school: A study of the Strong Teens Curriculum
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; MIllet, Austin ; Heath, Melissa Ann; Warren, Jared Scott; Williams, Leslie
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Montana State University
- City: Bozeman, MT
- Country: US
- Volume: 17
- Issue: 19
- URL: http:/www.jsc.montana.edu/articles/v17n19.pdf
- Abstract: click to view
Early childhood educators' perceptions of Conscious Discipline
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Page, Nate; Gunter, Leslie
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Project Innovation
- City: Mobile, AL
- Country: USA
- Volume: 132
- Issue: 3
- URL: www.projectinnovation.com/Education.html
- Abstract: click to view
Factors affecting service learning implementation: A comparison of novice and veteran teachers.
- Authors: Losser, Janet L; Caldarella, Paul; Black, Sharon Jean; Pate, P.
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Taylor and Francis
- Country: United Kingdom
- Volume: 24
- Abstract: click to view
Promoting social and emotional learning in preschool students: A study of Strong Start Pre-K
- Authors: Gunter, Leslie; Caldarella, Paul; Korth, Byran Baird; Young, K Richard
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Springer
- City: New York, NY
- Country: USA
- Volume: 40
- Issue: 3
- URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10643-012-0507-z
- Abstract: click to view
Improving Student Behavior in Art Classrooms: An Exploratory Study of CW-FIT Tier 1
- Authors: Nelson, Melanie ; Caldarella, Paul; Hansen, Blake Darrell; Graham, Mark Allen; Williams, Leslie; Wills, Howard
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: SAGE
- Volume: 20
- Abstract: click to view
The effects of schoolwide positive behavior support on middle school climate and student outcomes
- Authors: Caldarella, Paul; Shatzer, R.; Gray, K.; Young, K Richard; Young, Ellie L
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Association for Middle Level Education
- City: Westerville, OH
- Country: USA
- Volume: 35
- Issue: 4
- URL: www.amle.org/Publications/RMLEOnline/tabid/426/Default.aspx
- Abstract: click to view