Courses Taught

• SPE 558 Managing Learning Environments in Special and General Education
• SPE 562 Advanced Behavior, Emotional and Environmental Supports

Degrees

• B.A., CSU, Long Beach
• M.A. Pepperdine University
• Ph.D. University of Oregon

Research Projects, Grants & Interests

• K. & Russell, S. (2002). Project: Collaboration to Credential All Teachers (CCAT). Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). U.S. Department of Education Federal Grant ($604,883 – funded).
• Beard, K. (2002). Linking Academic Scholars to Educational Resources (LASER). A replication in urban schools: The effects of a teacher and parent collaboration on challenging behaviors in the classroom. Research Grant ($10,000 - funded)
• Beard, K. (2000). The effects of a teacher and parent collaboration on challenging behaviors in the classroom. Center on Minority Research in Special Education (COMRISE). Postdoctoral Fellowship/Grant ($44, 160 – funded).
• Beard, K. (1998). A collaboration between teachers and parents in decreasing antisocial behavior with young children. The Hamilton Fish National Institute on School and Community Violence. Dissertation Grant/Stipend ($2,000 - funded).

Publications \  Presentations

• Publications:
  Beard, K. & Sugai, G. (Under peer-review and revisions). First Step to Success: An early intervention for elementary children at risk for antisocial behavior. Behavioral Disorders.
  
  Golly, A., Sprague, J., Walker, H., Beard, K., & Gorham, G. (2000). The first step to success program: An analysis of outcomes with identical twins across multiple baselines. Behavioral Disorders, 25(3), 170-182.
  
  Colvin, G., Tobin, T., Beard, K., Hagan, S., & Sprague, J. (1999). The school bully: Procedures for assessing the problem and developing interventions. Journal of Behavioral Education, 8(3), 293-319.
  
  Article in Non-Refereed Publication
  
  Beard, K. & Branch, A. (2001). Student diversity revisited: Is this part of the planning? Council for Children with Behavior Disorders Forum.
  
   
• Book Chapter
  
  Walker, H.M., Sprague, J.R., Perkins-Rowe, K., Beard, K.Y., Seibert, B., Golly, A.M., Severson, H.H., & Feil, E.G. (in press). The First Step to Success program: Achieving secondary prevention outcomes for behaviorally disordered at-risk children through early intervention. In M. Epstein & A. Duchnowski (Eds.), Outcomes for children and youth with behavior and emotional disorders (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: PRO-ED, Inc.
  
   
• White Paper
  
  Anderson, M., Beard, K., Kea, C., Raymond, E., Singh, N., Sugai, G., Townsend, B., & Webb-Johnson, G. (In Press). Working with culturally and linguistically diverse children, youth, and their families: Best practices in assessment, instruction, and personnel preparation. Council for Children with Behavior Disorders Monograph.

Professional Associations

• Council for Exceptional Children
• Council for Children with Behavior Disorders
• American Educational Research Association

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