EIP Faculty
The Early Intervention Program at the University of Oregon has an outstanding faculty and staff. Each of the faculty members has made a significant contribution to the field of Early Intervention through research, publications, outreach, and program development.
Jane Squires - Director
Phone: 541.346.0807
E-mail: jsquires@uoregon.edu
Office: 351 CSB
Dr. Jane Squires is a Professor and joined the University in 1988. She has an extensive background in the delivery of services to children who are disabled. Dr. Squires teaches graduate courses in EI/ECSE and directs the EI/ECSE teacher licensure program. She serves as a consultant to the Early Intervention Section, Oregon State Department of Education. Dr. Squires has worked with state level planners throughout the nation to develop child find and monitoring systems to assist with early identification of young children with delays. The Ages and Stages Questionnaire is a parent-completed developmental screening and tracking system that has been widely disseminated and implemented in many areas of the country. Dr. Squires is also the Director of the Center on Human Development and the University Center for Excellent in Developmental Disabilities.
Erin Barton - Faculty
Phone: 541.346.2523
E-mail: ebarton@uoregon.edu
Office: 305 CSB
Erin E. Barton, PhD, BCBA, is an Assistant Professor in the Early Intervention Program in the Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences at the University of Oregon. Dr. Barton specializes in the education of young children with developmental disabilities in inclusive and naturalistic settings. Her research has focused on behavioral interventions for young children with autism and other developmental disabilities, and training teachers to use evidence-based practices. Her current interests include early identification and interventions for children with developmental delays, particularly effective strategies for addressing the play skills of young children with autism. Dr. Barton teaches several courses within the Early Intervention Program including a seminar focused on evidenced based practices for young children with autism in early intervention / early childhood special education.
Jantina Clifford - Faculty
Phone: 541.346.2599
E-mail: jantinac@uoregon.edu
Office: 303 CSB
Jantina Clifford began working with young children in 1988 and received her Ph.D. from the Early Intervention Program at the University of Oregon in 2006. She currently teaches the Methods and Applications sequence in the Early Intervention Master's degree Program and is also involved in several research studies focused on the development of assessment measures for young children. Dr. Clifford is also involved in technical assistance and outreach, and has provided training both nationally and internationally on the implementation of developmental screening and Activity-based Intervention. Her professional interests include personnel preparation, the development and evaluation of early childhood assessment measures, and issues pertaining to the healthy development of internationally adopted children and support for their families.
Linda Albi - Master's Supervisor
Phone: 541.346.0813
E-mail: lalbi@uoregon.edu
Office: 304 CSB
Linda Albi serves as practicum supervisor for the on-campus master's/licensure component. Ms. Albi has a Master's degree in Early Intervention/Special Education and experience as an interventionist in community-based sites. She has served as a supervisor of master's level trainees, instructor of several courses, and serves on the COE Continuous Improvement Coordinating Committee
Misti Waddell - Sr. Research Assisstant
Phone: 541.346.2635
E-mail: waddemis@uoregon.edu
Office: 301 CSB
Misti Waddell has contributed to the development, research, and training of the AEPS since the early 1980s. She has coordinated several federally-funded, field-initiated research projects and outreach training projects. She is currently the project coordinator for the multi-state outreach training grant titled, "Creating and Sustaining Change Across Diverse Early Intervention Settings (CASCADES)."
Liz Twombly - Sr. Research Assistant
Phone: 541.346.2522
E-mail: ltwombly@uoregon.edu
Office:
Liz Twombly has a Master's degree in Early Intervention from the University of Oregon and is currently working as a Senior Research Assistant and Instructor at the University of Oregon's Early Intervention Program. Liz teaches the Family Guided Early Intervention course, and is co-coordinator of the Family Early Advocacy and Treatment(FEAT) Project that is focused on the issue of how substance exposed newborns are identified, referred and provided safe care in communities in Oregon. She is a contributing author on the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) and the Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social Emotional (ASQ:SE) and is a lead author on the ASQ Learning Activities. For the past 15 years, Liz has provided training across the U.S. and other countries on the use of these screening tools as well as other topics including the use of curriculum based assessment and activity based intervention for infants and children who are at risk for, or have been identified with, developmental delays
Heidi von Ravensberg - Research Assistant
Phone: 541.346.2472
E-mail: hvr@uoregon.edu
Office: 05 CSB Basement
Heidi von Ravensberg has a degree in law and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Oregon and is currently working as the Diversity/Disability Recruiter to assist in the recruitment and retention of students and faculty from diverse backgrounds and with disabilities for the Early Intervention Masters and Doctoral programs. Heidi also sits on the Special Education Area Recruitment/Retention Group, which develops and implements strategies to increase the recruitment and retention of underrepresented groups in the College of Education (ethnic minorities, males, individuals with disabilities). Heidi has been legally blind for most of her life from Retinitis Pigmentosa and Macular Degeneration. She uses a female yellow lab guide dog named Curry.
Dr. Diane Bricker
Phone: 541.346.0807
E-mail: dbricker@uoregon.edu
Dr. Diane Bricker joined the University of Oregon in 1978 as a Professor of Special Education and Director of the Early Intervention Program. Dr. Bricker was director of the Early Intervention Program since its inception at the University of Oregon. She taught graduate level courses, and was involved in program development and outreach, and research. She is internationally known and respected for her work on Activity-Based Intervention and the Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System volumes. In December 1992, Dr. Bricker received the Division of Early Childhood, Council for Exceptional Children Service to the Field Award.
Kristin Funk, MA, LCSW - Research Assistant
Phone: 541.346.2633
E-mail: kristinf@uoregon.edu
Kristin Funk holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Chicago and is a licensed in the state of Oregon as a clinical social worker. She has worked in the early childhood field since 2000, providing outreach and training to early childhood and elementary school-based professionals nationwide. Kristin has worked on several outreach grant projects in the Early Intervention Program and is currently Co-Coordinator of Project FEAT (Family Early Advocacy and Treatment.), a 5-year federally funded systems-change grant focused on the identification, referral and safe care of substance-exposed newborns in Lane County and Oregon. She also provides training to early childhood and other professionals in the use of the Assessment, Evaluation and Programming System (AEPS), the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) and the I Can Problem Solve® (ICPS) Curriculum.