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Office Number:
Education 3143
Phone Number:
(805) 893-5605
E-mail:
education.ucsb.edu mwang
Mian Wang
Associate Professor, Ph.D. (University of Kansas)
Emphasis:
Special Education, Disabilities & Risk Studies
Research Interests:
child and family outcomes of early childhood services; atypical child development; family-professional partnership; positive behavioral support in cultural context; disability policy
Biography:
I received my Ph.D. from the University of Patras, Greece, in Applied Developmental Psychology with an emphasis on Cognitive Development of Children with Intellectual Disabilities as well as from the University of Kansas in Special Education with an emphasis on Family and Disability Policy. Before my 12 years working experience in the field of disability and special education in several countries such as: Canada, China, Greece, and USA, I completed my undergraduate and graduate studies in Psychology in China.
My research interests include: child and family outcomes of early childhood services, family-professional partnership, atypical child development, positive behavioral support in cultural context, and disability policy. In recent years, my research has primarily focused on examining family outcomes of early childhood services (e.g., early intervention programs and early childhood special education programs), particularly in the areas of family quality of life and family-professional partnership. As a primary researcher of the research team at the Beach Center on Disability of the University of Kansas, I participated in two federal funded research projects by NIDRR (National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research) and OSEP (Office of Special Education Programs) of the U.S. Department of Education which have led to the development and validation of two family outcome measures: Family Quality of Life Survey and Family-Professional Partnership Scale. Other areas of my interest pertain to disability policy issues that focus on supporting families of children with disabilities, analyzing impact of policy on the system structure of early childhood service and service delivery (i.e., policy on the streets), and analyzing comparatively international policy on disability and special education, in particular, those of China. Another set of interests concerns studying positive behavioral support (PBS) in cultural context, in particular, culturally responsive PBS practices to families of children with disabilities who are from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. In addition, I'm interested in atypical child development research aiming at understanding how children with and without intellectual disabilities differ in their cognitive development in terms of the structure, sequence, and rate of development.
Recent Publications:
Brown, I., Ajuwon, P., Wang, M., & Vahakuopus, J. Is Social Inclusion Always a Good Idea?. Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 14(2), v-xii. 2008. [Refereed Journal Article]
Wang, M., McCart, A., & Turnbull, A. Implementing positive behavior support with Chinese American families: Enhancing cultural competence. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 9(1), 38-51. 2007. [Refereed Journal Article]
Summers, J., Marquis, J., Mannan, H., Turnbull, A., Fleming, K., Poston, D., Wang, M. & Kupzyk, K. Relationship of perceived adequacy of services, family-professional partnerships, and family quality of life in early childhood service programmes. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 54(3), 319-338. 2007. [Refereed Journal Article]
Isaacs, B.J., Brown, I., Brown, R.I., Baum, N.T., Myerscough, T.,Neikrug, S., Roth, D., Shearer, J., & Wang, M. The international family quality of life project: Goals and description of a survey tool. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 4(3), 177-185. 2007. [Refereed Journal Article]
Xiang, Y., Xu, J. & Wang, M. Re-research on core indicators of Quality of Life for Chinese individuals with mental retardation. Chinese Journal of Special Education, 89(11), 41-48. 2007. [Refereed Journal Article]
Affiliations:
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD, formerly AAMR)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
American Psychological Association (APA)
Council on Exceptional Children (CEC)
International Association for Scientific Study on Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID)
Phi Beta Delta, the Honorable Society of International Scholars
The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH)
