Research

My research interest stems from experiences as a Speech Language Pathologist (5 years) and special education teacher (9 years, self contained K-5). As an educator, I saw not only a need for research in the area of reading with students with extensive support needs but a dearth of implementation of evidence based practices in classrooms with teachers as the implementers.

Non-Refereed Publications :

Williams, A., Stover, E., Whalon, K., Fleury, V.P. (in press). Developing reading skills. In R. Pennington & D. Perner (Eds.), A Guide to Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Council for Exceptional Children.

Fleury, V.P., Root, J.R., Whalon, K., Stover, E., & Williams, A. (2022). Evidence Based Practices to Teach Academic Skills. In L.C. Chezan, K. Wolfe, & E. Drasgow’s Guide to Evidence-Based Practices for Practitioners Working with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Rowman & Littlefield.

Williams, A. & Root, J. R. (2021). Manipulatives and Manipulative-Based Instructional Sequences. In Bouck, E. C., Root, J. R., & Jimenez, B. (Eds.), Instructors Resource Guide to accompany Mathematics Education and students with Autism, Intellectual Disability, and Other Developmental Disability (pp. 8-9). DADD.

 Manuscripts under Review:

Williams, A. (submitted). A Review of Reading Interventions for Students with Moderate and Severe Intellectual Disabilities.

Root, J. R., McConomy, M, A., Wade, T., Gilley, D., Dennis, D., Williams, A., & Stover, E. (submitted). Caregiver-assisted mathematics instruction for learners with autism spectrum disorder during the covid-19 pandemic.

McConomy, A. M. Tyler Chin-Lenn, Wade, T., Williams, A., & Dennis, D. (submitted). Disability and social media: An evaluation of how people with disabilities are portrayed.

Manuscripts in Preparation:

Gilmore, C., Williams, A., & Fleury, V. (in preparation). Utilization of technology to change teachers' shared reading behaviors.

Cox, S. K., Root, J. R., McConomy, M. A., Gilley, D., Williams, A., & Dennis, D. (in preparation). An analysis of strengths and difficulties secondary students with ASD display when solving multiplicative word problems.

Whalon, K., Therrien, M., Dennis, D., & Williams, A. (in preparation) Project silly.

Root, J. R., McConomy, A. M., Wade, T., Cox, S. C., Williams, A., Gilley, D., Dennis, D., & Stover, E. (in preparation). Small group multiplicative word problem solving instruction for high school students with intellectual and developmental disabilities