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Brian R. Barber is an Assistant Professor of Special Education at Â鶹´«Ã½. His research, for which he and his colleagues have received over five million dollars in funding, focuses on effective prevention and intervention strategies for behavior, cognitive behavioral strategies, and setting factors affecting implementation in alternative education settings. Dr. Barber teaches graduate courses in special education research, literature synthesis and meta- analysis, and special education law, as well as undergraduate and continuing education courses in classroom and behavior management and evidence-based practices for students with high-incidence disabilities. He has authored several professional articles, book chapters, and policy briefs and has presented his findings and recommendations at over 100 state, regional, national, and international professional conferences. Prior to receiving his Ph.D., Brian was a teacher and school administrator of programs for special education students for eight years. Dr. Barber is currently the Site Investigator and Co-PI for a four-year, IES-funded randomized controlled trial investigating the efficacy of I Control, a self-regulation curriculum for middle school students with emotional and behavioral disorders.