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Barbara Thompson Ph.D., Associate Professor - (SPED)  • Special Education Website (SPED)
	Academic Degrees: Ph.D. , Early Childhood , University of Kansas , 1982 M.Ed. , Mental Retardation & Behavior Disorders , Univ. of Florida , 1970 B.A. , Elementary Education & Special Education , Univ. of Iowa , 1965 Specialization(s): Early childhood special education, inclusive early childhood program models, and significant disabilities. Curriculum Vitae	Contact Information: 1122 W. Campus Rd. Joseph R. Pearson Hall, Room 404 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS  66045-3101 Phone:(785) 864-0692 E-mail: bthomps@ku.edu Fax: (785) 864-4954

Recent Work:

Awards/Honors

• Circle of Inclusion website, Best Web Sites for Parents (2004)
• University of Kansas, School of Education, Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching (2004)
• University of Kansas Distinguished Professor for Classroom Teaching, Bernard Fink Award (2000)

Book Chapters

• Horn, E., Thompson, B. , Palmer, S & Jenson, R. & Turbiville (2004). Chapter 11 Implementing Inclusion across the grade levels: Preschool. In C. Kennedy and E. Horn (Editors). Including students with significant disabilities: Putting research into practice. Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
• Horn, E., Thompson, B, Nelson, Chelie (2004.). Chapter 2 Implementing Inclusion across the grade levels: Collaborative teams. In C. Kennedy and E. Horn (Editors ), Including students with significant disabilities: Putting research into practice . Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
• Horn, E., Thompson, B., & Nelson, C. (2004). Collaborative teams. In C. H. Kennedy & E. Horn (Eds.) Inclusion of students with severe disabilities. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
• Horn, E. Thompson, B., Palmer, S., Jensen, R., & Turbiville, V. (2004). Preschool. In C. H. Kennedy & E. Horn (Eds.) Inclusion of students with severe disabilities. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Books

• Thompson, B, Wickham, D. Wegner, Mulligan- Ault, M. Shanks, P. & Reinertson, B. (1996). Handbook for the inclusion of young children with severe disabilities: Strategies for implementing exemplary full inclusion programs. Lawrence, KS: Learner Managed Designs, Inc. (Revision in process)

Journal Articles

• Wells, R & Thompson, B. (2004, May). Support strategies for enhancing teenage mother/infant relationships. Young Exceptional Children 7(3), 20 - 29.

Multimedia

• Thompson, B. & Sailor, S. (2000) Expanding the Circle. Lawrence, KS: Learner Managed Designs
• Thompson, B. (1992) A Circle of Inclusion. Lawrence, KS: Learner Managed Designs, Inc.
• Thompson, B. (1992). The process of communication: Facilitating interactions with young children with severe disabilities in mainstream early childhood programs. Lawrence, KS: Learner Managed Designs, Inc.
• Thompson, B. (1992). The process of instruction: Facilitating the participation of young children with severe disabilities in mainstream Montessori preschools. Lawrence, KS: Learner Managed Designs, Inc.

Presentations

• Horn, E., Thompson, B., & Palmer, S. (2007). High quality learning environments for four year old children at risk for school failure. Inservice professional development of staff from multiple programs of the Governor's Pre-K Pilot programs.

Websites

• Circle of Inclusion, The University of Kansas. http://www.circleofinclusion.org/
  The Circle of Inclusion website is designed to help early childhood service providers and families of young children. The site offers information about the effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth through age eight.

Current Grants/Projects

• Thompson, B.J., & Horn, E. (2007-2011). Preparing Early Childhood Education to serve all Young Children. Preparation of masters level personnel, U.S. Department of Education, Division of Personnel Preparation. $800,000.
  This personnel preparation project (HUE) is responsive to the call for a new early childhood professional. Project HUE is directed toward the preparation of personnel for the Kansas Early Childhood Unified (Birth through Gr. 3) license and thus impacts the critical need for personnel who have competencies necessary to effectively serve all young children, including infants, toddlers and preschoolers with disabilities (birth through age 5) and their families, in natural environments and inclusive general early childhood programs. Addressing the major EC-related licensure changes in Kansas, this project is directed to providing and refining: (a) a newly approved teacher education program in which individuals can acquire the competencies needed to obtain a new Kansas EC-Unified (Birth Gr.3) license and (b) a program leading to a Masters of Science in Education in the program area of early childhood special education in which individuals can acquire advanced EI/ECSE competencies.
• Horn, E., Carta, J. J., & Thompson, B. J.(2007-2011). University of Kansas Teacher Educators for Early Childhood Special Education Leadership Personnel Preparation Project (KU-TEECH). US Department of Education, Division of Personnel Preparation. $800,000
  This personnel preparation grant helps prepare leadership personnel in early childhood special education/early childhood, particularly focusing on leadership in teacher education. This grant will help prepare students, including those from traditionally under-represented groups, with the knowledge and skills necessary to become highly effective ECSE/ECE teacher educators. A core of leadership coursework, grounded in the evidence base of effective practice in early childhood special education, teacher education, and policy leadership, will help program graduates fill in key ECSE/ECE teacher education vacancies across the United States.