Dr. Leslie J. Couse is associate professor of education at the University of New Hampshire and adjunct assistant professor of pediatrics at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Her expertise lies in preparing teachers for inclusive early childhood settings through interdisciplinary collaboration with parents, teachers, and service providers.
Through community partnerships, she researches inclusive teacher education, leadership development for the field of disability, and technology as a tool for increasing children’s access. She is chair of the Education Department and project director for the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education-funded Early Childhood Special Education Assistive Technology Project.
Dr. Couse is co-editor of The Handbook of Early Childhood Teacher Education (Routledge, 2016), has served as guest editor for a special issue and is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, and past Governing Board member of the National Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators (NAECTE).