Louise Kaczmarek
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
5160 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
PHONE: 412-648-7449
EMAIL:
kaczmk@pitt.eduFull Time Faculty - Associate Professor
School Affiliations
- Department: Instruction and Learning
- Program: Early Intervention
- Program: General Special Education
- Program: Early Childhood Education
Education
- Ph.D., Psycholinguistics, University of Rochester, 1977
- M.A., Psycholinguistics, University of Rochester, 1974
- B.A., Psychology & Linguistics, University of Rochester, 1973
Recent Publications
Book Chapters
- Kaczmarek, L., & Chaves-Gnecco, D. (in press). Special Education Services (Chapter 93). In Carey, W.B., Crocker, A.C., Coleman, W.L., Feldman, H.M., & Elias, E.R. (Eds)., Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics (4th Edition), St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.
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Recent Course Instruction
Spring 2009 (2094)
Fall 2008 (2091)
Summer 2008 (2087)
Spring 2008 (2084)
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Recent Presentations
- Video Supervision of Practicum Students in an Autism Specialization Program
Poster presentation with D. Knoll, Division for Early Childhood International Conference on Children with Special Needs, Niagara Falls, CA
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Current Professional Participation
- Advisory Board on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ABOARD)
- Member, Professional Advisory Board; Participant, Annual Conference, 2006, 2007.
- Council for Exceptional Children - Division for Early Childhood (CEC-DEC)
- Member, Personnel Preparation Committee; Member, Research Committee; Assessment Strand Chair, 2007 Conference Planning Committee
- Journal of Early Intervention (JEI)
- Associate Editor (July, 2007 - present), 10 manuscripts this year;
Member, Editorial Board (July, 1988 - June, 2007)
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- Reviewed presentation proposals for the national conference, 2006; 2007, 2008; Appointed higher education representative of NAEYC to a cross-organization Inclusion Task Force; conducted a round table on professional development during the NAEYC Professional Development Conference, June, 2007 in Pittsburgh.
- Topics in Early Childhood Special Education (TECSE)
- Member, Editorial Review Board. I reviewed 3 manuscripts this year.
- U.S. Department of Education - Office of Special Education Programs
- Project Director's Conference Attendee (2006, 2007, 2008)
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Recent Consulting
- Early Intervention Coalition (EIC)
- Member, attending bi-monthly statewide meetings.
- National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI)
- Co-Chair for Pennsylvania (June, 2007 - present)
- Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE)
- Participant, Early Childhood Education Certification Task Force (Sept, 2007 - Jan, 2008)
- Pennsylvania Early Childhood Education Professional Development Advisory Board
- Member, Steering Committee (2007- present)
Member, Advisory Board (2006-2007)
- Pennsylvania Higher Education Consortium for Early Intervention
- Originator and Current Chair
- Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL)
- Member, SpecialQuest Head Start Task Force for Pennsylvania
- Participant, Task Force to Examine the Shortages of Speech-Language Pathologists in PA
- Pittsburgh Public Schools
- Early Childhood Education Curriculum Crosswalk Task Force, University of Pittsburgh Coordinator (February, 2007 - present)
- State Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Intervention (SICC)
- Member, SICC; Chair, Professional Development Committee; Member, Transition Committee (2007);
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Recent Grants
- Kaczmarek, L. Early Intervention Specialization in Autism. Establish an austism specialization within the early intervention program and provide scholarship support. Personnel Preparation Grant from the U.S. Department of Education, (January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2009), $800,000.
- Kaczmarek, L. Family Centered Preschool Project. Maintain the Family Consultants in the PPS Early Intervention Program. Pittsburgh Public Schools, (September, 1999 - June, 2008), $641,074.
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Recent Collaborative Efforts
- Program or Teaching
- Ongoing Coordination and Development of an Autism Specialization within the Early Intervention Program. We have been working closely with Dr. Cynthia Johnson in the Department of Pediatrics and Director of the Autism Center at Children's Hospital.
- Ongoing Coordination and Development of a certification program in Applied Behavior Analysis with faculty from the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics in the School of Medicine.
- Ongoing coordination and development of a five year program with Applied Developmental Psychology leading to certifications in Early Childhood Education and Special Education and an M.Ed. in the fifth year.
- I continue to be involved in the UCLID Center. My primary involvement there is to coordinate a course in the Fall that includes other members of the UCLID faculty, community providers, and parents and siblings of individuals with disabilities.
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Recent Service
- Non-University Service
- President, Interplay Child Care Center Board
- School of Education Department-level Service
- Member, DIL Doctoral Committee
- School of Education Program or Specialization-level Service
- Coordinator, Applied Developmental Psychology Plus Early Childhood/Special Education Program
- Coordinator, Applied Behavior Analysis Program
- Coordinator, Early Childhood Education Program
- Coordinator, Early Intervention Program
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