Courses Taught
EDN 105 Seminar in Education (freshman)
EDN 205 Seminar in Education (sophomore)
EDN 106 Seminar in Education (freshman)
EDN 206 Seminar in Education (sophomore)
EDN 319 Individualizing Instruction (Elementary Education)
EDN 320 Individualizing Instruction (Middle Grades)
EDN 367 Behavior Management Techniques
EDN 370 Behaviorally Disordered Children and Youth
EDN 371 Program & Interventions for Behaviorally Disordered Students
EDN 411 Practicum (Special Education)
EDN 412 Extended Practicum
EDN 503 Exceptional Child Development
EDN 504 Issues and Trends in Special Education
EDN 550 Nature and Needs of Exceptional Children
EDN 553 Classroom Management for the Mildly Handicapped
SED 352 Behavioral Development
SED 355 Children and Adolescents with Behavioral Disorders
SED 362 Teaching Students w/ Social, Emotional, & Behavioral Problems
SED 553 Behavior Management Techniques for Students with Mild Handicaps
Current Courses and Materials
EDN 319-003 Syllabus
SED 352 Syllabus
SED 355 Syllabus
Taskstream Requirements
FUNCTIONAL BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION (BPI) RUBRIC Rubrics for PBS Plan *
Instructional Resources
EDN 319 Resources:
- EDN 319 - Over Correction
- Math Methods and Content
- Special Education Services
- Labels vs. Needs
- Law May Accomodate Learning Disabled
- More Training
- Parent Response ASCD
- Teaching Disabled
- Teacher Training in SPED
- IEP Team Members
- IEP Team Drafts
- IEP Functional Goals and Objectives
- IEP and Researched-based Instruction
- IEP Behavioral Goals
- General Ed. Teachers Unprepared for Special Needs
- Expert Swims against Trend of Special Ed. Students in Mainstream Classes
- Unintended Consequences of Meeting AYP
- Teachers Say they Cannot Cope with Needs of Dyslexic Children
- Math Instruction
- Reading A Synthesis of Research on Reading
- Reading Disability Case Study
- Reading Instruction and NCLB
- Reading Instruction 2
- Postive Reinforcement
- North Carolina Public Schools - Positve Behavior
- Education Week - Ed. Dept. Backs Research Plans for RTI Method
- Social Rejection of Children with Mental Illness and ADHD
- IDEA Regulations Subpart B
- Bullying and Effective Strategies
- RTI Dramatic Change
- Problem Solving Model/Response to Intervention
- Facing High Stakes in High School
BED Resources:
- BED Program Guidelines
- Rubrics for Positve Behavior Support Plan
- Functional Behavioral Assessment and Intervention
- Preventing Aggression in the Classroom
- Task Stream Social and Self-M Rubrics
- North Carolina Public Schools - Positve Behavior
- IEP Behavioral Goals
- ADHD Academy
- Handling of ADHD Students Criticized
- Social Rejection of Children with Mental Illness and ADHD
- IDEA Regulations Subpart B
- Bullying and Effective Strategies
- Functional Behavioral Assessments
Behavioral Development Resources:
- Postive Reinforcement
- Functional Behavioral Assessment and Intervention
- Preventing Aggression in the Classroom
- Task Stream Social and Self-M Rubrics
- North Carolina Public Schools - Positve Behavior
- IEP Behavioral Goals
- Education Week - Ed. Dept. Backs Research Plans for RTI Method
- ADHD Academy
- Handling of ADHD Students Criticized
- Social Rejection of Children with Mental Illness and ADHD
- IDEA Regulations Subpart B
- Bullying and Effective Strategies
- Functional Behavioral Assessments
- FBA What Why How
- IEP Special Behavioral Factors
- Association for Positive Behavior Support
- ADHD linked to bad sleep
- Bully Booklet for Teacher
- General Education Modifications for Special Needs
- The Positive Alternative Learning Supports Program
Professional Service
- Member Association For Behavior Analysis
- Member Council for Exceptional Children
- Member Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders
- Coordinator, Special Education Program at UNCW, 2001-2005
- Director, UNCW Teaching Fellows Scholarship Program (1987-94).
- General College Advisor (Various years)
- Senator, University Faculty Senate (1985-89)
- Member, SACS Committee on Institutional Purpose (2000-01)
- Member, UNCW Honors Program Committee (1993-95 & 1996-98)
- Member, UNCW Faculty Welfare Committee (1994-96)
- Member, UNCW Hearings Panel-Stand By (1994-96 & 1999-2000))
- Member, Career Services Director Search Committee (1995)
- Member, UNCW Faculty Research/Development Committee (1989-92)
- Member, UNCW Task Force for Teaching Excellence Comm.(1990-92)
- Member, Campus Judicial Board (1989-92)
- Member, Ad Hoc Committee on R.P.T. Procedures (1988-90)
- Member, UNCW Leadership Center Advisory Board (1988-90)
- Member, UNCW Faculty Professional Relations Comm. (1986-88)
- Member, UNCW Student Affairs Committee (1986-88)
- Member, UNCW Teaching Evaluation Task Force (1984-88)
- Member, Senate Ad-Hoc Committee on Comm. Revisions (1984-87)
- Member, Committee on Protection of Human Subjects (1984-86)
Research Interests
Applied Behavior Analysis re: Special needs population
Applied Behavior Analysis re: Early Childhood
Effective Programming within Inclusive settings
Pro-Social Behavior Development
Positive Behavioral Supports for Social Skills Instruction in Special Needs
Population
Honors Related to Teaching/Profession:
- Recipient of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching for the Watson School of Education
- Recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Professorship Award for the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 1997
- Recipient of the Board of Trustees Teaching Excellence Award for the University of North Carolina
- Member, Graduate Faculty at UNCW
- Pilot tested several units of the Conflict Resolution -Conflict Management Curriculum developed by the Center for the Prevention of School Violence in the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Delinquency Prevention for the State of North Carolina
- Appointed (April 2000) by the Dean of Education to serve as the Watson School of Education representative to the New Hanover School District Advisory Council on Education with Special Needs
- Appointed by Director of Special Education Services for Brunswick County School District as program consultant and member of a planning committee to develop a Positive Behavioral Support center at Supply Elementary School to serve the southeast region of NC
- Appointed by the North Carolina Center of the Prevention of School Violence to serve as a member of an advisory committee to the center
- Named by members of the graduating class as faculty member most significant in their program at UNCW every semester since academic year 2000-2001