Dan Reschly
Bio | VideosDan Reschly is Professor of Education and Psychology in Peabody College, Vanderbilt University where he is Chair of the #1 ranked Department of Special Education in the US. From 1975 to 1998 Reschly directed the Iowa State University School Psychology Program where he achieved the rank of Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Education. Reschly earned graduate degrees at the University of Iowa and the University of Oregon and served as a school psychologist in Iowa, Oregon, and Arizona. Reschly has published on the topics of response to intervention, special education system reform, overrepresentation of minority children and youth, and LD classification procedures. He has been active in state and national leadership roles including President of the National Association of School Psychologists and Editor of the School Psychology Review and has delivered continuing education workshops in 46 states. Reschly served on the National Academy of Sciences Panels on Standards-based Reform and the Education of Students with Disabilities (member), Minority Overrepresentation in Special Education (member), and Disability Determination in Mental Retardation (Chair) and he is Co-Director of the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities. He has received numerous awards including appointment to Fellow of the American Psychological Association, 1996 Outstanding Alumnus, College of Education, University of Oregon, and the NASP Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1999 he was listed in the top 5 among school psychologists in career service contributions and in 2004 he was identified as the most widely cited author in school psychology books and journals over 2002-2004.
