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Amy Stevens Griffith

Title	Professor
Office	Winther Hall 4044
Phone	(262) 472-5817
Email	griffita@uww.edu

Education

• PhD, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas, 1998
  Major:  Special Education
  Dissertation: The Effects of Classification as Learning Disabled upon Teacher Evaluations of Student Performance: An Attribution Theory Approach
• MA, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1992
  Major:  Experimental Psychology
  Thesis: The Role of Social Support in Coping with a Crisis: A Test of the Main Effect and Buffering Hypotheses
• BS, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, 1990
  Major:  Psychology
  Minor:  Speech Communication

Instruction

• Academic Interventions I (Reading Interventions) SPECED (486/686)
• Academic Interventions II (Writing Interventions and Instructional Strategies) (SPECED 487)
• Academic Interventions II Hybrid (SPECED 687)
• Collaboration for (SPECED 458/658)
• Student Teaching Seminar (SPECED 470)
• General Education Field Experiences (SPECFLD 410/610)
• Directed Teaching Supervision
• Summer Institute Coordinator
• Special Education Minor Coordinator and Advisor

Research Interests

• Co-Teaching and Collaboration
• Transformative Learning
• School Reform

Service Interests

• Wisconsin Council for Exceptional Children President, 2012-2014
• Council for Exceptional Children Representative Assembly, 2010-2013
• Small Special Education Programs Caucus, Teacher Education Division of Council for Exceptional Children Membership Chair, 2010-2013
• Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) Editorial Board
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction State Personnel Development Grant IHE Hub
• Wisconsin Teacher Licensing Professional Development Plan Reviewer

Selected Publications

• Kolb, S. & Griffith, A.S. (2012). Chapter 26 Planning for implementing assistive technology: A functional approach for practitioners. In Handbook of research on human cognition and assistive technology: Design, accessibility and transdisciplinary perspectives. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
• Griffith, A. S. & Handley-Maxwell, B. (2011).  Annotated data, statistics, tables, and graphs. In C. Hanley-Maxwell L. Collet -Klingenberg (Eds.), Sage Reference Series on Disability:  Volume 2, Education. Thousand Oaks, CA:  SAGE Publications, Inc.
• Nuner, J.E., & Griffith, A.S. (2011). Early signs of autism: How childcare providers can support parents and navigate referral procedures. Dimensions of Early Childhood.
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• Olson, P. (originator), Sklar, D., Lafontant, G., Skuse, T., Griffith, A.S., & Hill, T (equal participants). (2011). Music and games. Young Women’s Caucus Travelling Journal Project (travelling show).

  Online access http://www.travellingjournalpaul.blogspot.com/ .

• Kolb, S. & Griffith, A.S. (2009, Jan/Feb). I’ll repeat myself, again?! Empowering students through assertive communication strategies. Teaching Exceptional Children, 41(3), 32-39.
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• Griffith, A.S. & Gill, P.B. (2006). Including students in the design process. Journal of At-Risk Issues, 12(2), 1-6.
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