
Mary Anne Prater
Title
Dean
Department:
CPSE, Deans
Contact Information
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Office: 301 MCKB
Phone: 801-422-1592
Email: praterMary Anne@gmail.com@byu.eduphoria
Dr. Mary Anne Prater is dean of the McKay School of Education and a professor and former chair of the Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education at Brigham Young University. She earned her Bachelor of Music and Master of Science from the University of Utah and her Ph.D. at Utah State University. She was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Kentucky in 1997.
Prior to joining the faculty at BYU, Dr. Prater was Professor, Department Chair, and Associate Dean at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (11 years); Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (3 years); and Adjunct Professor at the University of Alaska at Anchorage (1 semester).
She has authored or co-authored eight books and over 100 refereed articles and chapters. She has presented or co-presented over 100 professional presentations nationally and internationally. Dr. Prater currently reviews for 2 professional journals, having served on 8 editorial boards and guest reviewed for 13 additional professional journals. Also she has served in the presidential line for the international Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children (2012-2016).
In 2006, she received the BYU David O. McKay Fellowship and the Faculty Women Association's scholarship award. She also earned the BYU Phi Kappa Phi award in 2010. In 2014 she received the BYU Alice Louise Reynolds Women-in-Scholarship Lecturer Award. In addition she has been a three-time recipient of the annual Hawai'i Education Research Association's Distinguished Paper Award.
Issues in Special Education
Methods of Instruction for Students with High Incidence Disabilities
Multicultural Preparation for Special Educators
Special education teacher preparation
Methods of instruction for students with high incidence disabilities
Cultural issues impacting special education
Portrayal of disabilities in children's and young adult literature
Alice Louise Reynolds Women in Scholarship
Brigham Young University Harold B. Lee Library
2014
Distinguished Paper
Hawai'i Educational Research Association
2008
Distinguished Paper Award
Hawaii Education Research Association
2001
Phi Kappa Phi Distinguished Faculty Award
Phi Kappa Phi, Brigham Young University
2010
David O. McKay Fellowship
Brigham Young University
2006
A Decade of Disability Depictions in Newbery Award Books
- Authors: Grow, Hannah; Black, Sharon Jean; Egan, Kellie; Taylor, Tina Marie; Moss, Kimberly; Wadham, Rachel Lynn; Prater, Mary Anne
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Council for Exception Children - Division on Autism and Development Disabilities
- City: Arlington, VA
- Country: USA
- Volume: 6
- Issue: 1
- ISSN: 2377-3677
- URL: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/3672/
- Abstract: click to view
Thirteen "must reads" in special education teacher education
- Authors: Prater, Mary Anne; Correa, Vivian; Gallagher, Peggy ; McHatton, Patty; Robinson, Suzanne; Black, Sharon Jean
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 41
- Issue: 2
- URL: wp.auburn.edu/educate/special-issue/
- Abstract: click to view
Secondary-aged students with learning disabilities self-advocate for accommodations in their general education classrooms
- Authors: Prater, Mary Anne; Redman, Ashleigh ; Anderson, Darlene H; Gibb, Gordon Stanley
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Abstract: click to view
Diverse teacher candidates' perceptions of and recommendations for a special education preparation program
- Authors: Prater, Mary Anne; Cramer, Ashleigh; Wilder, Lynn; Carter, Nari
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Abstract: click to view
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- Authors: Taylor, Tina Marie; Carter, Nari; Prater, Mary Anne
- Publication Type: Book, Textbook
Video Self-Modeling Presented via an iPad to Teach Functional Math Skills to Adolescents with Autism and Intellectual Disability
- Authors: Burton, Cami; Anderson, Darlene H; Prater, Mary Anne; Taylor, Tina Marie
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Sage
- Volume: 28
- Issue: 2
- URL: foa.sagepub.com/content/28/2/67
- Abstract: click to view
Classroom bullying prevention Pre-K-4th Grade: Children's books, lesson plans, and activities
- Authors: Heath, Melissa Ann; Taylor, Tina Marie; Prater, Mary Anne
- Publication Type: Book, Textbook
- Publisher: Linworth
- City: Santa Barbara, CA
- URL: www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A3790P
- Abstract: click to view
Working with families of children with special needs: Family and professional partnerships and roles
- Authors: Sileo, Nancy; Prater, Mary Anne
- Publication Type: Book, Textbook
- Publisher: Pearson
- City: Upper Saddle River, NJ
- Abstract: click to view
Working with Families of Children with Special Needs: Family and Professional Partnerships and Roles
- Authors: Taylor, Tina Marie; Ashbaker, Betty DeVone; Prater, Mary Anne; Sileo, N.
- Publication Type: Book, Chapter/ Section in Textbook
- Publisher: Pearson
- City: Boston
- Abstract: click to view
Portrayals of bullying in children's picture books and implications for bibliotherapy
- Authors: Moulton, Emily; Heath, Melissa Ann; Prater, Mary Anne; Taylor, Tina Marie
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 51
- Issue: 2
- Abstract: click to view
Strengthening elementary school bully prevention with bibliotherapy
- Authors: Heath, Melissa Ann; Moulton, Emily; Taylor, Tina Marie; Prater, Mary Anne; Brown, Alec
- Publication Type: Newsletter
- Volume: 39
- Issue: 8
- Abstract: click to view
Video self-modeling to improve academic performance: A literature review
- Authors: Prater, Mary Anne; Carter, Nari; Hitchcock, Caryl; Dowrick, Peter
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 39
- Issue: 8
- Abstract: click to view
Special education faculty professional development in cultural responsiveness: One university's experience
- Authors: Prater, Mary Anne; Taylor, Tina Marie
- Publication Type: Monograph
- Publisher: Council for Exceptional Children
- City: Arlington, VA
- Abstract: click to view
Newbery award winning books 1975-2009: How do they portray disabilities?
- Authors: Leininger, Melissa; Taylor, Tina Marie; Prater, Mary Anne; Heath, Melissa Ann
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 45
- Issue: 4
- Abstract: click to view
Special education faculty perceptions of participating in a culturally responsive professional development program
- Authors: Devereaux, Temma; Prater, Mary Anne; Jackson, Aaron Paul; Heath, Melissa Ann; Carter, Nari
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 33
- Issue: 4
- Abstract: click to view
Understanding obsessive- compulsive disorders in students: Symptoms and school-based interventions.
- Authors: Taylor, Tina Marie; Leininger, Melissa; Health, Melissa; Prater, Mary Anne
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 34
- Issue: 2
- URL: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ893733
- Abstract: click to view
Inclusion of students with special needs in general classrooms
- Authors: Prater, Mary Anne
- Publication Type: Book, Chapter/ Section in Scholarly Book
- Publisher: Elsevier
- City: Oxford
- Volume: 3rd
- Abstract: click to view
Teaching students with obsessive compulsive disorder
- Authors: Leininger, Melissa; Taylor, Tina Marie; Prater, Mary Anne; Heath, Melissa Ann
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 45
- Issue: 4
- Abstract: click to view
Understanding obsessive-compulsive disorder in students: Symptoms and school-based interventions
- Authors: Taylor, Tina Marie; Leininger, Melissa; Heath, Melissa Ann; Prater, Mary Anne
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 34
- Issue: 2
- Abstract: click to view
Developing multicultural proficiency: Effects of a multiple activity workshop in elementary school personnel in an Asian Pacific setting
- Authors: Hitchcock, Caryl; Prater, Mary Anne; Chang, C
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Multicultural Learning and Teaching
- City: San Diego, CA
- Volume: 4
- Issue: 2
- Abstract: click to view