Shawn Datchuk

Associate Professor

Current Positions

Associate Professor of Special Education
Director, Iowa Reading Research Center

College of Education Affiliations

Education

BA in Psychology, Youngstown State University
MED in Special Education, Pennsylvania State University
PhD in Special Education, Pennsylvania State University

Professional Memberships

Council for Exceptional Children, 2009
Council for Exceptional Children Division for Research, 2009
Council for Exceptional Children Division for Learning Disabilities, 2009
Association for Behavior Analysis International, 2008

Selected Publications

Panos, K. L. & Datchuk, S. M. (2021). Constructing Simple Sentences: Effects of a Writing Fluency Intervention for Middle School Students With Disabilities. Remedial and Special Education 42 (2) 107-117. DOI: 10.1177/0741932519876694.
Rodgers, D. B., Datchuk, S. M. & Rila, A. L. (2020). Effects of a Text-Writing Fluency Intervention for Postsecondary Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Exceptionality 0 (0) 1-16. DOI: 10.1080/09362835.2020.1850451.
Datchuk, S. M., Wagner, K. & Hier, B. O. (2020). Level and Trend of Writing Sequences: A Review and Meta-Analysis of Writing Interventions for Students With Disabilities. Exceptional Children 86 (2) 174-192. DOI: 10.1177/0014402919873311.
Datchuk, S. M., Smith, S. & Wang, L. (2019). Using Multiple Modes of Transcription to Improve the Sentence Typing of Elementary Students With Disabilities. Journal of Special Education Technology 34 (4) 226-238. DOI: 10.1177/0162643419832993.
Hughes, C. A., Riccomini, P., Morano, S. & Datchuk, S. (2019). Quiz: What Do You Know About Effective Practice?. (Vols. 51). (6), pp. 409-410. Teaching Exceptional Children. DOI: 10.1177/0040059919850077.
Datchuk, S. M. & Hier, B. O. (2019). Fluency Practice: Techniques for Building Automaticity in Foundational Knowledge and Skills. Teaching Exceptional Children 51 (6) 424-435. DOI: 10.1177/0040059919847213.
Datchuk, S. M. & Rodgers, D. B. (2019). Text Writing within Simple Sentences: A Writing Fluency Intervention for Students with High-Incidence Disabilities. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice 34 (1) 23-34. DOI: 10.1111/ldrp.12185.
Panos, K. L. & Datchuk, S. M. (2019). Constructing Simple Sentences: Effects of a Writing Fluency Intervention for Middle School Students With Disabilities. Remedial and Special Education. DOI: 10.1177/0741932519876694.
Datchuk, S. M. & Dembek, G. A. (2018). Adapting a Sentence Intervention with Spelling and Handwriting Support for Elementary Students with Writing Difficulties: A Preliminary Investigation. Insights into Learning Disabilities 15 (1) 7--27.
Datchuk, S. M. & Rodgers, D. B. (2018). Text Writing within Simple Sentences: A Writing Fluency Intervention for Students with High-Incidence Disabilities. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice 341 23-34. DOI: 10.1111/ldrp.12185.

Selected Presentations

Panos, K., Regan, K., Brady, K., Datchuk, S., Evmenova, A. & Wagner, K. (2019, January) ). High Leverage Instructional Practices to Improve the Written Expression of Students with Learning Disabilities. Conference Presentation presented at Council for Exceptional Children Convention and Expo, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Datchuk, S. & Wagner, K. (2019, January) The Effects of Writing Interventions on Correct Writing Sequences: A Meta-Analysis of Single-Case Designs. Poster presented at Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, California.
Datchuk, S. (2017, January) A Secondary Tier Intervention to Improve the Sentence and Paragraph Writing of Middle School Students At-Risk for Learning Disabilities. Poster presented at Council for Exceptional Children and Expo, Boston, Massachusetts.
Datchuk, S. & Rodgers, D. (2017, January) The Effects of a Simple Sentence Writing Intervention on Postsecondary Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Poster presented at Council for Exceptional Children and Expo, Boston, Massachusetts.
Datchuk, S., Hendrickson, J., Woods-Groves, S. & Rodgers, D. (2016, October) Students with Autism and their Families: A Comparison of Perceptions of the Two-Year College Experience. Paper presented at 40th Annual Conference of Teacher Educators of Children with Behavioral Disorders, Tempe, Arizona.
Datchuk, S. M. (2016, May) Improving the sentence and paragraph writing of adolescents with writing difficulties. Poster presented at Association for Behavior Analysis International 42nd Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
Kubina, R. M., Datchuk, S. M. & Mason, L. H. (2016, May) Sentence writing instruction for students with emotional and behavioral disorders.. Poster presented at Association for Behavior Analysis International 42nd Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois.
Datchuk, S. M. (2015, April) Effects of a simple sentence writing intervention on elementary aged students with behavioral concerns and EBD. Paper presented at Council for Exceptional Children Convention & Expo, San Diego, California.
Datchuk, S. M. & Kubina, R. M. (2014, October) Teaching sentence-level writing skills to students with writing difficulties.. Paper presented at Philadelphia Chapter of the International Dyslexia Association’s 36th Fall Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Datchuk, S. M. & Kubina, R. M. (2014, April) A review of teaching sentence-level writing skills to students with writing difficulties and LD.. Poster presented at Council for Exceptional Children Convention & Expo, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Selected Grants & Contracts

Datchuk, Shawn M Grant Research/Creative Work (Applied or Basic). Improving simple sentence construction through instruction and timed practice. College of Education Faculty Research Fund. Funded. September 1, 2015 - June 1, 2016.
Datchuk, S M Fellowship Research, Applied. Old Gold Summer Fellowship. College of Education - University of Iowa. Completed. January 1, 2016.
Datchuk, S M Grant Research, Applied. Effects of integrating spelling and simple sentence intervention for students with writing difficulties. College of Education and Social Services - Univ. of Vermont. Completed. January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015.