About Lipscomb
Misty Vetter Ballew, Interim Co-Director of Masters Program, Assistant Professor of Education
Contact Info:
E-Mail: misty.ballew@lipscomb.edu
Office Location: Ezell 153b
Faculty Phone: 966-5159
Faculty Fax: 966-7628
Teaching Information:
Title: Interim Co-Director of Masters Program, Assistant Professor, Undergraduate and M.Ed.,
Courses: ED3332- Exceptional Child; EGSE-5043-Special Education Methods, EGSE-5023- Disabilities; EG5063- Building Classroom Communities; EG5053- Plannng, Instruction, Assessment
Start Date at Lipscomb: August 2011
Education:
- BA in Communication Disorders, (Abilene Christian University)
- MA in Speech Language Pathology (University of Tennessee)
- Ed.D in Special Education Administration (Nova Southeastern University)
Certifications:
- Certificate of Clinical Competency in Speech Language Pathology
Area of Expertise:
- Autism, special education
Primary Research Interest
- Autism (thesis and dissertation)
Awards and Honors:
- Member of the Connect 2013 team
- Recipient of the iTools project
Professional Affiliations:
- Autism Society of Middle TN
- ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
- Postsecondary Alliance of TN
- Council for Exceptional Children
Publications and Presentations:
- Self-Regulation in Students with Autism (Part I and II), Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports Conference, June 2012
- Autism in Hollywood: Lunch Presentation, Using Visual Strategies with Adolescents with Autism, Autism Society of Middle TN Annual Conference, September 2011
- Social Communication Intervention Program, TN Department of Special Education Annual Conference, February 2011
Previous Experience
- Special Education Coordinator, Sumner County Schools
- Autism Consultant, Williamson County Schools
- Educational Consultant, TRIAD at Vanderbilt