Name: Gary Alderman
Title: Professor of Psychology; Director of School Psychology Program
Education: Ph.D., School Psychology, University of South Carolina
M.A., School Psychology, University of South Carolina
B.S., Psychology, Georgia Southern University
Office: 114A Kinard Hall
Phone: 803/323-2637
E-mail: aldermang@winthrop.edu
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Area(s): Behavior Management in the Schools, Reading Assessment and Reading Interventions,
Counseling with Children and Adolescents, Students with Emotional and Behavior Problems
Dr. Alderman is a professor of psychology at Winthrop. He is a part of the graduate
teaching faculty in the School Psychology Graduate Program at Winthrop, where he has
been teaching for approximately 22 years. After receiving his B.S. degree in psychology
from Georgia Southern University, he worked as a teacher for students with emotional
disabilities in Collins, Ga. After getting his degrees in school psychology, Alderman
worked as a school psychologist in Columbia, S.C., as the coordinator for Programs
for Students with Emotional Disabilities in Charleston, S.C., and then as an at-risk
coordinator in Columbia. He became interested in higher education after serving as
an adjunct instructor at The Citadel and became an assistant professor at Winthrop
in 1992.
Alderman has taught and teaches courses in applied behavior analysis, behavior management
in the classroom, academic assessment and interventions, beginning and advanced counseling
skills, the exceptional child, inclusion of students with special needs, and advanced
seminar in school psychology. His research has been in the areas of students with
emotional disabilities, classroom management practices, reading, spelling, peer tutoring,
and inclusion. His research has been published in numerous journals and he regularly
presents at state, regional, and national conferences. Alderman also has developed
a classroom management program and manual, Advanced Classroom Management: Strategies and Techniques for The Most Difficult to
Manage Students, that has been adopted by schools districts both nationally and internationally.
He regularly provides training throughout the United States in this model. He also
has served on many boards, grants, and workgroups through the South Carolina State
Department of Education and is a member and past president of the South Carolina Association
of School Psychologists. Alderman also is past president of the South Carolina Council
for Children with Behavior Disorders and currently a member of the National Association
of School Psychologists.