Presenters
Professor, UNC Charlotte
Fred Spooner is Professor of Special Education at UNC Charlotte. Dr. Spooner has researched and written about instructional strategies for students with severe disabilities since the 1980s. Recently, he has focused on alternate assessment and linking both assessment and instruction...
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Assistant Professor
Dr. Melissa Tapp is an assistant professor of special education in the teacher education department and joined Catawba in 2022. Dr. Tapp completed her Ph.D. (2022) and M.Ed. (2010) in special education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Previously, she has worked in...
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Doctoral Candidate, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
I am a doctoral candidate at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. My research interests include general curriculum access for students with extensive support needs and personnel preparation, particularly preparing general education teachers to include students with extensive...
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