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McFadden Recognized as Outstanding Scholar, Receives Candace S. Bos Innovative Project Grant

Dec. 17, 2024

Special Education doctoral student Kimberly McFadden is back in the news with another grant award. She was recently awarded a Candace S. Bos Innovative Project Grant through the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)’s Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD). McFadden's research focuses on word reading intervention for students with reading difficulty in the upper grades. 
 
Congratulations, Kimberly!
    Sara Kangas

    Kangas Receives Prestigious Grant from the Spencer Foundation

    Sara Kangas, program director of COE's Special Education and ESL programs, has received a grant from the Spencer Foundation through its prestigious Large Grants program. Kangas and Jamie Schissel, an associate professor of Teacher Education and Higher Education at UNC Greensboro, are the principal investigators for the project titled, "Individualized Language Plans for Multilingual Learners with Disabilities: Investigating Implementation and Stakeholder Perspectives."

    Jennifer Lauriello

    Lauriello Mixes Teaching, Mentorship and Research to Create a Career in Behavior Analysis

    Jennifer Lauriello oversees clinical operations for Lehigh University Autism Services (LUAS) and  provides supervision for the Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) who work directly with clients.

    Working at LUAS and enrolling in the COE’s Special Education doctoral program have allowed Lauriello to grow her clinical skill set, while developing and implementing interventions in a clinical setting. Her position also allows her to teach future clinicians and LUAS staff  to incorporate naturalistic interventions with clients.

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    Supporting Parents of Children with Behavioral Challenges

    Chen Shi’s research is focused on helping children with emotional behavioral disorder and ADHD, and their families.

    Shi is happy she chose Lehigh’s College of Education for her doctoral work. “Lehigh is such a supportive environment—especially my program,” she says. “All the students are my allies—if I have a question, I either knock on a faculty door or I text my cohort,” she says. “It's a tight group that supports each other.”