Section Links

• Degrees
• Key Professional Appointments
• Activities & Honors
• Grants
• Selected Publications

Degrees

• Ph.D., Early Childhood Special Education, Vanderbilt University, 1991
• M.Ed., Early Childhood Special Education, University of Toledo, 1986
• B.A., Special Education/Elementary Education, Clarke College, 1980

Key Professional Appointments

• Associate Professor, Special Education, University of Illinois, 1997-2007
• Project Coordinator, Special Education, Vanderbilt University, 1990-1991

Activities & Honors

• UIUC University Scholar, University Scholars Committee, 2008-2011
• Recipient, UIUC Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007-2008
• Merle B. Karnes Award for Service to the Division of Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children, Unknown, 2007
• Associate Editor, Young Exceptional Children, 2001-2006
• Excellence in Teaching Award, Illinois Teacher Education Division, Council for Exceptional Children, 2001
• Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995
• Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991-2007

Grants

• Senior Personnel, DELL-D Developing Early Language and Literacy in Danville, U.S. Department of Education, 2007
• Co-Principal Investigator, Project FOCAL: Focusing On Causality and Assessment to Train Leaders in Children's Communication Disabilities, U.S. Department of Education, 2007
• Principal Investigator, Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Vanderbilt University), 2006
• Principal Investigator, Teaching Teachers to Teach Social Interaction Skills to Young Children With Autism, Campus Research Board, 2006
• Principal Investigator, Meginnis Endowment, The Kay Meginnis Endowment for the Enhancement of Special Education Programs, 2005
• Co-Principal Investigator, Preparing Relationship-Based Early Intervention Personnel (PREP), U.S. Department of Education, 2004
• Principal Investigator, Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CSEFEL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001
• Senior Personnel, Center for Evidence-Based Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior, U.S. Department of Education, 2001
• Co-Principal Investigator, Project TALK: Training Academic Leaders with Knowledge in Communication Disabilities, U.S. Department of Education, 2001

Selected Publications

• Meadan, H., Halle, J. W., Ostrosky, M. M., & DeStefano, L. (2008). Communicative behavior in the natural environment: Case studies of two young children with autism and limited expressive language. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disorders, 23(1), 37-48.
• Hemmeter, M. L., Ostrosky, M. M., Artman, K., & Kinder, K. (2008). Moving right along: Planning transitions to prevent challenging behavior. Young Children, 63(3), 18-22, 24-25.
• Hemmeter, M. L., Santos, R. M., & Ostrosky, M. M. (2008). Preparing early childhood educators to address young children’s social-emotional development and challenging behavior: A survey of higher education programs in nine states. Journal of Early Intervention, 30(4), 321-340.
• Gaffney, J. S., Ostrosky, M. M., & Hemmeter, M. L. (2008). Books as natural support for young children’s literacy learning. Young Children, 63(4)87-93.
• Ostrosky, M. M., & Meadan, H. (in press). Facilitating the development of preschoolers’ social skills: Environmental and teaching strategies. Young Children.