Coogle, Christan

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Dr. Christan Grygas Coogle is an Associate Professor of Special Education and Early Childhood Special Education. She is also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and a Licensed Behavior Analyst in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Prior to obtaining her doctorate, she worked as an early intervention provider, preschool inclusion teacher, and K-5th grade special education teacher. Dr. Coogle also worked at the Florida Center for Reading Research where she supported educators and developed early literacy interventions. She has partnered with states and local education agencies to deliver evidence-based practices. Dr. Coogle completed her Doctoral Degree in 2012 at the Florida State University as a Fellow in the Leadership in Family Centered Early Intervention Fellowship Program. Her area of expertise is early childhood special education, early intervention, applied behavior analysis, autism spectrum disorders, embedded instruction, multi-tiered systems of supports, universal design for learning, assessment and program planning. Dr. Coogle teaches courses in early childhood special education and research methods, and her research is focused on bridging the research to practice gap through the use of embedded language, literacy, and social emotional interventions particularly for children identified with autism spectrum disorder. 

• Single case design expertise 
• Qualitative research
• Early childhood special education
• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Performance based feedback (i.e., coaching) to enhance educator (caregiver, teacher, early intervention provider, parent, etc) practice
• Technology enhanced coaching (email, skype, bug in ear, etc)
• Embedded learning opportunities/discrete learning trials
• Early intervention (birth to three) best practices (DEC Recommended Practices)
• Dialogic reading/early literacy interventions particularly surrounding vocabulary development and children at risk or identified with ASD

• College of Education and Human Development
• School of Education
• Special Education: Applied Behavior Analysis
• Helen A. Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities
• Early Childhood Education
• Research Methodology
• Interdisciplinary Center for Research and Development in Teacher Education
• Special Education: General Curriculum
• Region 4 Training and Technical Assistance Center

• Applied Behavior Analysis: Empirical Bases (EDSE - 621)
• Applied Behavior Analysis: Assessments and Interventions (EDSE - 623)

• Introduction to Early Childhood Special Education (ECED 405)
• Developing Language, Literacy, and Communication of Diverse Infants and Toddlers (ECED 422)
• Early Intervention for Infants & Toddlers with Disabilities: Collaborative & Consultative Approaches (ECED 423)
• Engaging Families of Diverse Young Learners (ECED 504)
• Introduction to Early Childhood Special Education (ECED 505)
• Assessment of Diverse Young Learners (ECED 511)
• Developing Language, Literacy, and Communication of Diverse Infants and Toddlers (ECED 522)
• Early Intervention for Infants & Toddlers with Disabilities: Collaborative & Consultative Approaches (ECED 523)
• Special Topics in Early Childhood Education (ECED 597)
• Frameworks for Early Childhood Education (ECED 601)
• Applied and Teacher Research in Early Childhood Education (ECED 685)
• Seminar in Early Childhood Education (ECED 781)
• Internship in Early Childhood Special Education Birth - Five (ECED 789)
• Current Research and Trends in Early Childhood Education (ECED 801)
• Problems and Methods in Education Research (EDRS 810)
• Advanced Research Methods in Single Subject/Case Design (EDRS 823)
• Applied Behavior Analysis: Verbal Behavior (EDSE 625)
• Internship: Special Education in General Curriculum (EDSE 783)
• Independent Study for the Doctor of Philosophy in Education (EDUC 897)
• Advanced Internship in Education (EDUC 994)