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.
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Faculty Members in Special Education
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Butler, Deborah | special education, learning disabilities, inclusive educational practices, intervention research for students with learning disabilities, Collaboration and co-regulation in teachers' professional learning, collaborative professional development models, learning disabilities in adolescence and adulhood, mathematics, metagocnition and self-regulated learning, research methods in educaiton, strategic performanc ein reading, writing |
| Cannon, Joanna | language and literacy acquisition of students who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) and struggling readers |
| Ervin, Ruth | Systems Change, Prevention and Intervention Strategies in Special Education |
| Fundelius, Erika | Self-determination within and beyond the Expanded core curriculum; Professional development including pre-service and in-service teacher preparation |
| 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 |
| Lucyshyn, Joseph | Applied Behaviour Analysis, Behaviour Disorders, Behavioural Family Intervention, Positive Behaviour Support, Single-Subject Research |
| Mercer, Sterett | Special education and disability; Educational psychology; curriculum-based measurement; academic intervention; written expression |
| Perry, Nancy | motivation and self-regulated learning in young children; social perspectives on teaching and learning, reading and writing; accommodating individual difference in general education classrooms; learning disabilities; special education, Metacognition, motivation, and self-regulated learning in elementary school children Social perspectives on teaching and learning, including social cognitive and sociocultural theories, Teacher development, Individual differences, Learning disabilities |
| Zebehazy, Kim | Assessment, Instructional Strategies, Problem Solving, Visual Impairment |
