Patricia Morrissey, Ed.D.

FOUNDER

Dr. Morrissey completed a B.A. in Elementary Education at Wayne State College in Nebraska. She received a Masters Degree in Special Education from San Francisco State University. Her doctoral work in Education was completed at the University of San Francisco. Dr. Morrissey has extensive experience as a regular classroom teacher. From 1964 until 1970, she taught special education, and from 1970 until 1982, she served as the Director of Special Education of South County Cooperative in Menlo Park. Dr. Morrissey has also served as a professor, teaching graduate classes in Special Education at the University of Alaska, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, and Notre Dame College in Belmont, California. She has written several papers on such topics as the language of curriculum and the long-term effects of the Slingerland program on students, and for a number of years was a consulting editor for the Intervention in Special Education journal.