Courses Taught

• SPE 460 - Introduction to Special Education
• SPE 523S - Fieldwork in Special and General Education for Interns
• SPE 527 - Resource Specialist 1: Program Planning
• SPE 543S - Special Education Pre Induction Planning Supervision
• SPE 546S - Special Education Post Induction Evaluation Supervision
• SPE 561 - Typical & Atypical Development and Assess. Issues in Sp. & Gen. Ed.
• SPE 556S - Fieldwork in Special and General Education for Non Interns
• SPE 564 - Assessment of Children & Adolescents with Severe Disabilities
• SPE 566S - Directed Teaching of Individuals with Moderate/Severe Disabilities
• SPE 567 - Instr. Planning & Curric. for Individuals w/ Mild/Moderate Disabilities
• SPE 569S - Directed Teaching of Individuals with Mild/Moderate Disabilities
• SPE 591 - Current Issues in Special Education
• TED 405 - Mainstreaming Students with Special Needs

Degrees

• Ph.D. University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• M.S. Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles
• B.A. Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles

Research Projects, Grants & Interests

• Grants
• Alternative Teacher Certification Local Assistance Grant,2003-2005
• Dean Mini Research Grant, spring, 2003
• Affirmative Action Faculty Development Award: Computerized Case Studies in Sp Ed, 11/91.
• Lottery Endowment Award: Urban Education Colloquium, 12/90.

Publications \ Presentations

• Presentations
• Formal & Informal Resources Among Families: Comparison Across Economics, Age & Child’s Level of Disability; AERA, San Diego, 4/12-16, 2004
• Support Provider Training or How to Develop an Effective Mentor; National Association for Alternative Certification, New Orleans, 4/-2831, 2004
• Headstart Inservices, Carson and Gardena, CA; fall, 1996 & spring, 1997
• Council of Exceptional Children: Teacher Education Division, November, 1994
• Council of Exceptional Children: Teacher Education Division, November, 1991
• Antelope Valley SELPA Conference, January, 1991
   
• Publications
• Fisher, F., Blackaller, C. A. & Jackson, J. (1992) Case studies in special education. The TAM Newsletter, 7, 1, 6.
• Blackaller, C. A. (1986). Play dough to picasso, Westside Gifted Children’s Association Newsletter, 5, 2.
• Blackaller, C. A. (1972). Auditory perception and learning (Parts 1 & 2). The Marianne Frostig Center of Educational Therapy Newsletter, 13.
   
• Articles
• Self-Perceptions and Inter-Personal Relationships of Individuals with Significant Physical Disabilities, spring 2004
• Effects of Formal and Informal Social Systems on Individuals with Significant Physical Disabilities, spring, 2004
• Review Mental Retardation (6th edition), Beirne-Smith/Ittenbach/Patton

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