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, 1991--
• Project Coordinator, Special Education, Vanderbilt University, 1990-1991

Activities & Honors

• 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, The ELL-D Project - Early Language and Literacy for Danville, 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

• Beneke, S. J., Ostrosky, M. M., & Katz, L. G. (in press). Calendar time for young children: Good intentions gone awry. Young Children.
• Quesenberry, A., Ostrosky, M.M., & Corso, R. (2007). Skilled and knowledgeable caregivers: The role of fathers in supporting young children’s social emotional development. Young Exceptional Children, 10(4), 11-19.
• Ostrosky, M. M., McCollum, J. A., & Yu, S. Y. (2007). Linking curriculum to children’s social outcomes: Helping families support children’s peer relationships. In E. Horn, L. Fox, & C. Peterson (Eds.), Young Exceptional Children Monograph Series Linking Curriculum and Child and Family Outcomes (pp. 46-54). Longmont, CO: Sopris West.
• Hemmeter, M. L., Ostrosky, M. M., Artman, K., & Kinder, K. (in press). Moving right along: Planning transitions to prevent challenging behavior. Young Children.
• Hemmeter, M. L., Santos, R. M., & Ostrosky, M. M. (in press). Faculty assessment of current practice and training needs related to social emotional development and challenging behaviors. Journal of Early Intervention.