In Event: Park Central Roundtable Session 16

SIG-Special Education Research

Linda Reeves, University of South Alabama

Choosing to Become a Special Educator: Investigating Preservice Teachers' Preferences - Linda Reeves, University of South Alabama; Rebecca Giles, University of South Alabama; Todd Johnson, University of South Alabama

Differentiating Predictors of Teachers' Commitment: Special Versus General Education and High- Versus Low-Poverty Schools - Elizabeth A. Bettini, Boston University; Bonnie S. Billingsley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Thomas O Williams, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Allison F. Gilmour, Temple University

Does the Length and Timing of Special Education Service Receipt Predict Children's Social-Emotional Adjustment? - Adrienne D. Woods, University of Michigan; Paul L. Morgan, The Pennsylvania State University; George Farkas, University of California - Irvine

First Steps in Improving Preservice Special Education Teaching: The Development of a Valid Observation Protocol - Daisy Pua, University of Florida; David John Peyton, Appalachian State University; Mary T. Brownell, University of Florida; Nathan Jones, Boston University

How Access to Social Networks Through Leadership Opportunities Shapes Special Education Teachers' Jobs - Kim W. Wolowiec-Fisher, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Andrea Ruppar, University of Wisconsin; Meaghan McCollow, California State University - East Bay; Katie Mae McCabe, University of Wisconsin - Madison