PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

l976  Ph.D.:  UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE, FL Secondary/Special Education/Vocational Rehabilitation Interdisciplinary Degree Preparation

l974 MS.:  CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH, CA Adolescent Counseling and Career Guidance

l969:  SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE, NY Graduate Work in Educational Research

l967-l97l:  PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES, CA Graduate Work in Educational Research

l965 B.A.:  WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BELLINGHAM, WA Education and Psychology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Director & Professor, Center on Disability Studies/University Affiliated Program, Office of the Senior Vice President for Research/College of Education, University of Hawaii, Fall, l988 to present.

Senior Policy Fellow, United States Senate, Subcommittee on Disability Policy, sponsored by the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, 1995 - 1996 (sabbatical leave) (responsible for drafting of 1997 IDEA).

Principal Investigator/Director, National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) University of Hawaii, funded by the United States Department of Education, 2000 - 2005.

Principal Investigator/Director, National Center for the Study of Postsecondary Supports (NCSPS), A Rehabilitation Research & Training Center (RRTC), University of Hawaii, funded by National Institutes of Disability & Rehabilitation Research, United States Department of Education, 1998 - 2003.

Educational Improvement Consultant, Department of Education, States of California, Florida, & Ohio, 1990 - 1999.

Statewide Systems Change Grant, Interagency Transition Services for Youth with Disabilities, 1992-97.

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

Monographs and Books (Sample)

In D. Fisher, C. Sax, & I. Pumpian (Eds.) Inclusive high schools: Learning from contemporary classrooms. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes.

Smith, GJ, Edelen-Smith, PJ., & Stodden RA., (1998).  Effective practice for generating outcomes of significance:  The complexities of transformational change.  In A. Hilton & R. Ringlaben (Eds.). Best and promising practices in developmental disabilities. Austin, Texas: PRO-ED.

Smith, GJ., & Stodden, RA., (1998)  Handbook for improving special needs programs and practices through quality partnerships: The nine principles of teaming. In PD, Kohler, S. Field, M. Izzo, & J. Johnson (Eds). Transition from school to life: A workshop for educators and transition service providers. Champaign, IL: Transition Research Institute.

Stodden, R.A. (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995), California School to Work Interagency Transition Partnership Project (SWITP) Evaluation Reports, Sacramento, CA., California State Department of Education.

Stodden, R.A., (1995;1998), A Report on the Status of Transition Systems Change in the State of Ohio (Year 3 &5 Evaluation Report), Columbus, Ohio,  Division of Special Education, Ohio State Department of Education.

Journal Articles and Chapters (Sample)

Smith, G.J., Stodden, R.A. and Edelen-Smith, P.J. (1995) Restructuring and improving transition services through school-university collaboration, Educational Perspectives. 28(2), 21-24.

Stodden, R.A. & Leake D.W. (1994) Getting to the core of transition: A reassessment of old wine in new bottles.  Career Development for Exceptional Individuals. 17(1), 65-76.

Smith, G.J., Edelen-Smith, P. J., & Stodden, R.A. (1995), How to avoid the seven pitfalls of systematic planning: A school and community plan for transition.  Teaching Exceptional  Children, 27 (4), 42-47.

PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Keynote Address (National/International Conferences).  Third National Transition Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 1996 (Status of Transition Services for Youth with Disabilities), Second National Transition Conference, Townsville, Australia, 1993 (Transition and Community Based Instruction for Youth with Disabilities), First National Transition Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1991.  (Role of the Transition Initiative in Restructuring Secondary Schools), National Transition Directors Meeting, Washington D.C., 1995, 1996 (Reauthorization of IDEA and School to Work Transition), Iowa/Nebraska State Transition Conference, 1996, Omaha, Neb. (Reauthorization of IDEA), Ohio State Transition Institute, Kent, Ohio, 1997, Reauthorization of IDEA, California Special Education Division Staff Retreat, Sacramento, Ca., 1995, (Systems Change and the Reauthorization of IDEA),  Sixth Workability/Transition Conference, San Diego, California, 1991, (Applying Adult Outcomes to Improve Educational Programs), International Conference of the Council for Exceptional Children (MR-Division) 1992 (Role of Transition in Changing Educational Programs)

Conference Organizer/Director.  International Conference in Mental Retardation (CEC-MR) (1988 & 1992), Pac Rim Conference/Hawaii Early Intervention Conference (1982-present), Asian Pacific International Forum, (1994 - present).

Presentation/Session Chairperson (National International Conference). 8th Congress of IASSMD, Dublin, Ireland, 1988, 9th Congress of IASSMD, Brisbane, Australia, 1992, International Council for Exceptional Children Conference (1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994), Transition Project Directors Conference, (1988, 1989,1990,1991,1993,1994,1995), American Association on Mental Retardation, (1988,1989,1990,1991), American Association of University Affiliated Programs, 1991, Western Pacific Regional Interagency Conference, (1988,1990,1995), CEC, Division on Career Development Conference, (1987, 1989, 1991,1994), American Vocational Association International Conference, (1988, 1990, 1991, 1992,1994)