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Research Biography

Current research concerns the transition of students from school to work and employment for persons with disabilities, the development of support networks to enhance community inclusion, program implementation and evaluation, and inservice training and preservice training.

Past research has focused on transition of students from school to work, employment for persons with disabilities, and program implementation and evaluation.

Goals for future research projects are to work to more effectively describe successful postschool outcomes for persons with significant disabilities maximizing entitlement program outcomes (e.g., public school, social security), shaping the direction of adult services through training, and constructing a system of support through reasonable accommodations.

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Special Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1989
  • M.Ed., Special Education, University of Georgia - Athens, 1979
  • B.A., Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, 1976

Key Professional Appointments

  • Associate Professor , Department of Special Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999--
  • Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Education Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999--
  • Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, 2006-2006
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Special Education , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992-1999
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Education Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992-1999
  • Director, Long-Term Training Program in Supported Employment , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , 1992-1998

Activities & Honors

  • Board member, fiscal officer and executive committee, Illinois Governor's Office, 2001- present
  • Fellow, American Association on Mental Retardation, 2000- present
  • Mary E. Switzer Distiguished Research Fellow, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, 2000-2001
  • Research Award, Job Placement & Development Division, National Rehabilitation Association, 1998
  • W.F. Faulkes Award for Professional Achievement, For making a contribution of national importance to the increase of knowledge in the field of rehabiltation, National Rehabilitation Association, 1998

Grants

  • Principal Investigator, Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs for Providers of Community Rehabilitation Services -- RSA Region V, U.S. Department of Education, 2006
  • Co-Principal Investigator, IEP Quality Improvement: Research and Development of Web-Based Decision Support, Institute of Education Sciences, 2006
  • Principal Investigator, CRP-RCEP Coaching Seminar, Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission, 2005
  • Fellow, Mary E. Switzer Distinguished Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education, 2000

Selected Publications

  • Trach, J. S., & Shelden, D. L. (1999). Natural supports as a foundation for supports-based employment development and facilitation. American Rehabilitation, 25(2), 2-7.
  • Devlieger, P. J., & Trach, J. S. (1999). Mediation as a transition process: The impact on post-school employment outcomes. Exceptional Children, 65, 507-523.

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