Engagement of Every Child in the Preschool Classroom

Ms. Casey is the Project Coordinator for two engagement grants, Improving Engagement in Preschoolers With Disabilities and The Engagement Classroom: Developing a Model for Inclusion, at the Vanderbilt Center for Child Development at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She trains preschool teachers on developing classroom schedules, using incidental teaching, and rating children's engagement.

Dr. McWilliam is the Siskin Endowed Chair of Research in Early Childhood Education,Development, and Intervention at Siskin Childrena€?s Institute. He is also a professor ofeducation at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and an adjoint professor of specialeducation at Vanderbilt University. He has formerly been a professor of pediatrics atVanderbilt University Medical Center, a senior scientist at the Frank Porter Graham ChildDevelopment Institute, and a professor of education at the University of North Carolina atChapel Hill. Dr. McWilliama€?s research centers on infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with andwithout disabilities, with a specific focus on child engagement, service delivery models, andcollaboration with families. He has provided consultation, training, and technical assistanceacross the United States and in some countries overseas on providing early intervention innatural environments and on the Engagement Classroom Model. His Routines-BasedInterview (RBI) is a widely used method of assessing familiesa€? needs and developingindividualized family service plan (IFSP) outcomes and individualized education program(IEP) goals.