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Rochester Disabilities Cluster

Courses, Seminars, Research Interests

  • Living Inclusion---the lives of teachers in inclusive classrooms
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    Name

    Courses

    Research Projects/Interests

    Jacob Adams

     

     

    • CPM 414 History of Epidemiology
    • CPM 417 Molecular Epidemiology
    • CPM 418 Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
    • Cardiovascular disease in cancer survivors
    • Effects of radiation on cardiovascular function

    Steven Barnett

     

    National Center for Deaf Health Research

     

    Loisa Bennetto

     

    • CSP/PSY 381 Psychology of Developmental Disabilities
    • CSP/PSY 384 Practicum in Developmental Disabilities (Fall)
    • CSP/PSY385 Practicum in Developmental Disabilities (Spring)
    • CSP/PSY 351 Research in Developmental Neuropsychology (focus on autism) (Fall)
    • CSP/PSY 352 Research in Developmental Neuropsychology (focus on autism) (Spring)

    Neurocognitive bases of autism and other developmental disabilities

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Stephanie Brown Clark

     

    • Medical Humanities Seminar for first year medical students, 8 weeks/2 hrs/week: ASL: Deaf Language and Culture (March-April)
    • Medical Humanities Seminar for second year medical students, 8 weeks/2 hrs/week: History of the Body in Medicine, Literature, and Arts

    History of congenital malformations in medicine and literature

    Chin-To Fong

     

     

    Genetics of orofacial clefts

    Greg Gdowski

     

     

    Vestibular-evoked postural reflexes

     

     

     

    Susan Hetherington

     

    • ED 447 Disability and Schools
    • Core Course in Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
    • Seminar in Childhood Teaching

     

    • Parental perception of autism and its affect on diagnosis and treatment
    • Over representation of African American students in special education

    Amy Lerner

     

    • BME 295/296 Biomedical Engineering Senior Design
    • BME 283/483 BioSolid Mechanics

    http://www.courses.rochester.edu/lerner

    • Design of medical devices, including accessible design for people with disabilities
    • Orthopaedic biomechanics

     

    Caroline Magyar

     

    • ED 457 Autism Spectrum Disorders: Characteristics and Educational Issues
    • ED 459/460 Practicum in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Applied Behavior Analysis
    • Educational Service delivery models for school-aged children with autism spectrum disorders: development and evaluation
    • A model of transition for high school students with Asperger’s Disorder and high functioning autism
    • Early intensive behavioral intervention for young children with autism
    • Assessment in autism spectrum disorders

    Jack Mottley

     

    • ECE and BME design seminars and projects
    • Internships sponsored by Technology Transfer Office
    • Supervision of undergraduate design projects in assistive technology

     

     

     

    Deborah Napolitano

     

     

    • Intensive behavioral interventions for persons with autism
    • Functional analysis and treatment of problem behaviors
    • Pharmacological/behavioral interactions in interventions for problem behaviors

    Karen Nolan

    • Effects of orthotics on function in a child with cerebral palsy (SWASH, Orthotic Strapping System)
    • Physical activity in children and youth with physical disabilities

    Robert Pollard

     

     

    Research Center: National Center for Deaf Health Research

     

    Matthew Starr

     

     

     

    Stephen Sulkes

     

     

    National Center for Deaf Health Research

    Jennifer Zarcone

     

     

    • Prader-Willi Syndrome
    • Children with autism focusing on repetitive behavior disorders, disruptive behavior disorders, and educational issues