Special Education

The Special Education area concerns the habilitation and education of students with exceptionalities, such as students with visual impairments, physical disabilities, emotional or behavioural disorders, learning disabilities, developmental disabilities, and students who are deaf or hard of hearing. The program also includes a focus on gifted and talented students. 

Name Research Interests
Cannon, Joanna Special education and disability; Education of Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing; Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing with complex language or cognitive needs
Ervin, Ruth Systems Change, Prevention and Intervention Strategies in Special Education
Fundelius, Erika Special education and disability; Disability studies; All other social sciences, n.e.c.; Self-determination within and beyond the Expanded core curriculum; Professional development -in and preservice- for vision professionals; Blindness and Low vision
Katz, Jennifer Inclusive Education; The Three-Block Model of UDL; Universal design for learning (UDL)
Knight, Vicki Floyd Applied Behaviour Analysis; Autism Spectrum Disorders; Developmental Disabilities; Single-Case Research; Academic Interventions; Instructional Strategies
Lo, Owen Gifted Education, High Ability, Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning, Multiculturalism, Problem Solving, Qualitative Research, Research Methodologies, Sociocultural Approaches to Learning and Teaching
Mercer, Sterett Special education and disability; Educational psychology; curriculum-based measurement; academic intervention; written expression
Zebehazy, Kim Assessment, Instructional Strategies, Problem Solving, Visual Impairment