Moving the Secondary Transition And Reverse Service-learning (STARS) Project

Dr. Jeremy Ford, NCSP, Education
Dr. Lisa Beymer, Early and Special Education, College of Education

About the project

This project is designed to help improve and expand Boise State University’s STARS (Secondary Transition And Reverse Service-learning) program into an online sphere. The STARS program is designed to help students with disabilities engage in coursework with the help and support of students studying special education. Dr. Ford and Dr. Beymer are working to move this program online and allow students with disabilities from a wider area around the college to attend courses online and meet with a student from the course outside of class twice a week. The special-education students will complete surveys to evaluate the effectiveness of this program for helping students with disabilities learn and engage with their peers in a college setting.

About the Author

Dr. Jeremy W. Ford, NCSP joined Boise State University in 2015, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Early and Special Education. Dr. Ford’s previous experience includes working as a school psychologist and professional development trainer for Area Education Agency 267 in Iowa. He earned his Ph.D. in Teaching and Learning (Special Education subtrack) with an emphasis in School Curriculum and Assessment Policy from The University of Iowa, his Ed.S. in School Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and his B.S. in Psychology from Northland College (WI). Dr. Ford’s research interests include: Curriculum-based measurement (CBM), examining special education teacher effectiveness, explicit instruction, noncategorical models of special education service delivery, Response to Intervention (RtI) / Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), and screening and progress decision-making. He is a member of the Council for Exceptional Children and the National Association of School Psychologists.