Rose Dixon is a Senior Lecturer in Special Education, Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Coordinator of Special Education and Deputy Director Primary Education Program at the
University of Wollongong. Her research interests include social and affective development
of children and people with disabilities; Vocational placements and people with
disabilities; and Life span development of affective characteristics e.g. self-concept,
locus of control. 

Articles

Learning preferences and impacts of education programs in dog health programs in five rural and remote indigenous Australian communities (with Sophie E. Constable and Robert J. Dixon), Faculty of Education - Papers (2011)

As part of strategies to improve dog and community health in rural and remote Indigenous...

 
Twice exceptional: Gifted students with asperger syndrome (with Nola Norris), Faculty of Education - Papers (2011)
 

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Are we doing enough? Assessing the needs of teachers in isolated schools with students with oppositional defiant disorder in mainstream classes (with Fiona McLean), Faculty of Education - Papers (2010)

The Vinson report (2001) into public education highlighted the growing incidence of behavioural problems within...

 
For the love of dog: The human-dog bond in rural and remote Australian indigenous communities (with Sophie Constable and Robert Dixon), Faculty of Education - Papers (2010)

The nature of the human-animal bond in contemporary Australian Indigenous communities is little researched, but...

 

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Healing the Hand that Feeds you: Exploring Solutions for Dog and Community Health and Welfare in Australian Indigenous Cultures (with Sophie E. Constable, Graeme Brown, and Robert Dixon), Faculty of Education - Papers (2008)

The overpopulation and poor state of dog health in many rural and remote Australian Indigenous...

 

Contributions to Books

What is Early Childhood Intervention? (with Christine Johnston), Faculty of Education - Papers (2005)
 

Conference papers

Cooperative learning in the inclusive physical education setting: a case study (with Wendy Dowler and Gregg S. Rowland), Faculty of Education - Papers (2010)

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the development and implementation of...

 

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Interactive Whiteboards as a Tool for Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (with Irina Verenikina, Kathleen Tanner, and Elleni de Graaf), Faculty of Education - Papers (2010)

This paper presents part of a research study on the affordances of digital technologies in...

 

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The Digital Technology in the Learning of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in Applied Classroom Settings (with Kathleen Tanner and Irina Verenikina), Faculty of Education - Papers (2010)

This paper describes a research study that is a stepping stone to further research on...

 
Healthy Dogs, Healthy Communities: A multidisciplinary approach to effect long term change (with Robert Dixon and Richard Malik), Faculty of Education - Papers (2006)
 
Healthy Dogs, Healthy Communities: Culturally relevant educational interventions to improve the health and welfare of dogs (with Sophie Constable, Robert Dixon, and Graeme Gower), Faculty of Education - Papers (2006)