Effective Transition Services in Standards-Based Education:
Fitting Square Pegs Into Round Holes

Facilitators: Dr. Diane Bassett and Dr. Harvey Rude, University of Northern Colorado

Dr. Mary Morningstar, Professor of Special Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Sharon Field Hoffman, College of Education, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

James Patton, Consultant; Adjunct, University of Texas, Austin, TX

Harvey Rude, Professor of Special Education, UNC

"Understanding Children with Autism - Challenges and Opportunities"

Allen Huang, Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate School, Professor of Special Education, UNC

"From Identification to Intervention – Strategies and Challenges"

Marietta Sears, Director of Special Students, Centennial Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Greeley, CO

"Teaching Language and Appropriate Behavior to Children and Adults with Autism or Other Developmental Disabilities - An Introduction"

Patrick McGreevy served as an assistant research professor in the Institute for Community Studies and the Department of Special Education at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and as an assistant professor in the Department of Special Education at Louisiana State University.

Lee Marcus, Ph.D., Professor and Clinical Director of Chapel Hill TEACCH Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Medical School, Chapel Hill, NC

**We are sorry to report due to health problems, Dr. Eric Schopler will not be presenting in Vail. Dr. Lee Marcus will replace him to present the same information.

Robin Brewer, Assistant Professor of Special Education, UNC

Lily Huang, special education teacher, LaSalle School District, CO and Reine Zadel, parent

"Putting It All Together"

Allen Huang, Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate School, Professor of Special Education, UNC

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