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Acknowledgment and Notes

This project was funded by a Directed Research Project (ACCESS H324D000064) from the Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education. However, the opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the position of the U.S. Department of Education or the College of Education at the University of Oregon, and no official endorsement by the department, college, or university should be inferred.

Address all correspondence to: Todd Twyman, Behavioral Research and Teaching, 232 Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-5262.

Todd Twyman, Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller, Jan D. McCoy, and Gerald Tindal