Contact Info
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Campus: Wheeling
Email: dwakefield@nl.edu
Phone: 847.947.5628
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Biography
Donna Wakefield is an associate professor at NLU in the Department of Diversity in Learning and Teaching. She is program coordinator for the special education program and for the alternative certification special education program. Her work focuses on children with exceptional learning needs. Dr Wakefield began her career over 30 years ago as a speech-language pathologist working in schools in the greater Chicagoland area. She also has an Illinois Learning Behavior Specialist I Certificate. She has taught students with severe language and behavioral needs and has been an inclusion facilitator as well as an assistive technology specialist. She is past president of the Illinois Network for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. In addition to teaching multiple courses in the Special Education program, she presents a variety of workshops. Some important topics she covers in these well-attended workshops are assistive technology, adapting assessment instruments for individuals with exceptional learning needs, the portrayal of individuals with special needs in children's and young adult literature and making books accessible to individuals with exceptional learning needs.
Education
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Presentations
Wakefield, D. & Koss, M. (2009, May). Portrayal of Characters with Special Needs in Children's and Young Adult Literature, Presentation at the annual meeting of the International Reading Association 54th North Annual Convention, Minneapolis, MN Wakefield, D. & Koss, M. (2009, February). Portrayal of Characters with Special Needs in Children's and Young Adult Literature, Presentation at the annual meeting of the International Reading Association 54th West Annual Convention, Phoenix, AZ Wakefield, D. & Koss, M. (2009, January). Books and Adaptations for Learners with Exceptional Learning Need, Leadership for Diversity Conference, Peoria, IL Wakefield, D. (2009, January). Kids Like Me: Disability in Children's Books, 18th Annual Early Literacy And Illinois Reading Recovery® Conference, Chicago IL Wakefield, D. (2009, January). Literacy for All , 18th Annual Early Literacy And Illinois Reading Recovery® Conference, Chicago IL Wakefield, D. & Koss, M. (2008, November). Not Just Hero or Victim: Portrayal of Disability in Children's and YA Literature, Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, San Antonio TX Wakefield, D., VanSlyke, P., German, D. (2008, November) Language Difficulties: Technology Interventions Within an RTI Model, Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Speech Language Hearing Association Annual Convention, Chicago Wakefield, D. (2008, November). Special Education in the United States, Jeonju University, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea Wakefield, D. (2008, November). Special Education and Transition Services in the United States, Korea Nazarene University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
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