Dr. Michele Haney is an Associate Professor for Special Education at California State University, Northridge Michael D. Eisner College of Education. Dr. Haney received her Ph.D. in Special Education from the joint doctoral program of California State University, Los Angeles and University of California, Los Angeles in 1988. Dr. Haney has been a teacher and administrator of both general and special education programs in early childhood, and she is the parent of two children with disabilities. Dr. Haney has coordinated student services for several US Department of Education personnel preparation projects, including the Infant Development Specialist Training Program at CSU, Los Angeles and the Transdisciplinary Approach to Preparation of Infant/Toddler Specialists at CSUN. She has co-authored and co-directed two other US Department of Education personnel preparation grants including an ECSE Model Demonstration Project to provide identification, intervention, and program development services within the large Latino community of East San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles.

Dr. Haney is Vice-President of the Institute’s Board of Directors and Coordinator of the Infant/Toddler Intervention component of the CHIME Institute. This component of CHIME provides home- and center-based services to over 50 infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families and is a practicum site for many ECSE students in the Department of Special Education.

Dr. Haney has served on the Los Angeles County Regional Council, which is comprised of Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) representatives, parents, and other educational agencies in the county. Dr. Haney has co-authored two books: Preschool inclusion and Promoting learning through active interaction: A guide to early communication with young children who have multiple disabilities and has co-authored several chapters in a widely used text for working with students with severe disabilities, Community-based curriculum, all published by Paul H. Brookes