Anthony K. Van Reusen, Ph.D.

Affiliations: 

• Professor Emeritus - Department of Special Education - California State University-Bakersfield, CA
• Certified SIM Professional Developer - University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning

Background and Interests:

Throughout my professional career, I have held a variety of instructional and leadership positions at the elementary, middle, junior-high, and senior-high school and university levels. Across these settings, I have been privileged to work with teachers, parents, and administrators in agencies dedicated to serving students with diverse intellectual, academic, cultural, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. My primary interest is in preparing personnel to provide quality education programs and services for children, youth, and young adults with and without learning and behavior problems including those with specific learning disabilities, language and communication disorders, emotional and behavior disorders, and mild to moderate mental retardation. I am well versed in language and cognitive development and dysfunction, literacy development, and second language acquisition. The majority of my research and scholarly productivity is focused on the development and use of cognitive, academic, and motivation intervention strategies. To this end, I emphasize and use evidenced-based instructional and professional-development techniques.