From Research to Reality: What the Latest Special Education Evidence Actually Says - and How to Use It in Your Classroom
NASET Webinar Featuring: Dr. Allie Boquet (Louisiana State University) and Dr. Chelsea T. Morris (University of New Mexico), JAASEP Co-Editors-In-Chief
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Date: Tuesday, July 7 | Time: 4:00 PM EST
Panelists: Dr. Allie Boquet (Louisiana State University) and Dr. Chelsea T. Morris (University of New Mexico)
Cost: Free
Special Education Continues to Evolve
Special educators are drowning in research they were never taught to read, interpret, or apply. At the same time, the students who need evidence-based practice most - children with disabilities, children impacted by trauma, children from historically marginalized communities - are the ones most likely to be failed when research never reaches the classroom.
"Special educators are leading through extraordinary times," said Dr. Boquet when she took the helm at JAASEP. "Our goal is to ensure that they have access to research and evidence that truly supports their practice." Dr. Morris put it directly: "Inclusion is not just a principle. It is the heart of our work."
This session brings both Co-Editors-in-Chief of JAASEP - NASET's own peer-reviewed academic journal, now in its 19th year - to the screen together for the first time. They will walk you through the latest in special education research that is shaping the field right now, what it actually means for your classroom, and how to close the gap between what studies recommend and what happens on Monday morning.
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Dr. Allie Boquet
Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the Special Education Programs at the LSU Lutrill and Pearl Payne School of Education
Dr. Allie Boquet is an Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the Special Education Programs at the LSU Lutrill and Pearl Payne School of Education, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate coursework focused on preparing future educators to serve in inclusive general and special education settings. Before joining LSU, she spent 14 years as a K-12 classroom teacher. She currently serves as an executive board member for the Louisiana Council for Exceptional Children.
Her research focuses on a problem most educators feel but rarely see named directly: how researchers disseminate evidence-based practices in ways that teachers can actually implement. She has published on practitioner-facing journal design, classroom behavior management, and the Good Behavior Game, and presented her work at the Council for Exceptional Children's Teacher Education Division. She is also co-investigator on a $250,000 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana grant and a federal Comprehensive Transition Program grant supporting post-secondary education for adults with intellectual disabilities at LSU.
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Dr. Chelsea T. Morris
Assistant Professor in the Family and Child Studies program at the University of New Mexico
Dr. Chelsea T. Morris is an Assistant Professor in the Family and Child Studies program at the University of New Mexico, where she also serves as Chair of the New Mexico Early Childhood Higher Education Task Force. She earned her PhD at the University of Miami in Teaching and Learning, with a focus on Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education, and began her career as an infant educator at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital.
Her research centers on a problem that does not get enough attention in special education professional development: the suspension and expulsion of toddlers and preschoolers, and the disproportionate impact of discipline practices on children with disabilities and children of color. She has led multiple federally funded projects, was selected as one of the first Fellows for the National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations, and is a co-author of the book Strengths-Based Family and Community Partnerships in Early Childhood Special Education Research and Practice.
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What to Expect:
In this session, participants will:
- Understand the research-to-practice gap - why evidence-based practices are slow to reach classrooms and what you can do about it regardless of your district's professional development calendar.
- Learn what the current JAASEP research is saying - a guided tour of the findings and themes from the journal's most recent issues, explained plainly by the editors who selected and shaped them.
- Get concrete tools for early childhood settings - Dr. Morris will address discipline, behavior intervention, and family partnership practices for early childhood special educators, including what the Pyramid Model research actually shows.
- Apply evidence-based strategies for K-12 and beyond - Dr. Boquet will address classroom behavior management, inclusive transitions to post-secondary settings, and how to read practitioner research in a way that is actually useful.
- Ask the editors directly - a live Q&A with both editors giving you the chance to ask what the research says about the challenges you are facing right now.
This is a rare opportunity to go directly to the source. These are not just researchers talking about the field. They are the people deciding what the field's flagship NASET journal publishes - and they are here to share it with you.
All registrants will have access to the recording and attendees will receive a certificate of attendance for professional development.
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