PERSONAL INFORMATION: Appointment to VT UCEDD Director 1/2007
Current Work address
| Center on Disability and Community Inclusion |
| College of Education and Social Services |
| The UCEDD of Vermont/University of Vermont |
| Mann Hall - 3rd Floor |
| 208 Colchester Avenue |
| Burlington, VT 05405-1757 |
RANK
Professor Emerita Early Intervention & Special Education
University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Counseling & Special Education (rank held since July 2003; tenure held since 1997)
Professor, Integrated Professional Studies Department
University of Vermont (rank held since 2007)
EDUCATION
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Ph.D. 1991
Special Education: Early Intervention, Severe Disabilities
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Professor, Department of Special Education
University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 2003-present
Director: Early Childhood Special Education Program from 1991-2007
Selected Publications
Dybdahl, C. & Ryan, S. (2006). FAS Inclusion: Classroom teachers talk about practice. Preventing School Failure, Manuscript accepted for publication. A PR
Ryan, S. (2006). Instructional tips: Supporting the educational needs of students with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Teaching exceptional children Manuscript accepted for publication. A PR
Ryan, S. & Ferguson, D. (2006). The person behind the face of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: Student experiences and family and professionals' perspectives on FASD. Rural Special Education Quarterly, 25(1), 32-40. PR
Ryan, S. & Chionnaith, M. (2006). On the Spectrum: Similarities and differences between students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of International Special Needs Education, 9, 43-52. PR
Ryan, S. & Murphy, B., Harvey, S., & Nygrene, K., Ongtooguk, P. (2006). The way of the human being: Supporting Alaska native families who have a child with a disability. Young Exceptional Children, 9(2), 12-19. PR
Ryan, S. & Ferguson, D. (2006). "On, yet under the radar": Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Exceptional Children, 72(3), 363-379. PR
Research and Federal Training Grants (Selected)
2004-2009 Project Director/ Principal Investigator (20-50% FTE)
Alaska Low Incidence Training Project (H325A030031) United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs SA
$1.25 million
2001-2005 Researcher (20-50% FTE)
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Research
Case Studies, State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services. SA
$200,000
1999-2003 Principal Investigator/ Project Director(20-50% FTE)
Alaska Low Incidence Training Program (H325A990054), United States Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. SA
$663,000
