Mailing Address
Teacher
Education
California State
University,
Dominguez Hills
1000 E. Victoria
Street
Carson, CA 90747
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.
