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Bill Therrien is the Thomas G. Jewell Professor of Education at the University of Virginia. He also is the coordinator of the Research in Practice group for the STAR (Supporting Transformative Autism Research) project and is Co-PI for the Special Education Research Accelerator (SERA). He is the co-editor of Exceptional Children, the flagship research journal of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). Therrien has extensive experience designing and evaluating academic programming for students with autism and learning disabilities particularly in the areas of science and reading. In his work, Therrien employs a variety of methods including single subject, experimental, and quasi-experimental group research designs. Therrien has also conducted numerous meta-analyses in the areas of reading, science and special education. He successfully directed/co-directed over 15 federal and state grants totaling more than $21 million in funding.   Websites and clickable links: Bill’s faculty page [https://education.virginia.edu/about/directory/william-j-therrien] DLD’s website [https://www.teachingld.org/] TECBD Conference pag [https://education.asu.edu/annual-tecbd-conference]e Alethia Society page [https://aletheia-society.org/] Flint Michigan Lead Crisis: Settlement [https://edlawcenter.org/flint-lead-crisis-settlement-to-launch-groundbreaking-program-to-assess-impacts-on-flint-children/#:~:text=The%20lawsuit%20challenges%20systemic%20deficiencies,or%20worsening%20an%20existing%20disability.] Other Think Aloud guests/episodes we mentioned: * David Bateman - E10 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1783421/9565297-e10-time-management-strategies-that-work.mp3?download=true] and E13 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1783421/9815709-e13-david-bateman.mp3?download=true] * Peggy Weiss - E30 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1783421/12091763-e30-peggy-weiss.mp3?download=true] * Erica Lembke - E09 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1783421/9504157-e09-erica-lembke.mp3?download=true] To read: (Check out your local bookstore or favorite online provider) * Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport * Books on Stoicism

Dr. Endia Lindo. Endia is an Associate Professor of Special Education at Texas Christian University. She also is an executive board member and past president of the Council for Exceptional Children’s (CEC) Division for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners (DDEL). Her research focuses on improving the reading comprehension of students with learning difficulties and disabilities and educators’ cultural competence. Dr. Lindo engages as a critical quantitative researcher whose work examines what is known and needed to establish, implement, and sustain school and community-based intervention practice especially for those students in which multiple vulnerabilities (e.g., disability, poverty, and cultural and linguistic differences) intersect. “Choices have invoices.” ~ Busta Rhymes  Websites and clickable links: Endia’s faculty page [https://coe.tcu.edu/about/faculty-staff/view/endia-lindo] DDEL’s website [https://ddel.exceptionalchildren.org/]  What is PALS? [https://frg.vkcsites.org/what-is-pals/] PALS on What Works Clearinghouse  [https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/InterventionReports/wwc_pals_060512.pdf] Children of the Code [https://childrenofthecode.org/] Other Think Aloud guests/episodes we mentioned: Mark Schneider - E41 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1783421/13695016] was the Director of the Institute for Educational Sciences (IES) Jessica Toste - E31 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1783421/12184500] is at the University of Texas To read: (Check out your local bookstore or favorite online provider) Unstuck & Unstoppable: Shake Off the Past, Find Your Purpose, Get on with Your Life by Jimn Kyles Jim Crow’s Pink Slip: The Untold Story of Black Principal and Teacher Leadership by Leslie T. Fenwick et al. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker et al. Intersectionality in Education: Toward More Equitable Policy, Research, and Practice by Wendy Cavendish et al.

Dr. Elizabeth Hughes is an Associate Professor of Special Education at Penn State University. Her current research line overlaps her love for reading, writing, and mathematics by evaluating the role of language in learning and communicating mathematics.  She has developed interventions to support students’ language when learning mathematics and answering open-response word problems in mathematics. Dr. Hughes also is the current Vice President of DLD.  Websites and clickable links: Elizabeth’s faculty page: https://ed.psu.edu/directory/dr-elizabeth-hughes [https://ed.psu.edu/directory/dr-elizabeth-hughes] DLD’s website: https://www.teachingld.org/ [https://www.teachingld.org/] Other Think Aloud guests/episodes we mentioned: Paul Riccomini - E26 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1783421/11596123] is at Penn State Kait Brennan - E43 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1783421/14305945] is from Pittsburgh To read: (Check out your local bookstore or favorite online provider) Murder mysteries with strong female protagonists Resources to support framing work to make it more culturally inclusive

Angus Kittelman is an assistant professor within the Department of Special Education at the University of Missouri. His research areas include positive behavioral interventions and supports with an emphasis in high schools, implementation science and systems change, and implementing and evaluating school-based interventions for students with emotional and behavioral problems. Angus has received funding from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education/Education Innovation and Research (EIR). In 2023, he was a recipient of the Initial Researcher Award from the Association of Positive Behavior Support (APBS). Links: Angus’ faculty page: https://cehd.missouri.edu/person/angus-kittelman/ [https://cehd.missouri.edu/person/angus-kittelman/] PBIS: www.pbis.org [http://www.pbis.org/] Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support: https://pbismissouri.org/ [https://pbismissouri.org/] Other Think Aloud guests/episodes we mentioned: Tim Lewis - E33 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1783421/12376538] Aaron Campbell - E42 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1783421/14196732] Mary Rose Sallese - E16 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1783421/10238581] Mark Schneider - E41 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1783421/13695016] Matt Burns - E23 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1783421/11094834] To read: (Check out your local bookstore or favorite online provider) On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

Kait Brennan is an experienced Policy Advisor and Lobbyist focused on addressing the critical shortage of special educators and lack of diversity in the field. She is the principal and founder of KB Strategies, a boutique government affairs and political strategy firm. At the federal level, she represents the Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children (TED - CEC) and the Higher Education Consortium for Special Education (HECSE) as their Senior Policy Advisor.  Kait has a demonstrated history of working in the K-12 and higher education industry and is skilled in Special Education, K-12 Education, Education Policy, Teacher Preparation, and Urban Education. Kait earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) focused in Special Education from University of Pittsburgh. Links: KB Strategies: kbrennan@kbstrategies.org [kbrennan@kbstrategies.org]   Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children (TED-CEC): https://tedcec.org/ [https://tedcec.org/] Higher Education Consortium for Special Education (HECSE): https://hecse.net/ [https://hecse.net/] To read: (Check out your local bookstore or favorite online provider) Advocating for the Common Good: People, politics, process, and policy on Capitol Hill by Jane West - available from Rowman & Littlefield [https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538155226/Advocating-for-the-Common-Good-People-Politics-Process-and-Policy-on-Capitol-Hill] Related Services in Special Education: Working Together as a Team by Lisa Goran & David F. Bateman - available from Rowman & Littlefield [https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538168820/Related-Services-in-Special-Education-Working-Together-as-a-Team] Arc of Power: Inside Nancy Pelosi's Speakership, 2005–2010 by John A. Lawrence Schoolhouse Burning: Public Education and the Assault on American Democracy by Derek W. Black