About Janet Green
Dr. Janet Green is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Special Education. She joined the department in Fall 2017. Dr. Green has extensive experience working in K-12 schools serving students with mild, moderate, and intense intervention needs, in both public and private settings. Roles included classroom teacher (co-teacher, resource, and life skills), evaluator, case manager, consultant, and itinerant teacher. In higher education, Dr. Green worked at a University Center for Excellence on Developmental Disabilities, writing grant proposals and administering the grant when funds were awarded. University teaching experiences include undergraduate and graduate courses in special education, including introductory, methods, assessment, special education law, and transition courses.
Professional Experience
- Special Education faculty (14 years) higher education
- Special Education teacher (10 years) P-12
- Project director/coordinator (7 years) University Center of Excellence on Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD)
- Consultant (1 year) Special Education Unit
Education
- PhD in Education/Special Education (Walden University)
- MS in Special Education (Minot State University)
- BS in Special Education and Elementary Education (Minot State University)
- Endorsements: Learning Disabilities, Emotional Disturbance, and Alternative Assessment
Research and Publications
Using hand-held technology to support the transition of youth with intellectual disabilities into adult roles. Study of the use of common hand-held technologies by individuals with intellectual disabilities as they participate in adult social roles.
Playing for Life: What Transition Students Taught Communication Disorders Clinicians. Communication Disorders clinicians communicated with a transition classroom to make a life-skills game relevant to school, work, and community settings. While transition students, learned life-decision skills, the clinicians learned to frame and teach lessons for a variety of abilities as well as the many facets of collaboration.
May 2014 Connected: Social Integration using Cell Phone Technology: Study of an adult with ID and his use of a cell phone to socially connect with friends, support people, and co-workers.
Behavior Supports in Preschool and Head Start in North Dakota: Survey of preschool and Head Start teachers on self-reported use of components of Positive Behavior Support. Spring/Summer 2010
Course Schedule
| Course |
No. |
Term |
Level |
Hours |
Location |
| Educational Methods for Students with Orthopedic-Sensory-Multiple Disabilities [syllabus] |
SPCE 579.800 |
Spring 2026 |
Graduate |
3.0 |
Online (Asynchronous) |
| Education of Exceptional Children [syllabus] |
SPCE 600.800 |
Spring 2026 |
Graduate |
3.0 |
Online (Asynchronous) |
| Collaboration in Special Education [syllabus] |
SPCE 603.800 |
Spring 2026 |
Graduate |
3.0 |
Online (Asynchronous) |
| Collaboration in Special Education [syllabus] |
SPCE 603.801 |
Spring 2026 |
Graduate |
3 |
Online (Asynchronous) |
| Research in Special Education [syllabus] |
SPCE 636.801 |
Spring 2026 |
Graduate |
3 |
Online (Asynchronous) |
| Special Education Law [syllabus] |
SPCE 637.801 |
Spring 2026 |
Graduate |
3 |
Online (Asynchronous) |
| Practicum in Special Education: Intense Intervention [syllabus] |
SPCE 698.1C |
Spring 2026 |
Graduate |
3 |
Field Study |