Rioux-Bailey, Carmen

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Email: criouxba (@gmu.edu)

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Carmen serves as Instructional Faculty for the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University. She teaches Special Education courses for students seeking initial teacher licensure and/or a Master's Degree in Education

Carmen received a B.A. in Special Education from Marymount University, a M.Ed. in Education Leadership from George Mason University, and an Ed.S. in Special Education Leadership from The George Washington University.

Carmen began her career as a public school educator for students with disabilities. After teaching for twelve years, Carmen provided technical assistance and consultation services for the Virginia Department of Education through the Region 4 Training and Technical Assistance Center. She then served as the project coordinator for an OSEP-sponsored research study that examined the inclusion of students with disabilities in Title I schools and also coordinated a Department of Labor project aimed at improving services to youth with disabilities in WIA-funded workforce programs. Upon her return to GMU, Carmen became the Director of the GMU LIFE Program; a model postsecondary program for students with intellectual disabilities, and then joined the Special Education program as an Instructor.

Carmen is a founder of, and continuing advisor to, two IB public charter schools in Washington, DC. Washington Yu Ying serves grades Preschool to 5 in a 50-50 mandarin immersion environment, and DC International School serves grades 6-12 and offers partial immersion in Mandarin, Spanish, and French. 

• China/US Education 
• Students with ELN in International Education
• Creating LRE Through the Creation of Least Restrictive Environments in Public Charter Schools
• Inclusion of students with disabilities in Charter Schools
• Inclusion of students with disabilities in language immersion programs
• Inclusion of students with disabilities in International Baccalaureate programs
• Transition Systems Change and Interagency Collaboration
• Self-Determination and Person-Centered Planning
• Disability Policy
• Family/Sibling Supports

• Rioux-Bailey, C. (2004). Relish is for More than Hot Dogs: Helping Students Make Their Own Sweet Success. National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY). Technical Assistance Guide (4).
• Rioux-Bailey, C. (2004). Students with Disabilities and Access to Community College: Continuing Issues and New Directions. National Clearinghouse on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities (HEATH).
• Mattson, B. Knab, J., and Rioux-Bailey, C. (2003). Case Study Report of Lowell Elementary School: Including students with disabilities in Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Grants. Arlington , VA. RMC Research Corporation.

Instructor: EDSE 401, 428, 440, 501, 540, 544,  628,  629, 662, 743. EDUC 203

Topics of recent Conference Presentations:

• Identifying and Serving Learners with ELN in International Education
• Evidence-Based strategies in Foreign Language/immersion classrooms
• Best Practices in Transition
• Self-Determination
• Sibling and Family Issues
• Learning Strategies
• Postsecondary Education for Students with Significant Disabilities
• Interagency Collaboration

• School of Education
• Division of Special Education and disAbility Research
• Special Education
• Special Education: General Curriculum
• Helen A. Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities
• Center for International Education
• Teaching Culturally, Linguistically Diverse & Exceptional Learners
• Special Education: Non-licensure

• Introduction to Special Education (EDSE - 501)

• Disability in American Culture (EDSE 203)
• Disability in a Global Society (EDSE 204)
• Elementary Reading, Curriculum, Strategies for Students Who Access the General Education Curriculum (EDSE 428)
• Characteristics of Students with Disabilities Who Access the General Curriculum (EDSE 440)
• Intersectionality and Disability (EDSE 452)
• Characteristics of Students with Disabilities who Access the General Curriculum (EDSE 540)
• Adapted Instructional Methods and Transition for Secondary Learners (EDSE 544)
• Special Topics in Education (EDSE 597)
• Elementary Reading, Curriculum, Strategies for Students Who Access the General Education Curriculum (EDSE 628)
• Secondary Curriculum and Strategies for Students with Disabilities who Access the General Curriculum (EDSE 629)
• Consultation and Collaboration (EDSE 662)
• Leadership in Special Education Administration (EDSE 743)
• Internship in Special Education (EDSE 790)
• Disability in American Culture (EDUC 203)
• Advanced Internship in Education (EDUC 994)