Department:

Research, Professional and Creative Activity:

• Competency-Based Student Assistant Program Certification, Center for Addictive Disease
• Crisis Prevention Institute, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Certificate
• National Council for Exceptional Children
• Executive Board Member, Pennsylvania Council for Exceptional Children
• Multiple grant recipient for work in special education
• Widely published in peer-reviewed academic journals

Professional Profile:

Professor McCarthy earned her Ph.D. in Special Education from State University of New York at Buffalo. She earned her M.S. from Purdue University with a focus on Learning and Behavioral Disorders and her B.A. from Purdue with a major in Psychology. She is active in the professional education community and has delivered numerous presentations and workshops across the United States.

Teaching and Related Service:

Courses taught:

• Techniques in Assessment in Special Education
• Instructional Practices for Secondary Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities
• Introduction to Exceptionality
• Classroom Management
• Professional Development Seminar
• Introduction to Teaching and Learning

Previously taught at:

• West Chester University

Teacher of the Year Nomination, Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society, 2009
 

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