Kendra Wolf, M.Ed., is an implementation coach at the University of Washington. Prior to working with the SMART Center, Kendra worked as a statewide autism specialist and grant coordinator for the Alaska Autism Resource Center. Here she developed and provided free culturally competent and evidence-based autism resources, training, and consultation services to autistic individuals (i.e. self-advocates), caregivers, educators, first responders, and service providers across the state of Alaska. Kendra has a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Special Education from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
The purpose of this multi-site study is to develop and evaluate a multi-phase implementation and sustainment strategy to support evidence-based practice use across different interventions for individuals with autism, settings, and ages. Click here for more information.
This study will test the effectiveness of the newly-redesigned paraeducator-delivered RUBI for use in Educational Settings (RUBIES) intervention compared to usual care training in reducing disruptive behavior in 80 elementary-school children with ASD. This study also will examine paraeducator- and child-level mechanistic pathways of the RUBIES intervention.
The purpose of this study is to identify which evidence-based practices (EBPs) teachers and paraeducators use to more meaningfully include and retain autistic children in general education settings; and the malleable individual and organizational characteristics that increase EBP use. Click here for more information.