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Texas Christian University, B.S. in Elementary Education with Special Education endorsement
University of North Texas, Master of Education, Special Education
University of North Texas, Ph.D., Special Education
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Classroom teaching experience in resource rooms and self-contained special education classrooms, grades 1-8. Classroom teaching experience in a short-term residential hospital setting, grades 1-12. Special education consultant for the Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit #13 for 5 years, providing training and technical assistance to general education and special education teachers. Professor at Lebanon Valley College, 17 years.
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My primary research goals involve: (1) improving the behavior and academic performance of children with disabilities (especially students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and emotional/behavioral disorders) and (2) providing pre-service teachers with practical experiences which increase their abilities to successfully educate and support children with disabilities and their families. For the last 18 years, my colleagues and I have been studying the effects of aerobic exercise on behavior, academic responding, motor skills, and sleep in children and young adults on the Autism Spectrum.