Candace Schell

Dr. Candace Schell is an Associate Professor of Special Education and a Doctoral level Board Certified Behavior Analyst. She obtained her undergraduate and graduate degrees in special education from Missouri State University with her undergraduate studies focusing on mild/moderate cross-categorical special education, and graduate studies specializing in severe developmental disabilities and autism. She began her career as a special education classroom teacher and has taught at the elementary, intermediate, and high school level. After five years in the classroom, Dr. Schell went on to become a district special education consultant, addressing cases that involved severe problem behavior and autism program development. After six years in the public schools, she left Missouri to obtain her Ph.D. in special education with a focus in applied behavior analysis, positive behavioral interventions and supports, and emotional and behavioral disorders from the University of Arizona. While at the University of Arizona, Dr. Schell provided early intervention in-home behavior analytic services to children in the community and worked as a behavior consultant for the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind.

Research Interests:

Dr. Candace Schell's research centers on the effect of function-based interventions on student behavior to support positive social and academic outcomes for students with, and at-risk for, emotional and behavioral disorders, with particular interest in fidelity of implementation of these intervention approaches.