June Downing is one of the leading experts in the area of moderate to severe disabilities, and consults extensively in California and nationally. She is author of the leading textbook in the area (Including Students With Severe and Multiple Disabilities in Typical Classrooms, 2 nd edition, 2002, Paul H. Brookes Publishing), and has a long list of professional accolades and awards, including: Outstanding Professor, California State UniversityNorthridge, 2000 Journal of the Association for the Severely Handicapped, Distinguished Reviewer of the Year 2001 Practitioner Research Award, Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities division of CEC, 1999 Executive Board Member, The Association… for the Severely Handicapped President, California TASH
Martha E. Snell, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.