Our Internship Faculty

Dr. Rachel Eisenberg is a consulting and research psychologist at the Devereux Center for Effective Schools. She earned her Ph.D. in school psychology with a specialization in pediatric school psychology from Lehigh University. Dr. Eisenberg’s experiences include providing consultation, assessment and training for families and multi-disciplinary school teams. She is involved in several projects that focus on developing and sustaining behavioral and academic supports at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels in alternative education, behavioral health, early childhood and family settings. Her research interests include performance feedback to enhance intervention implementation, consultation to facilitate systems-wide interventions and parent education interventions.

• Licensed Psychologist in Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Positive Behavior Support Network Program-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Provisional Facilitator: Tier 1
• Pennsylvania Positive Behavior Support Network School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Facilitator: Tier 1 and Advanced Tiers
• School-Wide Information System Facilitator
• Nationally Certified School Psychologist
• Pennsylvania School Psychologist Certification K-12
• Pennsylvania Instructional I Teaching Certification: Elementary K-6   

• Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
• Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports – schools, alternative settings and preschools
• Response to Intervention
• Classroom Management
• Parent Management Training   

• 2016-present: Devereux Center for Effective Schools - Consulting and Research Psychologist
• 2015-2016: Devereux Center for Effective Schools - Postdoctoral Fellow

• Lehigh University - Ph.D. in School Psychology 
• Lehigh University - M.Ed. in Human Development
• Muhlenberg College - B.A. in Psychology; Teaching Certification in Elementary Education 

• Thomas, L., Rutherford, L., Eisenberg, R., Francisco, J., & McCurdy, B. (2018, March). PBIS in the classroom: Variations of a performance feedback coaching model. Paper presented at the APBS 15^th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support, San Diego, CA.
• Eisenberg, R.A., & Manz, P.H. (2018, February). Home visitor perspectives of quality early childhood family services. Poster presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
• Eisenberg, R.A., Francisco, J., Abramowitz, A., & Levin, D. (2018, February). PBIS in the classroom: A coaching framework for classroom management. Paper presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
• Manz, P.H., & Eisenberg, R.A. (2018, February). Integrating performance feedback into home visitor supervision: Improving intervention quality. Paper presented at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
• Eisenberg, R.A., & Stricker, L.A. (2017, October). Training foster parents in Positive Behavior Support: A pilot implementation. Poster presented at the Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association Annual Conference, Hershey, PA.
• Thomas, L., Eisenberg, R.A., & Rutherford, L. (2017, September). PBIS in the classroom: Three variations of a coaching model. Poster presented at the PBIS National Forum, Chicago, IL.
• Manz, P.H., Power, T., Roggman, L.A., Eisenberg, R.A., Gernhart, A., Faison, J., Ridgard, T., Wallace, L., & Whitenack, J.M. (2017). Integrating the Little Talks intervention into Early Head Start: An experimental examination of implementation supports involving fidelity monitoring and performance feedback. Children and Youth Services Review, 79, 87-96. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.05.034
• Eisenberg, R.A., McCurdy, B.L., Stricker, L., & Rutherford, L.E. (2017, March). Evidence-based behavior management at home: Training foster parents in Positive Behavior Support. Paper presented at the 14^th International Conference on Positive Behavior Support, Denver, CO.
• Rutherford, L.E., Thomas, L.B., & Eisenberg, R.A. (2017, February). Stop problem admiring: A model for productive problem-solving. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association for School Psychologists, San Antonio, TX.
• Manz, P.H., Eisenberg, R.A., Gernhart, A., Faison, J., Laracy, S., Ridgard, T., & Pinho, T. (2016). Engaging Early Head Start parents in a collaborative inquiry: The co-construction of Little Talks. Early Child Development and Care, 187(8), 1311-1334. doi:10.1080/03004430.2016.1169177.
• Eisenberg, R.A., & Manz, P.H. (2016, February). Quality of early childhood services: Interpersonal processes and parent involvement. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.
• Manz, P.H., Bracaliello, C.B., Pressimone, V.J., Eisenberg, R.A., Gernhart, A., Fu, Q., & Zuniga, C. (2016). Toddler’s expressive vocabulary outcomes after one year of parent-child home program services. Early Child Development and Care, 186, 229-248. doi:10.1080/03004430.2015.1025228.
• Eisenberg, R.A., Faison, J., Whitenack, J., Manz, P.H., Gernhart, A.L., Manzo, J.C., Spearot, L., & Ridgard, T. (2015, February). Evidence-based decision making in practice: Performance feedback in practitioner supervision. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Orlando, FL.
• Porter, T., Bromer, J., Eisenberg, R.A., & Hawley, R. (2014, November). Family provider relationships and provider practices to support family engagement in children’s learning and school readiness. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the Child Care Policy Research Consortium, Washington, D.C.
• Eisenberg, R.A, & Manz, P.H. (2014, July). The role of parenting self-efficacy for parents’ engagement in early learning. Poster presented at Head Start’s 12^th National Research Conference, Washington, D.C.
• Eisenberg, R.A., Cho, P., Manz, P.H., Manzo, J.C., Ridgard, T., Fiason, J.D., Gernhart, A.L., & Whitenack, J., (2014, April). A collaborative inquiry process with Early Head Start to enrich child development focused home visiting: Developing Little Talks. In L. B. Sawyer (Chair), A Transactional Relationship Between Practice and Research: Developing Family-Educator Interventions for Latino Children. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Special Topic Meeting, Alexandria, VA.
• Manz, P.H., Gernhart, A.L., Bracaliello, C.B., Pressimone, V.J., & Eisenberg, R.A. (2014). Preliminary development of the Parent Involvement in Early Learning scale for low-income families enrolled in a child development focused home visiting program. Journal of Early Intervention, 36, 171-191. doi:10.1177/1053815115573077 

• External Relations Chair, Association of School Psychologists of Pennsylvania
• Research Committee Member, Family Focused Treatment Organization
• Head Start Research Scholar – Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services