Accomplishments: Department of Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education
Steven Payne (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) and his graduate students recently published a new paper on the role of human attention on the behavior of shelter dogs. In the paper, they assess whether attention serves as a reinforcer to teach new behavior to dogs, if they can condition attention to serve as a reinforcer, and…
Jenna Weglarz-Ward and Joseph Morgan (both Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) were awarded $197,000 per year grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs for 2023-2028. Promoting Inclusive Early Childhood Education for Nevada (PIECE--NV) will provide support to NSHE associate degree…
Gerilyn Slicker (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published an article, "The Role of State Subsidy Policies in Early Education Programs' Decisions to Accept Subsidies: Evidence from Nationally Representative Data," in Early Education and Development. This study uses a nationwide sample of early education centers and state-…
Gerilyn Slicker (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published an article, "Participation of early care and education centers in the child care subsidy system: A statewide mixed methods investigation," in Early Childhood Research Quarterly. This statewide mixed methods study explores how child care and early education…
Associate professor Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) and research coordinator for the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center was selected as part the 2023-24 Fred Roger Educators' Neighborhood cohort. This program provides the opportunity to collaborate with educators and scholars from around the…
Faculty and students from the department of early childhood, multilingual, and special education presented, "Demystifying Disability: Continuing the Legacy of Mister Rogers for Inclusive Early Childhood Education," at the Work of Fred Rogers: A Conference on His Context and Legacy at the Fred Rogers Institute. Jenna Weglarz-Ward, associate…
Monica R. Brown (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) just published "Delphi technique: Parents identify protective factors to address problem behaviors in adolescents with and without disabilities" in the Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals.
Monica Brown (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) and co-author Monique Matute-Chavarria (New Mexico State University) published an article in the Journal of African American Males in Education (JAAME) titled, "Using hip hop as pedagogy: Black students with behavior disorders."
Steven Payne (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) published "A comparison of paired- and multiple-stimulus-without-replacement preference assessments to identify reinforcers for dog behavior" in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, the flagship journal of the field of behavior analysis, along with his…
Sharolyn D. Pollard-Durodola (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) and Jorge E. Gonzalez (University of Houston) recently published, "Content Literacy: Integrating Social Studies and Language," as part of the Handbook on the Science of Early Literacy.
Congratulations to the following winners of the 2023 College of Education Faculty Awards:
Distinguished Research Award: Federick Ngo (Educational Psychology, Leadership and Higher Education)
Distinguished Teaching Award: Tina Vo, Teaching & Learning
Distinguished Service Award: Sophie Ladd, Teaching &…
Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) presented a session at Nevada's Early Learning Institute 2023 titled, "How Building Relationships Supports the Inclusion of Young Children with Disabilities." This virtual session shared a framework for building partnerships with families of young children with disabilities…