Join us on October 20 at 1pm for the Inclusive Research Practices HDI seminar.
Register now at https://uky.zoom.us/meeting/register/Saigc5JTSHS8Gwz2mozLHQ
Title: Inclusive Research Practices
Date and Time: October 20, 2026 at 1-3pm ET
Presenters: Megan Best, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education, University of Kentucky; Jacob Mason, Data Analyst I, Human Development Institute, Evaluation, University of Kentucky; Taylor Mora, Data Analyst I, Human Development Institute, Evaluation, University of Kentucky; Ella Ricketts, Research Assistant, Department of Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education, University of Kentucky; Michael Barcroft, Research Assistant, Department of Special Education, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Madison Ross, PhD student, Department of Special Education, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Description: This presentation will focus on practices for building and sustaining inclusive research teams. Presenters will discuss the lived experience as a person with a disability on a research or evaluation team, how research is informed by the actual needs of people with disabilities, as well as the mutually beneficial partnership between the disabled researcher, other researchers, and consumers.
School Psychologists may receive up to 2 CPD clock hours. Physical Therapists may receive continuing education units for a category 2 course. This seminar is part of the HDI Seminar Series.
Contact walt.bower@uky.edu with any questions.



