The University of Alabama Team
Robin McWilliam, Director
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For over 35 years, Robin McWilliam has been investigating how best to help young children with disabilities and their families. Through experiences as an early interventionist, a program administrator, a trainer, a researcher, a university professor, and a consultant, he has developed a model for early intervention—the Routines-Based Model, so called because the interventions for children happen in their daily lives (home, classroom, and community routines). The people who are naturally in those routines, such as parents and teachers, are empowered through this model with the skills and confidence to help the children. McWilliam has written over 85 scholarly articles, written or edited 8 books, and made hundreds of presentations around the world. He travels to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, and Taiwan to help with implementation of the model. He is the Executive Director of EI@UA, an early intervention (0-3) program funded through the State of Alabama.
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Kimberly Tomeny, Coordinator
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Kimberly Tomeny received her Ph.D. in Special Education from The University of Alabama, with an emphasis in Early Childhood. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Master’s degree in Early Childhood Special Education from the University of Virginia, and she also completed a post-graduate fellowship in Child Development and Early Childhood Education at Yale University. Kimberly's clinical and research experience involves coaching early interventionists, using telehealth in the Part C system, and supporting families of infants and toddlers with or at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She partners with Alabama's Early Intervention System on professional development initiatives related to using the Routines-Based Model via telepractice and creating a sustainable system of care for families of young children with ASD. She is the Program Director of EI@UA, an early intervention (0-3) program funded through the State of Alabama.
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International Leadership
Cami Stevenson, Deputy Director of the RBM Enterprise
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Cami Stevenson is an Assistant Administrator at the Multnomah Early Childhood Program in Portland, OR. This program serves children birth through 5 years of age with disabilities. She has followed an implemented the Routines-Based Model for many years. In the EIEIO, she has special responsibility for collecting the many materials the EIEIO has generated. She occasionally stands in for Robin McWilliam, nationally and internationally, in presentations and workshops.
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Pau García-Grau
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Pau García is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Special Education and Multiple Abilities at The University of Alabama and was previously an associate professor in the Catholic University of Valencia. He has been researching in early intervention for five years and implementing the Routines-Based Model in a center called I'Alqueria in Valencia, Spain (where he used to be a preschool teacher and an early intervention provider). He received two Bachelor degrees in Education and Physical Education, as well as two Master degrees related to research methodology in physical education (University of Valencia) and intervention for people with intellectual disabilities and their families (Catholic University of Valencia). His doctoral dissertation from the Catholic University of Valencia analyzed family quality of life and quality of professional early intervention practices in Spain. He has made multiple presentations in national and international conferences related to the Routines-Based Model.
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Catalina Morales-Murillo
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Assistant Professor at the Universidad Internacional de La Rioja. Ph.D. in Retos de las Ciencias Sociales y Humanas en la Sociedad del Siglo XXI by the Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir-UCV (Valencia, Spain), Master's degree in Early Childhood Special Education (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN, USA), and Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Berry College, GA, USA. Has published several articles and book chapters on topics related to early intervention, ECSE, and ECE. Has participated as a speaker in national and international conferences (USA, Portugal, Stockholm, China, Spain, Costa Rica) Has served as a coach in RBM trainings and workshops in different countries [Spain (Plena Inclusión Castilla la Mancha, AVAPACE, Sidi Team), USA ( the Collaborative Consultation to Child Care Institute 2018, EIEIO), Ecuador (Casa Grande University), Paraguay (Teletón Foundation) and Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, Chile (Latin American Association for Child Development and Disability and Santa Paula University)]. Master’s Student Research Assistant at the Siskin Center for Child and Family Research Chattanooga, TN, USA, under the supervision of Dr. Robin McWilliam between 2012-2013/2013-2014. Doctoral Student Research Assistant at Universidad Católica de Valencia, Spain. Research Intern at the Department of Special Education and Multiple Abilities of the University of Alabama and the Evidence-Based International Early Intervention Office of The University of Alabama, USA. Member of the Early Intervention Research Team [Equipo de Investigación en Atención Temprana] at Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (INAT_UNIR), the RAM Group, AMEI-WAECE, Council for Exceptional Children, the Spanish Association for Early Childhood Intervention (AEIPI), and the Evidence-Based International Early Intervention Office of The University of Alabama.
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Marisú Pedernera
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Marisú Pedernera is an occupational therapist in Paraguay and was an international intern in the Department of Special Education and Multiple Abilities at The University of Alabama. She is pursuing specialization in children's rights and public policy in the College (Faculty) of Social Sciences in Uruguay. She coordinates implementation of the Routines-Based Model at the Teletón Paraguay Foundation, a large non-profit organization along with other centers in Latin America. She trains professionals in health, social, and education disciplines to use the Routines-Based Model to support families and children with disabilities.
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Contact Information
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Robin McWilliam, Director
Department of Special Education and Multiple Abilities The University of Alabama Email: eieio@ua.edu |
Evidence-based International Early Intervention Office
The University of Alabama Box 870232 Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0232 |
Affiliates
Our affiliates consist of an external leadership team and University of Alabama faculty members.
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The RAM GroupThe RAM Group has many of the same goals as the EIEIO, focused on work outside the United States.
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Certified Trainers
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