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 70 scholarly articles, written or edited 8 books, and made hundreds of presentations around the world. He travels to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Paraguay, Singapore, Spain, and Taiwan to help with implementation of the model.
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Kimberly Tomeny, Graduate Research Assistant
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Kimberly Tomeny is a doctoral student in the Department of Special Education and Multiple Abilities at The University of Alabama. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Master’s degree in Early Childhood Special Education from the University of Virginia. Kimberly also completed a post-graduate fellowship in Child Development and Early Childhood Education at Yale University. Prior to pursuing her doctoral degree, Kimberly worked within the Research Department at Marcus Autism Center in Atlanta, Georgia, coaching early intervention providers and families of young children with and at risk for autism spectrum disorder.
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Pau García-Grau, Postdoctoral Fellow
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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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Catalina P. Morales Murillo is an adjunct professor from Catholic University of Valencia (Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir), Spain. She completed a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Berry College, a Master's degree in Early Childhood Special Education from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Catholic University of Valencia. She has collaborated with Dr. McWilliam in multiple research projects and as consultant of the Routines-Based Model and Classroom Engagement Model.
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International Leadership
Cami Stevenson
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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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Roy Fowler
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Roy Fowler is the Part C (Early Intervention) coordinator for the State of Maine. He has participated in the international RBI Certification Institute and the Routines-Based Home Visiting Certification Institute, and he has coached in the RBI Certification Institute. He is a partner, with REACH an early intervention program in Portland, ME, in the home-visiting institute, which takes place there. Maine implements the Routines-Based Model, statewide.
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Marisú Pedernera
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Marisú Pedernera was an international intern in the Department of Special Education and Multiple Abilities at The University of Alabama. She has a degree in Occupational Therapy from the University Baptist Medical Center in Asunción, Paraguay. She has been working at the Teletón Paraguay Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides integral services to children and adolescents with disabilities, ages 0-18 years, and their families in Paraguay. Currently, she is developing the Implementation Plan for the Routines-Based Model for the Teletón Paraguay Foundation, thus being the first Latin American institution to use the Routines-Based Model.
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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
Many professionals are certified to train others in the RBI. Check out the list of certified trainers in your area!
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