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William Hitchings, PhD

Associate Professor, Graduate Special Education and Post Secondary Disabilities
Office: Ambrose Hall 208
Phone: 563-333-6113
Email: HitchingsWilliamE@sau.edu 

Biographical Information

Education

B.S. Bloomsburg State University (PA) - Special Education
M.A. University of Iowa - Mental Retardation
Ph.D. University of Iowa - Special Education, Organizational Behavior
Post-Ph.D. University of Iowa - Educational Administration

 

Experience

Work Study Coordinator               Pottstown High School, PA
Resource Teacher                       Methacton School District, PA
Director                                      Central Iowa Residential Services, IA
Special Ed. Consultant                 Blackhawk Special Education District, IL
Director Special Education            
Associate Professor                       St. Ambrose University, IA

 

Presentations

Short-term Career Intervention to Meet the Career Development Needs of College Students with Learning Disabilities. Division of Learning Disabilities International Council for Exceptional Children, Charlotte, NC, April 14-17, 1999.
 
Short-term Career Intervention for College Students with Disabilities. International Association of Special Education, Sydney, Australia, July 1999.
 
Evaluating Strategies for Enhancing the Career Development of College Students with Disabilities. National Career Development Association, Pittsburg, PA, 22-25 June 2000.

 

Publications

Hitchings, W. E., Natelle, B. & Ristow, R. (1999). Parents, professionals, and the transition process. In P. Retish & S. Reitur (Eds.), Adults with disabilities: International perspectives in the community.
 
Hitchings, W. E., & Retish, P. (2000). The career development needs  of college students with learning disabilities. In D. A. Luzzo (Ed.), Translating theory and reseach into practice. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Books. (217-232).
 
Ristow, R., Hitchings, W., Maurack, M., & Shoemaker, A. (2000). Training professionals to work in postsecondary disabilities services: One small university's answer. In A. Hurst, (Ed.), The accessible millennium: Developing policy and provisions for disabled students in higher education. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate International Publishing.
 
Hitchings, W. E., Horvath, M., Luzzo, D. A., Retish P., Ristow R., & Tanners, A. (Accepted for publlication). The career development needs of college students with learning disabilities: In their own words. Learning Disabilities: Research and Practice 16(1).
 
Hitchings, W. E., Retish, P., Horvath, M., & Luzzo, D. A. (2000). Interventions to meet the career development needs of college students with learning disabilities. In A. Hurst, (Ed.), The accessible millennium: Developing policy and provisions for disabled students in higher education. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate International Publishing.

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