Stephen RichardsStephen B. Richards, Ed.D, is Associate Professor of Education at West Liberty University in West Virginia. He currently teaches in the undergraduate special education certificate program at West Liberty University, a regional comprehensive universit in West Virginia's northern panhandle. He received his doctorate in Special Education from Florida Atlantic University. He has coauthored three textbooks, Intellectual/Cognitive Disabilities: Historical Perspectives, Current Practices, and Future Directions (2015), Collaboration Among Professionals, Students, Families and Communities (2016), and Single Subject Research and Design: Applications in Educational Settings (in press, 3rd ed.), in addition to journal articles on a variety of topics. His current interests are in assessing the preparation of pre-service teacher education candidates for their first year in teaching. Read More Read Less