Teresa Taber Doughty

Associate Professor of Special Education
Special Education
Department of Educational Studies

Research

Taber-Doughty's research topics include assistive technology, instructional strategies, community-based instruction, and moderate/severe disabilities.

Submitted Research:

• Taber-Doughty, T., Shurr, J., Brewer, J., & Kubik, S. (submitted). Standard care and telecare services: Comparing the effectiveness of two service systems with consumers with intellectual disabilities. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

• Taber-Doughty, T., Szwed, K., Bouck, E. C., Bassette, L., & Flanagan, S. (submitted). Spelling on the fly: Using a FLYPen to increase spelling skills of elementary students with mild disabilities. Exceptional Children.

• Bouck, E. C., Taber-Doughty, T., Flanagan, S., Szwed, K., & Bassette, L. (submitted). Is the pen mightier? Using pentop computers to improve secondary students’ writing. Journal of Special Education Technology.
   
  

Education

Ph.D.	Georgia State University, 1996, Special Education
M.A. Ed.	Georgia State University, 1990, Severe Disabilities
B.S.	Auburn University, 1984, Mental Retardation

Selected Publications

• Da Fonte, M. A., Pufpaff, L., & Taber-Doughty, T. (in press). Storybook interactions: A comparison of vocabulary usage and A comparison of traditional instruction and games on the learning and behaviors of middle school students with emotional disabilities. Psychology in the Schools.
  
  
• Bouck, E. C., Bassette, L., Taber-Doughty, T., Flanagan, S. M., & Szwed, K. (2009). Pentop computers as tools for teaching multiplication to students with mild intellectual disabilities. Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 44(3), 367-380.
  
  
• Da Fonte, M.A., & Taber-Doughty, T. (2008). The use of alternative communication modes with infants. How early can we start? Early Child Development and Care.
  
  
• Taber-Doughty, T., Patton, S.E., & Brennan, S. (2008). A comparison of simultaneous vs. delayed video modeling when used by students with moderate disabilities in community settings. Journal of Special Education Technology, 23(1), 1-18.
  
  
• Taber-Doughty, T. (2007). Review of the book Guidebook on helping persons with mental retardation mourn. Omega: Journal of Death and Dying.
  
  
• Cihak, D. Alberto, P.A., Taber-Doughty, T., & Gama, R.I. (2006). A comparison of static picture prompting and video prompting stimulation stragetgies using group instructional procedures. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 21, 89-99.
  
  
• Taber-Doughty, T. (2005). A comparison of three prompting systems: System of least prompts, self-operated auditory prompts, and self-operated picture prompts. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 26, 411-432.

Courses Taught

EDPS 362/515	Applied Behavior Analysis for Teachers
EDPS 405/459	Collaboration and Transition in Special Education
EDPS 573	Medical and Physical Management of Disabilities
EDPS 576	Severely Disabled Individuals: Advances In Intervention Research
EDPS 588	Single Subject Research
EDPS 612	Adv. Applied Behavior Analysis
EDPS 665	Adv. Consultation Models and Practices in Special Education

Professional Experience

2005-present	Associate Professor of Educational Studies Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1999-2005	Assistant Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2000-2001	Visiting Instructor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1998	Adjunct Professor, Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA