Accomplishments: Department of Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education
Josh Baker (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) recently was awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Education that will provide $165,000 a year for his project. Secondly, he received a sub-award for $130,000 a year for two years from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research;…
Fourteen students (all Education) will benefit next academic year from the Kitty Rodman Scholarship. The scholarship program was established in 2014 with the College of Education and was designated to support scholarships and graduate fellowships for 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó students pursing careers in special education. At that time the $12.9 million donation was…
Jill Lukas (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) has been awarded the Kathleen W. McCartan Award. It is given to undergraduate or masters-level students who have made significant contributions through service to the field, community, and professional organizations. She is a graduate student studying early childhood education.
Joseph Morgan and Alain Bengochea (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) were awarded the Full Service Community Schools Grant through the U.S. Department of Education office of innovation and improvement in the amount of $2.5 million to implement a project titled ReInvent Schools 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÃâ·ÑApp - Community Schools Initiative…
Monica R. Brown (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) has been awarded a grant totaling more than $1 million by the U.S. Department of Education to support special education and social work master's students. The project is titled Pedagogues Readily Addressing Interdisciplinary Special Education Requirements (Project PRAISER…
Claire Tredwell (Preschool) has been honored with the Rose C. Engel Award for Excellence in Professional Practice by the Division of Early Childhood (DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children, recognizing her leadership, ethical standards and excellence of work. This national award is presented to professionals who have made…
Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education), along with colleagues from five different universities, recently published an article in Topics in Early Childhood Special Education on the perceptions of early intervention providers on father involvement in services for their infants and toddlers with disabilities. This…
Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) recently published Collaboration in Childcare Setting: Using Teaming to Support Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities in the latest issue from the Division for Early Childhood Recommended Practices Monograph Series. Based upon her research and professional experiences, this…
Margarita Huerta (Early Childhood, Multilingual & Special Education) and Tiberio Garza (Educational Psychology & Higher Education) published "Writing in Science: Why, How, and for Whom? A Systematic Literature Review of 20 Years of Intervention Research (1996–2016)" in Educational Psychology Review. Findings include an…
Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) authored a chapter in the newest edition of An Introduction to Young Children with Special Needs edited by Richard Gargulio and Jennifer Kilgo (both from the University of Alabama Birmingham). This chapter describes intervention and instructional strategies to support young…
Alain Bengochea (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) co-authored a manuscript titled "Native Mexican Parents’ Beliefs 51³Ô¹ÏÍøÍòÄÜ¿Æ´ó Children’s Literacy and Language Development: A Mixed-Methods Study" in Early Education & Development.
Jenna Weglarz (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) was recently selected as a fellow for the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations. She will work with leading researchers from across the country to promote research supporting the social and emotional development of young children with and without disabilities in Nevada.