Current Students

Research Interests – Teacher Preparation, Early Literacy, MTSS, and Peer Coaching

Research Interests – Gifted Education – Gifted Black Students, Twice-Exceptionality, Culturally Responsive Teaching

Research Interests – Students with Extensive Support Needs and Multiple Disabilities

Research Interests – Increasing access to literacy and functional communication to decrease challenging behaviors for adolescents and individuals transitioning to adulthood with extensive support needs.

Research Interests – Early Childhood Special Education

Research Interests – IDEA Part C Early Intervention – Family-Centered Practices, Family Capacity Building Practices, Transition, Teaming, Pre-service education for Part C professionals

Research Interests – Access to AAC for students with complex communication skills; literacy instruction for students who utilize AAC and have extensive support needs

Research Interests – Parent-Implemented Interventions, Early Intervention, and Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions for Young Children and Their Families

Research Interests – Use of diagnostic assessments to improve specially designed instruction in middle grades math.

Research Interests – Special Education Quality IEP’s for student placement and eligibility

Research Interests – Transition, ABA, IDD and Autism

Research Interests – Twice Exceptional Students

Research Interests – Teacher Prep, UDL, Transition, SPED, Curriculum Instruction, Inclusive Education, Qualitative Research Methodology

Research Interests – Disciplinary Literacy and Students with Learning Disabilities

Research Interests – SPED/MTSS/EBD

Research Interests – Early Childhood Inclusion Education, Teacher Preparation, Evidence-Based Practices(EBPs)

Research Interests – Children with autism and their families

Research Interests – Early Literacy Instruction, Teacher Prep

Research Interests – Students with Extensive Support Needs; Teacher Preparation

Research Interests – Gifted Education and MTSS