Thai Williams
Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling
Assistant Professor

- Spooner, F., Williams, T.R, (2025). Chaining and task analysis.
- Wakeman, S., Pennington, R.C, Williams, T.R, (2025). Teaching students with IDD and ESN to engage meaningfully with text through high quality literacy instruction.
- Pennington, R.C, Williams, T.R, Reilly, A., (2023). Teaching students with extensive support needs: Best practices for student success.
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Hardy, J.K, McCorkle, L.S, Pennington, R.C, Williams, T.R, Duncan, A.L, Kim, C.K, (2025). Coaching practitioners and families to provide academic instruction to young children: A systematic review of single case experimental studies.
- Williams, T.R, Mims, P.J, Pennington, R.C, (2025). Evaluating an instructional package for teaching sentence writing within a story-based lesson for students with IDD.
- Sundeen, T.H, Williams, T.R, Cheek, A.E, Lohmann, M.J, (2025). Reviewing for Rural Special Education Quarterly: Insights into the peer review process.
- Bross, L., Wall, E., Pinczynski, M., Anderson, A., Williams, T.R, Wood, C., Spooner, F., (2024). Peer-mediated intervention to enhance conversation skills of young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities on a college campus.
Professional Journal
- Ruhter, L., Williams, T.R, Karvonen, M., Koebley, S., Wakeman, S., Pugalee, D., (2025). Planning universally designed inquiry science lessons for students with complex support needs.
- Spooner, F., Pennington, R.C, Anderson, A., Williams, T.R, (2024). The application of time delay to teach students with extensive support needs.
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Teaching
SPED 5520 - Curriculum and Assessment for Students with Severe Disabilities II, Fall 2025
SPED 5040 - Foundations of Effective Instructional Practices, Fall 2025