Articles

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Factors that Influence Teachers’ Views on Standardized Tests (with Christine T. Schuette, Mervyn J. Wighting, Michael K. Ponton, and Anastasia L. Betts), The Teacher Educators’ Journal (2010)

The central aim of this study was to explore K-12 teachers’ (N = 183) attitudes...

 

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Is Brain Gym® an Effective Educational Intervention? (with Mark P. Mostert and Andrea Beam), Exceptionality (2010)

Brain Gym® (BG) (BGI, 2008) is a popular commercial program sold by Brain Gym® International...

 

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A Time to Define: Making the Specific Learning Disability Definition Prescribe Specific Learning Disability (with Kenneth A. Kavale and Andrea P. Beam), Learning Disability Quarterly (2009)

Unlike other special education categories defined in U.S. law (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), the...

 

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Best Practices and Interventions in Special Education: How Do We Know What Works?, Teaching Exceptional Children Plus (2009)

The critical issue in special education today is no longer the assurance of access, but...

 

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"Education will be our mother": An Exploration of Resilience Mechanisms Relating to the Educational Persistence of Sudanese Refugees, Faculty Dissertations (2009)

The purpose of this study was to explore the cultural and contextual resilience mechanisms operating...

 

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Relationships between Sense of Community and Academic Achievement: A Comparison among High School Students (with Mervyn Wighting and Deanna Nisbet), The International Journal of the Humanities (2009)

This paper reports on a research study measuring the constructs of community and academic achievement...

 

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Is Response-to-Intervention Good Policy for Specific Learning Disability? (with Kenneth A. Kavale), Learning Disabilities Research & Practice (2008)

The reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA, 2004) established new provisions for specific...

 

Contributions to Books

Learning Challenges for Adults with Learning Disabilities (with Mark P. Mostert), The Oxford Handbook of Lifelong Learning (2011)
 

The Efficacy of Special Education (with Kenneth A. Kavale), The Oxford Handbook of School Psychology (2011)
 

Presentations

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Applying Maslow's Hierarchy to the Parent/Teacher Relationship (with Deanna L. Keith Dr.), Virginia Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children (2011)

We examine the parent/teacher relationship through Maslow’s (1943) Hierarchy of Needs, which theorizes that physiological...

 

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DISSECT: A Framework for Effective Inclusive Instruction in Science (with Jenny Sue Flannagan), National Science Teachers Association (2011)

In this presentation we present a framework for effective inclusive education in science.

 

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The History of Special Education: Lessons from the Past, Implications for the Future (with Deanna L. Keith), Annual National Conference of the Teacher Education Division (TED) (2010)

We identify three eras in the history of special education: Early Reform (1800 – 1870),...

 

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The Effects of Poverty in the Role of Schools: Implications for Teacher-Preparation Programs (with Deanna L. Keith Dr. and Andrea P. Beam), Teacher Education Division (TED) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) (2010)
 

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Determining Best Practices and Interventions in Special Education, The Virginia Academy of Special Education (2010)

A current critical issue in special education is no longer the assurance of access but...

 

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Best Practices for Inclusive Science Instruction (with Jenny Sue Flannagan), Council for Exceptional Children (2009)

The purpose of this session is to provide an overview of evidence based best practices...