Barbara D. Bateman

Barbara Bateman, Ph.D., J.D., began her special education career in the 1950s in public schools and institutions where she taught children who had mental retardation, visual impairments, autism, speech and language disorders, dyslexia and other disabilities. She conducted research on learning disabilities with Dr. Samuel Kirk at the University of Illinois. In 1966 she returned to Oregon and since then has taught special education and special education law from the University of Oregon School of Law. Presently, Dr. Bateman is a consultant in special education law. She consults with and provides training to parents, attorneys, school districts and others involved in special education legal disputes. Her publications number over 1000 and include Writing Measurable IEP Goals and Objectives (2006), Why Johnny Doesn't Behave: Twenty Tips for Measurable BIPS (2003) and Better IEP Meetings (2006), a companion volume to Better IEPs (2006).