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Terry Deeney, Assistant Professor

(401) 874-2682
tdeeney@uri.edu

Education:

Ed.D.

Reading, Language, and Learning Disabilities
Harvard University Graduate School of Education

1997

M.Ed.

Educational Administration,
University of Massachusetts

1986

B.S. Ed.

Elementary and Special Education,
Fitchburg State College

1980

Courses taught:

EDC424

Teaching Literacy in the Elementary School

EDC425

Using Trade Books in the Reading and Writing Program

EDC564

Diagnosis of Reading Difficulties

EDC565

Seminar in Reading Research

EDC566

 Intervention in Reading and Writing Difficulties (practicum)

EDC567

Field Study in Reading (practicum)

EDC594

Organization and Supervision of Reading Programs

EDC562X

Methods of Intervention in Reading and Writing Difficulties (Summer 03)

EDC436X

Learning and Teaching Writing K-8 (Spring 03)

EDC563

Literacy for Multicultural Populations (Spring 03)

Research Interests:

  • Activities that promote teacher reflection in graduate reading courses
  • Phonology and dialect in African-American students with reading disabilities
  • Methods of intervention for struggling readers and writers

Selected Publications:

Wolf, M., & Deeney, T. (2002). Dyslexia. International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (2nd Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Deeney, T., Wolf, M., & Goldberg O’Rourke, A. (2001). “I like to take my own sweet time”: Case study of a child with naming-speed deficits and reading disability. Journal of Special Education, 35, 145-155.

Wolf, M., & Deeney, T. (2000). A new direction: Fluency, phonology, and speakers of African-American English. Perspectives, 26, 35-36.

Coster, W., Deeney, T., Haltiwanger, J., & Haley, S. (1998). The School Function Assessment. San Antonio, Texas: The Psychological Corporation.

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