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Adrienne Golden is a 4th year doctoral student in the Early Childhood Special Education program at Vanderbilt University. As a Graduate Research Assistant in Dr. Hemmeter\u2019s lab, Adrienne supports numerous projects. She is currently working with colleagues on the Education Innovation and Research grant to adapt the Pyramid Model for kindergarten, coaching teachers on the Instructionally Enhanced Pyramid Model project, and doing data and scheduling management on the Group Coaching Approach project. Prior to returning to Vanderbilt to pursue her doctoral degree, Adrienne taught for six years, one in the Sumner County, TN school district and five at the Susan Gray School at Vanderbilt. In Sumner County, Adrienne taught in an autism-specific preschool classroom focused on communication and social skill development. At the Susan Gray School, Adrienne taught in inclusive preschool classrooms where she implemented the Pyramid Model. While at Susan Gray, in addition to teaching, Adrienne mentored and supervised Early Childhood Special Education Master\u2019s students completing practicum and student teaching placements, worked collaboratively with Metro Nashville Public School and private related service providers to support children with disabilities within the classroom, and worked collaboratively with colleagues to modify curricula to best meet the needs of the children. Adrienne is interested in sustainable teacher coaching models, effective ways to build collaborative relationships between classroom staff and service providers (e.g., OT, PT, SLP), designing and modifying curricula to be meaningful for all learners and supporting development and training around the Teaching Pyramid Observation Tool (TPOT) for preschool and kindergarten.<\/p>\n
Education<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Certifications\/Licenses<\/span><\/p>\n Publications<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trudy Little came to Nashville to attend the doctoral program at Vanderbilt University in Special Education in the fall of 2018.\u00a0 Prior to attending Vanderbilt, Trudy was the Preschool Special Education Consultant at Region 14 Education Service Center in Abilene, TX, providing professional development and coaching for teachers of young children.\u00a0 \u00a0In the past 18 years, Trudy as taught in general education and special education, elementary and high school, certified and pre-service teachers.\u00a0Trudy has a passion for providing quality professional development and practical instructional and behavioral strategies to teachers who work with\u00a0special populations and consequently help all children with special needs\u00a0reach their greatest potential.<\/p>\n Education<\/span><\/p>\n Certifications<\/span><\/p>\n Abby Taylor works as a Graduate Research Assistant and is a 2nd<\/sup> year doctoral student in the Hemmeter lab. She has been supporting teachers and childcare programs in the Nashville area in implementing the Pyramid Model on several Hemmeter lab projects since 2016. Currently, Abby is working on the development of a blended Pyramid Model and language intervention in toddler classrooms for the Toddler Talk grant in collaboration with Ann Kaiser and our colleagues at the University of Washington. As part of her student research, Abby is working to develop and test effective interventions for teaching children how to solve social problems. Before returning to work in Dr. Hemmeter\u2019s lab, Abby spent five years as a lead teacher in inclusive preschool classrooms implementing the Pyramid Model and learning to support teachers in implementing positive behavior support and promoting social emotional development. Abby has always loved working with children spending her early work as a nanny, teaching swim lessons, and teaching in child care and has always been passionate about spreading the Pyramid Model in order to support teacher\u2019s promotion of children\u2019s social emotional development and ability to provide positive behavior support to all children.<\/p>\n Education<\/span><\/p>\n Certifications<\/span><\/p>\n Publications<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kate Nuhring works as a Graduate Research Assistant in Dr. Hemmeter\u2019s lab. She is a doctoral student studying Early Childhood Special Education. She started working in the field of Early Childhood as a teacher with Head Start in Oregon sparking her interest in working with young children with disabilities in inclusive settings. As a teacher she worked with the Head Start program to implement Program-Wide Pyramid Model Practices for 8 years. She then served as a Staff Development Coordinator for a Head Start program in Middle Tennessee to coach teachers to implement Pyramid Model Practices in their classrooms. She received her master’s degree in Early Childhood Special Education at Vanderbilt University in 2020. She is passionate about working with teachers and early childhood programs to guide their support of children who exhibit challenging behaviors. Her research interests include improving systems to support coaching for teachers, anti-racist curricula, refining methods for training teachers, social-emotional curricula, and bridging the research to practice gap in settings that serve primarily low-income families.<\/p>\n Education<\/span><\/p>\n Adrienne Golden Adrienne Golden is a 4th year doctoral student in the Early Childhood Special Education program at Vanderbilt University. As a Graduate Research Assistant in Dr. Hemmeter\u2019s lab, Adrienne supports numerous projects. 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<\/p>\nTrudy Little<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nAbby\u00a0Taylor<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nKate Nuhring<\/h2>\n
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