LINKing Authentic Assessment and Early Childhood Intervention

Stephen J. Bagnato, Ed.D., NCSP is a Developmental School Psychologist and Professor of Psychology & Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh, Schools of Education (Department of Health & Human Development, Applied Developmental Psychology--ADP) and Medicine (Pediatrics); Faculty Mentor, Children with Special Healthcare Needs—Child Life specialization; He is founder and Faculty Mentor of the Early Childhood Partnerships program (www.lend.pitt.edu) at the University, and affiliated with UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh through the UCLID-LEND Disabilities Center as a core interdisciplinary faculty for leadership education in neurodevelopmental disabilities for US Maternal and Child Health Bureau fellows and university interns.