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Professional Resumee for Ann Brady



Ann Rubinsohn Brady
 
Current Address:    3190 NC 65                                  
                                      Reidsville, North Carolina 27320
 
DEGREES
 
            BA      in mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1972
           
            MA      in clinical psychology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
                        1975
 
            PhD     in clinical psychology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
                        1976
 
 
CERTIFICATIONS/CREDENTIALS
 
            Level III School Psychologist through State Department of Public Instruction,
                        Raleigh, North Carolina
 
            Program Administrator through State Department of Public Instruction
 
            Licensed Mentor through State Department of Public Instruction
 
            Nationally Certified School Psychologist
 
            On State Registry for Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury
 
 
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCES
 
            Fall 1972 – Spring 1974:   Employed as a part-time socialization therapist at
                        Henry Weissman Kendall Center in Greensboro, N.C.   Responsibilities
                        included small socialization therapy with retarded children, large group
                        instruction, individual therapy, and parent training.
 
            Spring 1973:   Foster parent for Thompson’s Children’s Home for a period of
                        eight days each month.   Responsibilities included complete care and
                        organization of activities for five pre-delinquent boys and designing
                        behavioral programs.   (Supervisor:   Wade Bunting)

            Summer 1974 – Spring 1975:   Employed as psychological intern for Guilford
                        County Department of School Services.   Duties included designing
                        behavioral programs for short-term homes containing foster and difficult
                        children, providing assistance to parents and foster parents of children
                        with behavioral difficulties, and follow-up programs for children leaving
                        the short-term homes.   (Supervisor:   P.S. Lawrence, PhD)
 
            Summer 1975:   Directed a two-week day camp for 40 retarded children. 
                        Responsibilities included supervision of volunteers, programming, and
                        organization.
 
            Spring 1975 – Spring 1976:   Employed as a part-time school psychological
                        intern for Reidsville City Schools.   Duties included psychological
                        evaluation for special placement, supervision of screening performed by
                        resource teachers, implementation of programs for children with
                        behavioral difficulties, participation in teacher workshops for credit, and
                        consultation with teachers, special teachers, administrators, and parents.
 
            Summer 1976 – Summer 1977:   Employed full time as a school psychologist for
                        Reidsville City Schools.   Responsibilities are outlined above.
 
            Fall 1977 – June 1992:   Employed both as school psychologist and Director of
                        Exceptional Children’s programs.   In addition to the responsibilities of
                        psychologist outlined above, the position includes budgeting and
                        programming for Special Education.
 
           July 1993 – June 30, 2012 (retirement date):   Director of Exceptional Children’s  Programs
                        for Rockingham County Schools.   Responsibilities included
                        all budgeting and programming for special education as well as      
                        supervision of psychological services.   Effective July 2003, also
                        responsible for before/after school (day care) programs.
               
            January 2015 – June 2015:  Part time consultant for Thomasville City Schools acting as interim
                        Director of Exceptional  Children.   Responsibilities included all budgeting and programming
                        for special education as well as assistance  with compliance and program enhancement.
 
            Spring/Summer 2015:  Federal Grant Reviewer for Special Education Federal Grant Applications by
                        Charter Schools for NC Department of Public Instruction.

 
            Fall 1980:   Taught school psychology seminar, UNCG
               
            Fall 1981:   Taught Research Design, graduate level course, UNCG psychology
                        department
 
            Fall 1999:   Taught Diverse Learners, graduate level course, UNCG
                        Administration (education).
 
            Spring 2000:   Taught Differentiated Instruction, graduate level course, UNCG
                        Administration (education).   
 
MEMBERSHIPS/BOARDS
 
            North Carolina School Psychology Association (North Piedmont Representative  1984 -  1984)
 
            Piedmont Association for School Psychologists (until 1983) (treasurer, 1979 - 1980)
           
            National Association of School Psychology
 
            Council for Exceptional Children
           
            North Carolina Council of Administrators of Special Education (treasurer, 1992 -
                        1995)
 
            North Carolina ARC
 
            Board of Directors for Ecumenical Family Life Center (president)
 
            Board of Directors for Rockingham County Opportunities Corporation (secretary,
                        1996 -1998 and 2002 – closing)
 
 
RESEARCH PAPERS
 
            Master’s Thesis (1975):   An analysis of the social behavior of developmentally
                        disabled children (Advisor:   P.S. Lawrence, PhD)
 
            Doctoral Thesis (1976):   The influence of choice of materials and prompts and
                        feedback upon the arithmetic performance of first grade children
                        (Advisor:   M.T. Erickson, PhD)
 
            Year round vs Traditional Calendars:   Data analysis for school system subsequently
                       presented nationally.

            Effectiveness of Inclusive Practice on Student Performance (2005):   Research paper
                       with Caroline Elliott, school psychology student.
 
 
COMPETITIVE GRANTS FUNDED
 
            Summer 1977:   HEW Research, “Need-based versus qualification based
                        Programs and classroom grouping for handicapped students.”
 
            Fall 1977:   Title VI-B Incentive Grant, “Therapy for the remediation of language
                        handicapped preschool children.”
 
            Summer 1993:   Received monies from SEPI for inclusion research through Deaf/Blind federal monies
 
            Summer 1994:   Received monies from SDPI for model inclusion site.
 
            2000 – 2005:   State Improvement Project Grant – sole Math Demonstration Site for N.C.   Refunded for 2005 ff.
 
 
PUBLICATIONS
 
            Spring 1977:   “A probability-based formula for the determination of observer
                        agreement,” co-authored with Beth G. Wildman and Marilyn T. Erickson,
                        published in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1977, 10, 127 –
                        131.
 
            Winter 1979:   “Reliability in the context of the experiment: A commentary on
                        two articles by Birbimer and Brown,” published in Journal of Applied
                        Behavior Analysis, 1979, 565-569.
           
            August 1994:   “Inclusion: building success for all students,” published in Tar
                        Heel Instructor, 1994, 21, (2), 9-10.
 
            Fall 1995:   “Inclusion from a director’s view,” published in ECAC News Line,
                        1995, 15-16.
 
 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES AND AWARDS
 
            1977-80:   Served on board of editors for Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
 
            Fall 1980:   Instructor for Psychology 638 at UNCG (School Psychology seminar
                        for MA level students).
           
            Fall 1977 – Spring 1980:   Supervisor of testing performed by UNCG graduate
                        psychology students assigned to Reidsville City Schools.
 
            Fall 1981:   Instructor for Psychology 611 at UNCG (Design for Research
                        Psychologists for MA and PhD level students).
 
            1983 – 84:   Chaired Task Force studying North Carolina LD Guidelines
 
            Spring 1984:   Supervised Psychology interns from Appalachian State University
 
            1985:   Programmed the SpecialNet hands-on training package for State
                        Department of Public Instruction.
 
            Spring 1986 – May 1988:   Served on Special Education and Technology Task
                        Forces resulting in a manual for school system use, ACESS: Exceptional
                        Children and Technology
 
            April 1987:   Participated on State task force to examine LD identification criteria
 
            March 1988:   Awarded Educator of the Year by Rockingham County’s
                        Association of Retarded Citizens
 
            Fall 1988:   Served on State task force to review Stanfored-Binet IV
 
            Fall 1988:   Served on State task force to examine AG placement issues
 
            Spring 1990:   Served on State task force to review new Woodcock-Johnson
                        Cognitive Abilities Test and Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale
                        of Intelligence – Revised
 
            November 1990 – April 1992:   Served on State task force to further review new
                        Woodcock-Johnson Cognitive Abilities Test
           
            February 1991:   Served on state task force to examine and rewrite reevaluation
                        Criteria for Exceptional Programs
 
            January 1992 – November 1992:   Served on State task force to develop and later
                        modify State TBI guidelines
 
            March 1992:   Served on State task force to develop the definition and criteria
                        for the new preschool disability category and to revise the Procedures
                        with respect to all preschool regulations
 
            September 1992 – September 1993:   Member of State School Psychology Forum
 
            November 1992:   Presented inclusion to statewide audience of advocates.
 
            March 1993:   Served on full audit of Pitt County Schools’ exceptional programs.
 
            July 1992 – June 2012:   Numerous local and state presentations on inclusion.
 
            Fall 1994:   Best in Show photograph for NC Assistive Technology Project.
 
            December 1994:   Served on Program Compliance Audit for Yadkin Schools.
 
            Spring 1995:   Served on state committee for special education funding.
 
            Fall 1996 – Fall 1997:   Supervised special education administrator doctoral
                        student’s internship (Margaret Koegler) and served on dissertation
                        committee through Virginia Tech.
 
            June 1997:   Outstanding Program Administrator Award from North Carolina
                        Counsel for Administrators of Special Education (NC CASE).
 
            January 1998:   Preschool program featured in “Taking the Lead” published by
                        Partnerships for Inclusion, Frank Porter Graham Child Development
                        Center, UNC-CH.
 
            March 1998:   Served on audit team for Chatham County Schools.
 
            April 1998:   Served on state steering committee for LD discrepancy criteria
                        under new federal guidelines.
 
            2001 – 2003:   Served on State Specific Learning Disabilities Eligibility Study
                        Team to examine issues and concerns of identifying students with SLD.
           
            October 2001:   Presented services on Inclusive Practices at 23rd International
                        Conference on Learning Disabilities.
 
            May 2004:   Co-presented “Tests, Evaluations, and Assessments” for NC Special
                        Needs Federation Symposium in Chapel Hill.
 
            Spring 2004:   Presented inclusive practices to Perquimans School System staff.
 
            November 2004:   Received Exceptional Children Division Distinguished Service
                        Award.
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