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Paula Beckman - professor, Department of Special Education, University of MarylandExpertise - infancy and early childhood special education; early intervention strategies for families; parents' perceptions and expectations of their exceptional children; peer interactions among handicapped and non-handicapped preschool children; working with children who are at risk for learning problems due to poverty and lack of educational opportunity. She is currently working with children, teachers and schools in poor, developing countries, particularly in Central America, providing training for teachers as well as working with administrators to improve the quality of education for children in poor communities.
Credentials - an internationally known expert in early childhood development, special education, and working with families, Dr. Beckman consults with early childhood programs throughout the United States. She serves on Maryland's Interagency Coordinating Council which works directly with the Maryland State Department of Education to coordinate services for infants and toddlers through out the state. She has also been involved in international research and training projects in Europe.
Prof. Beckman currently directs three teacher training projects and one community development project at the University of Maryland.
Margaret McLaughlin - professor, Department of Special Education, and associate director, Institute for the Study of Exceptional Children and Youth, University of MarylandExpertise - special education and minority achievement, educational reform, No Child Left Behind Act, leadership training. Research includes the nvestigation of the impact of education reform in students with disabilities and special education programs. Dr. McLaughlin is also involved in conducting several policy research efforts as well as assisting districts in developing and evaluating new programs.
Credentials - the author of three books and numerous book chapters and articles on educational reform policy and other issues. Prof. McLaughlin has consulted in the United States and overseas to help develop programs and policies that would include students with disabilities in general education programs. Before coming to Maryland, she was the executive director of the Joseph P. Kennedy Foundation. As a teacher, she taught children with emotional disturbance and learning disabilities.
Deborah Speece - professor, Department of Special Education, University of MarylandExpertise - learning disabilities and early identification, early literacy, real-world influences and individual differences that place children at risk, classification and identification issues that surround learning disabilities. She is currently investigating the validity of an alternative identification model for young children who may experience reading disabilities.
Credentials - the former editor of Learning Disabilities Research & Practice and currently directs the Doctoral Leadership Training Program in Learning Disabilities. Prof. Speece is a member of a number of professional organizations and is on the editorial boards of Learning Disabilities Research and Learning and Individual Differences
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