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Teaching Career:

14 years- Adjunct Professor, Anne Arundel Community College

‍Courses Taught: Behavioral/Instructional Strategies for ASD; Social Skills for Students with Autism (created course for accreditation); Introduction to Special Education; Instructional Strategies for Special Learners; Instructional Teamwork

12 years- Special Education Department Chairperson and Teacher, overlapping with part of adjunct position

12 years- Special Education Department Chairperson and Teacher, three high schools

2 years- Teacher of Deaf, classroom and itinerant teacher

Honors/Achievements:

Author of The Boy Who Healed A School: A True Story of Autism, Courage, and Kindness

Editor and Contributing Author for Building Bridges Autism Social Skills Curriculum, Anne Arundel County, MD

Presenter, Special Educator’s Conference, Arnold, MD; Para-educator’s Conference, Arnold, MD; Workshop Leader, Coping Skills Inservice, Anne Arundel County, MD;

Presenter, National Convention, Council for Exceptional Children, Denver, CO

Developed and piloted Coping Skills curriculum for Anne Arundel County, MD

Education:

M.Ed., Learning Disabilities; Emotional Disturbances; University of  South Alabama

B.S., Education of Hearing Impaired, Texas Woman’s University

Howard Payne University

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