Mariha Shields, DED

Graduate Coordinator for Special Education Programs

Assistant Professor

• Office: Davis Hall, Room 224
• E-mail: M.K.Shields@iup.edu
• Office Phone: 724-357-5686

Education

• BS – Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2001, Major: Deaf Education
• MS – Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2004, Major: Special Education
• DEd – Indiana University of PA, 2016 -  Curriculum and Instruction
  

Professional Interests

• Co-Teaching
• Inclusion
• Online Learning
• Curriculum Development
• Learning Support Mathematics

Professional Certifications

• Special Education
  • Deaf and Hard of Hearing
  • Mental and/or Physically Handicapped
• Regular Education
  • Mid-Level Mathematics 7–9
  • High School Mathematics 7–12

Teaching Areas

• EDEX 269: Identifying and Understanding Children with Academic and Social Learning Needs from Preschool through Adolescence
  
• EDEX 301: Teaching in Inclusive Settings for Secondary Education Majors
  
• EDEX 424: Strategic Assessment and Instruction in Expository Texts
  
• EDEX 435: Methods and Curriculum (Severe-Profound Disabilities)
  
• EDEX 460: Family Perspectives on Disability
  
• EDEX 469: Education of Persons with Emotional Disabilities/Behavioral Disabilities/Learning Disabilities/Traumatic Brain Injury
  
• EDEX 478: Education of Persons with Mental Retardation/ Developmental Disabilities/Physical Disabilities/Multiple Disabilities
  
• ECSP 340: Introduction to Classroom and Behavior Management
  
• EDEX 578: Education of Persons with Mental Retardation, Developmental, Physical, or Multiple Disabilities
  
• EDEX 569: Education of Persons with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders, Brain Injury, or Learning Disabilities
  
• EDEX 754: Advanced Instructional Design in Special Education
  
• EDUC 342: Pre-Student Teaching Clinical Experience II
  
• EDUC 421: Student Teacher Supervision