Lise Fox, Ph.D.
DARES Director & Professor
Dr. Fox is a Research Professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies and Division Director of the Division of Applied Research and Educational Support. She has a Ph. D. in early childhood special education from Florida State University (1989) and was a faculty member in the Department of Special Education of the University of Florida prior to her appointment at the University of South Florida. She is the co-principal investigator of the OSEP-funded Center for Evidence-base Practice: Young Children with Challenging Behavior, the OSEP-funded Meeting the Challenge project, and a faculty member with the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning. She is also on the leadership team of the USF Center for Autism and Related Disabilities and is a collaborating researcher with the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Positive Behavior Support. Dr. Fox has extensive experience in early intervention and supporting learners with severe disabilities and has conducted research in the areas of naturalistic teaching approaches, positive behavior support, and family support. She has experience in providing inservice and preservice education to both general early educators and special educators in the areas of positive behavior support, severe disabilities, autism, and early childhood special education. Dr. Fox is the author of many articles, chapters, and is the co-author of the methods text “Teaching Students with Severe Disabilities" published by Prentice-Hall.
Key Publications On-Line
Powell, D., Fixsen, D., Dunlap, G., Smith, B., & Fox, L. (2007). A synthesis of knowledge relevant to pathways of service utilization for young children with or at risk of challenging behavior. Journal of Early Intervention, 29, 81-106.
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