Diane Myers

Diane Myers, PhD, is a Senior Vice President of Special Education for Specialized Education Services, Inc., and formerly served as Professor of Special Education and Chair of the Department of Teacher Education at Texas Woman’s University. Earlier in her career, she was an Associate Professor of Special Education at Texas Woman’s University and Assistant Professor of Special Education at Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts, where she created a Certificate of Advanced Studies Program in Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS). Her teaching has included undergraduate and graduate courses on classwide PBIS, advanced applications of positive behavior support, and special education research and practice.

Myers’s research and professional work focus on positive behavioral interventions and supports at the school, classroom, and individual student levels, teacher training and professional development, classroom management, and supporting students with challenging behavior. She is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters and is coauthor of Classwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: A Guide to Proactive Classroom Management (including the revised second edition) and Implementing Classwide PBIS: A Guide to Supporting Teachers, both focused on helping K–12 educators implement proactive, classwide PBIS and effective classroom management systems.