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Jack M. Fletcher

Distinguished University Professor

Jack M. Fletcher
Jack M. Fletcher
Doctorate: University of Florida
Undergraduate: Davidson College


For the past 25 years, Dr. Fletcher, a board certified clinical neuropsychologist, has completed research on children with developmental disabilities, with a focus on the development of reading, language, and other cognitive skills. Much of his research has been supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, including program projects on spina bifida, math, and learning disabilities. Dr. Fletcher presently serves on the NICHD National Advisory Council. He served on the Rand Reading Study Group, the National Research Council Committee on Scientific Principles in Education Research, and the President’s Commission on Excellence in Special Education. Dr. Fletcher was the recipient of the Samuel T. Orton award from the International Dyslexia Association in 2003.


Research Interests
  • Neuropsychology of Learning Disabilities: Classification and definition, cognitive and neurobiological correlates, intervention
  • Pediatric Brain Injury: spina bifida, traumatic brain injury, plasticity and recovery of function
 
E-mail:  JackFletcher@uh.edu
 
Selected Publications
 
Fletcher, J.M., Denton, C., & Francis, D.J. (2005). Validity of alternative approaches for the identification of LD: Operationalizing unexpected underachievement. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 38, 545-552.

Fletcher, J.M., Francis, D.J., Morris, R.D., & Lyon, G.R. (2005). Evidence-based assessment of learning disabilities in children and adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 34, 506- 522.

Dennis, M., Edelstein, K., Copeland, K., Frederick, J., Francis, D.J. Hetherington, R., Blaser, S.E., Kramer, L.A., Drake, J.M., Brandt, M.E., & Fletcher, J.M. (2005). Covert orienting to exogenous and endogenous cures in children with spina bifida. Neuropsychologia, 43, 976-987.

Mathes, P.G., Denton, C.A., Fletcher, J.M., Anthony, J.L., Francis, D.J., & Schatschneider, C. (2005). An evaluation of two reading interventions derived from diverse models. Reading Research Quarterly, 40, 148-183.

Fletcher, J.M., Copeland, K., Frederick, J., Blaser, S.E., Kramer, L.A., Northrup, H., Hannay, H.J., Brandt, M.E., Francis, D.J., Villarreal, G., Drake, J.M., Laurent, J., Townsend, I., Inwood, S., Boudousquie, A. & Dennis, M. (2005). Spinal lesion level in spina bifida meningomyelocele: A source of neural and cognitive heterogeneity. Journal of Neurosurgery, 102, 268-279.

Dennis, M., Edelstein, K., Hetherington, R., Copeland, K., Frederick, J., Blaser, S.E., Kramer, L.A., Drake, J.M., Brandt, M., & Fletcher, J.M. (2004). Neurobiology of perceptual and motor timing in children with spina bifida in relation to cerebellar volume. Brain, 127, 1292-1301.

Simos, P.G., Fletcher, J.M., Sarkari, S., Billingsley, R.L., Francis, D.J., Castillo, E.M., Pataraia, E., Denton, C., & Papanicolaou (2005). Early development of neurophysiological processes involved in normal reading and reading disability. Neuropsychology, 19, 787- 798.

Stuebing, K.K., Fletcher, J.M., LeDoux, J.M., Lyon, G.R., Shaywitz, S.E., & Shaywitz, B.A. (2002). Validity of IQ-discrepancy classifications of reading disabilities: A meta-analysis. American Educational Research Journal, 39, 2002, 469-518.

Fletcher, J.M., Landry, S.H., Bohan, T.P., Davidson, K.C., Brookshire, B.L., Lachar, D., Kramer, L.A., & Francis, D.J. (1997). Effects of intraventricular hemorrhage and hydrocephalus on the long-term neurobehavioral development of premature very low birthweight infants. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 39, 596-606.

Fletcher, J.M., McCauley, S.R., Brandt, M.E., Bohan, T.P., Kramer, L.A., Francis, D.J., Thorstad, K., & Brookshire, B.L. (1996). Regional brain tissue composition in children with hydrocephalus. Archives of Neurology, 53, 549-557.