Jamie Pearson

About

Dr. Jamie Pearson, a former behavioral interventionist and autism program consultant, is an Assistant Professor of Special Education in the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences at North Carolina State University. Dr. Pearson earned her PhD in Special Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she developed FACES (Fostering Advocacy, Communication, Empowerment, and Support), a parent advocacy program designed to support Black families raising autistic youth. Dr. Pearson’s research focuses on: (a) disparities in autism identification, service access, and service utilization, (b) the impact of parent-advocacy and empowerment training on child and family outcomes, and (c) strategies to promote positive parent-professional partnerships between educators and historically marginalized communities.

Dr. Pearson’s FACES program is funded by a 2021 Early Career Development and Mentoring Grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (R324B210003). She is also a Co-Principal Investigator on a project designed to promote STEM career development in high school students with autism, funded by the National Science Foundation. Her work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals in the fields of special education and racial and ethnic disparities, and she has written several invited and refereed book chapters on autism, families, and racial and ethnic disparities in special education.

Associated IES Content

Special Education FY2024

FY2024 Special Education Peer Review Panel

FY2023

FY2023 Special Education Peer Review Panel

Program Information

Welcome to the 2022 IES Principal Investigators Meeting! Our theme this year is Advancing Equity and Inclusion in the Education Sciences. Over the past 20 years, IES has supported rigorous and relevant research to help identify, measure, and address disparities in education access and outcomes. However, disparities persist and have been further exacerbated by COVID-19, underscoring the importance of advancing equity and inclusion in the education sciences.

Grant

Developing and Refining a Parent Training to Improve Outcomes for African American Children with Autism

The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research for improving outcomes for African American children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families. The PI will also participate in mentoring and training activities to develop expertise in community-engaged research with underrepresented populations, randomized controlled trials and single-case designs, and grant and publication writing. African American children are less likely to be diagnosed with ASD than White c...

Federal funding program:

Research Training Programs in Special Education

Award number:

R324B210003

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