A Good Time: A Conversation With C. Michael Nelson. (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zabel, Robert; Kaff, Marilyn; Teagarden, Jim
• Is Part Of: Intervention in school and clinic. Volume 50:Number 4(2015:Mar.)
• Page Start: 238
• Page End: 241
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Learning disabled children -- Education -- Periodicals; Problem children -- Education -- Periodicals; Behavior disorders in children -- Periodicals; Special education -- Periodicals; 371.9
• DOI: 10.1177/1053451214546403
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1053-4512

Abstract

C. Michael Nelson began his special education career as a teacher of adolescents with learning and behavior disorders. He has worked as a child psychologist and as a professor with the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling at the University of Kentucky. He coordinated the graduate Personnel Preparation Program for Teachers of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities. Dr. Nelson has authored or edited over 100 professional publications. He has prepared teachers of children and youth with behavior disorders at the pre- and in-service levels and has served as principal investigator on a number of research and personnel preparation grants. He has served as president of the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders. Dr. Nelson shared with reflections and thoughts with members of the Janus Project on what he describes as a career that came at a good time.