Expertise

Block’s research, teaching, and personal background crosses many topics, including employment for people with disabilities, behavioral intervention and counseling, social role valorization, teaching for the workplace, natural supports, and social inclusion. A common focus of her work is on equitable access and the affordance of typical human experiences, especially for marginalized citizens.

Research Interests

  • Supported decision-making/self-determination
  • Supported employment
  • Socialization impacts arising from persistently low expectations
  • Efficacy of systems to produce and sustain positive impacts for people with disabilities
  • Inclusion
Degrees
MEd, Indiana University, Education, 2006
BA, Indiana University, Psychology, 1983