Dr. Terry Jackson is an Educational Consultant. Previously, Dr. Jackson worked as a Project Officer at the U.S. Department of Education in the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) for fourteen years. While at DOE, Dr. Jackson was the Lead for OSEPs Technology program that supported grant projects that used current and emerging technologies to improve access to accessible educational materials and outcomes for students with disabilities. In addition to overseeing the Technology program, Dr. Jackson managed Personnel Development grants and the implementation of the Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools (UCS) progam. UCS is a national project that worked to improve the social inclusion of students with and without intellectual disabilities in over 8,000 schools in 48 States and the District of Columbia.
Dr. Jackson has also worked for five years as a Program Specialist with the IDEA Partnership at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE). He has dedicated over fifteen years as a child and family therapist working with children and adolescents in therapeutic foster care, community-based counseling services, and as a group counselor providing outdoor experiential therapy. Dr. Jackson has a B.A. in Psychology, an M.Ed. in Counseling and earned his Ed.S. and Ed.D. from The George Washington University.
National Education Leaders Network Members
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Andrea Cahn
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Dr. Betty Edwards
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Molly McCloskey
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Dr. Steve Amaro
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Dr. Sheldon Berman
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Dr. Tami Jo Cook
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William Duncan
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Austin Fellman
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Dr. Joshua Garcia
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Dr. Frances Gipson
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Dr. Terry Jackson
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Lindsay Jones, J.D.
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José Muñoz
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Erin O’Sullivan
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Jennifer Paolantonio
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Karen Pittman
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S. Kwesi Rollins
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Daryl Smith
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Brenda Welburn
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Dr. Lu Settles Young
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