Donald Deshler
Don Deshler is the Emeritus Williamson Family Distinguished Professor of Special Education and served as the director of the Center for Research on Learning (CRL) at KU. Professor Emeritus Deshler continues to serve as an advisor on adolescent achievement to several national and international organizations.
Selected Publications
Bradley, B., Knight, J., Harvey, S., Hock, M., Knight, D., Skrtic, T., Brassuer-Hock, I., & Deshler, D. (2013). Improving instructional coaching to support middle school teachers in the United States. In T. Plomp & N. Nieveen (Eds.), Educational design research – Part B: Introduction and illustrative cases (pp. 299-319). Enschede, the Netherlands: SLO.
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D., Special Education, Minor: Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1974
- M. Ed, Learning Disabilities, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1971
- B.A., Economics, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, 1968
Specializations
Adolescent literacy, instructional interventions for at-risk learners, and learning strategies, school wide improvement
