Dr. VanDerHeyden is a private consultant and researcher living in Fairhope, Alabama. She has previously held faculty positions and has worked as a researcher and consultant in a number of school districts. In Vail Unified School District, Dr. VanDerHeyden led a district effort to implement the STEEP RTI model from 2002 to 2005. In this district, identification of children as having specific learning disabilities was reduced by half within 2 years, test scores increased, and the district was nationally recognized as a success story. Dr. VanDerHeyden has authored over 50 related articles and book chapters and has worked as a national trainer and consultant to assist districts to implement RTI models. In 2006, Dr. VanDerHeyden was named to an advisory panel for the National Center for Learning Disabilities to provide guidance related to RTI and the diagnosis of specific learning disability. She is associate editor of Assessment for Effective Intervention and serves on several editorial boards. |
Dr. Burns is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and coordinator of the School Psychology program at the University of Minnesota. He has authored over 100 national publications including co-editing or co-authoring five books regarding response to intervention. He also frequently conducts trainings regarding RTI and assessment-to-intervention systems at the national, state, local, and school building levels, and has assisted in local school district implementation efforts in dozens of districts across many states. Dr. Burns is the Editor of Assessment for Effective Intervention, an Associate Editor for School Psychology Review, and is on the editorial board of three other journals. Moreover, Dr. Burns was a member of the task force and co-author of School Psychology: A Blueprint for Training and Practice III. Finally, Dr. Burns was a practicing school psychologist and special education administrator in three districts across two states before becoming an academic. |
