JAMES GRANFIELD Special Education

BOOKS PUBLISHED:

Editor. Understanding through Learning: A School Curriculur about Mental Retardation. Washington, DC, 1995.

CHAPTERS/SECTIONS PUBLISHED IN BOOKS:

With Greenspan & Switsky. "Everyday Intelligence & Adaptive Behavior." In Manual in Diagnosis & Professional Practice in Mental Retardation, edited by Jacobson & Mulick, Washington, DC, American Psychological Association, 1996.

RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED:

Collaboration in Teacher Preparation, Faculty Development Grant, 1997-98.

With Gerber, S. "Preparation of School Personnel for Inclusion and Collaborative Schools."

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, November 1995

With Howard, S. "Multimedia in the Classroom." CSU, New Britain, CT, May 1991

RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL:

Intelligence; International Collaboration; Teacher Training; Collaboration in Teacher Preparation; Self-determination and Disabilities; Managed Care and Human Service Systems.

CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:

With Switsky & Greenspan. "The Adaptive Significance of Intelligence." In Advances in Special Education, by A. Rotatori (in press).

"International Collaboration in Education: The Role of Teacher Training Programs." In Symposium on Intellectural Disabilities, Special Education Conference Proceeding, Washington, DC, NICHD (in press).

Comparative special education; multi-media and teacher preparation

DISSERTATION TITLE:

Factors Affecting Decisions Regarding Community Placement of People with Mental Retardation

INSTITUTION GRANTING PH.D.:

University of Connecticut