Theresa Wallace

Consultation Team | Northeast Metro 916

twallace@916schools.org

Theresa has a broad experience base working with individuals with disabilities from special education in public schools to working with students with severe to profound disabilities in a neurobehavioral hospital setting. She has also provided in-home behavioral consultation and training. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Special Education in Mild to Moderate Disabilities and received a Certificate in Behavioral Studies from Franciscan University in Ohio. She earned a Master’s Degree in Special Education from The Johns Hopkins University in Severe to Profound Disabilities with a Certificate in Autism Studies. She is an adjunct professor and supervisor at the University of Minnesota in its Educational Psychology Department and also serves as an adjunct professor at Hamline University. She worked as a teacher at Kennedy Krieger Schools in Maryland for seven years before moving to Minnesota in 2011. She has served several school districts as an autism, physical/health disability, and TBI specialist. She carries Minnesota licenses in the areas of ASD, DCD, EBD, SLD, and P/HD and leads the 916 Consultation Team. Theresa is passionate about providing meaningful and innovative educational options for students that the current system does not support. She specializes in individualizing instruction and supports for complex learners and relies on a strengths-based approach to promote student successes. She is not an out-of-the-box thinker; there simply is no box.

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Northeast Metro 916 Intermediate School District

Northeast Metro 916 Intermediate School District