Nancy Harayama
Program Director, Undergraduate Program
Senior Lecturer, Special Education
Dr. Nancy Harayama is a senior lecturer in the Special Education Program and the director of the Undergraduate Program at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She also serves as a liaison for the BU Wheelock-Landmark School partnership. Her interests include the assessment and instruction of students with significant cognitive disabilities.
Dr. Harayama is a member of several professional organizations, including TASH and the Council for Exceptional Children. She has served as a consultant for the Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment. She also worked as a teacher in the multisensory early childhood program and the autism program in the Boston Public Schools.
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Education
EdD, Boston University, Special Education
EdM, Boston University, Special Education
BS, Boston University, Special Education
Courses
SED SE 401: Cognition, Learning, and Behavior
SED SE 507: Early Childhood Disabilities/Severe Disabilities: Assessment and Instructional Planning
SED SE 508: Early Childhood Disabilities/Severe Disabilities: Curriculum and Methods
SED SE 534: Classroom and Behavior Management
SED SE 535: Understanding Autism
SED SE 751: Assessment and Evaluation in Special Education: Procedures
Selected Publications
Ryndak, D., Lehr, D., Harayama, N., & Foster, M. (2021). Collaborative teaming for effective inclusive education for students with severe disabilities. In J. McLeskey, F. Spooner, B. Algozzine., & N.L. Walderon (Eds.), Handbook of Effective Inclusive Elementary Schools: Research and Practice (2nd ed.) Routledge.
Ghai, J., Lehr, D., Harayama, N., & Spooner, F., & Protopopova, A. (2021). Animal-assisted interventions as an adjunct to ABA services: Clinician practices and perceptions. Behavior Analysis in Practice, 15, 659–676.
Lehr, D.H. & Harayama, N. (2020). Understanding and meeting the health care needs of students with severe disabilities. In F. Brown, J. McDonnell, & M. Snell (Eds.), Instruction of Students with Severe Disabilities (10th ed.). Boston: Pearson.
Lehr, D.H. & Harayama, N. (2017). Understanding and meeting the health care needs of students with severe disabilities. In F. Brown, J. McDonnell, & M. Snell (Eds.), Instruction of Students with Severe Disabilities (9th ed.). Boston: Pearson.
Rossetti, Z., Lehr, D., Huang, S, Ghai, J., & Harayama, N. (2016). Parent and teacher perspectives on friendships and social interactions of secondary students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Inclusion, 4(4), 239-256.