Dr. Mindy Ely
Associate Chair, Special Education Department
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
SED 594.001 Dissertation Proposal Development
Teaching Interests & Areas
Braille, Nemeth Code, Introduction to Visual Impairments, Neurologic Visual Impairments
Research Interests & Areas
Early Intervention workforce development in the area of low vision and blindness
Cerebral Visual Impairments
PhD Early Childhood Special Education
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
MS Elementary Education
Western Illinois University
Macomb
BS Special Education: Low Vision and Blindness
Illinois State University
Normal
Outstanding University Teacher Award: Teaching Initiative
Illinois State University
2020
Impact Award
Illinois State University
2019
J. David Sexton Doctoral Student Award
Council for Exceptional Children - Division of Early Childhood
2019
Special Education Student Award
University of Illinois
2015
Distinguished Service Award
Illinois Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
2012
Spungin Fellowship for Leadership
American Foundation for the Blind
2012
Honored Alumni
Illinois State University - Dept. of Special Education
2008
Grants and Contracts
Leveraging Instruction to Maximize Interdisciplinary Teaming in Learning Environments in family Systems when children have Sensory disabilities (LIMITLESS)
Maribeth Lartz, Melinda Ely.
US Department of Education - Office of Special Education Programs. October 1 2019 - September 30 2024
Interdisciplinary Early Intervention Sensory Disabilities: A U.S. Dept. of Ed Personnel Development External Grant
Maribeth Lartz, Melinda Ely.
Research and Sponsored Projects. 2018 - 2019
Prepping Study: Determining Learning Media when a child has Cerebral Visual Impairment
Melinda Ely.
Research and Sponsored Projects. 2018 - 2019
Determining Learning Media when a child has Cerebral Visual Impairment
Melinda Ely.
Research and Sponsored Projects. 2017 - 2018
Book Review
A Book Review of Babies with CVI: Nurturing Visual Abilities and Development in Early Childhood, by Anne McComiskey.
Melinda Ely.
(2022), https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482X221112005, Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness
Journal Article
Prevalence of educationally significant disabilities in deaf and hard of hearing students.
Jeremy Peterson, Christina Borders, Melinda Ely.
American Annals of the Deaf, 167 (5), 583-596, (2023)
Single case design: Changing practices of early intervention professionals serving children with visual impairments
Melinda Ely, Michaelene Ostrosky.
Early Childhood Education Journal, (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-021-01222-0
The social validity of using the matrix approach in early intervention with children who are blind or visually impaired
Melinda Ely, Michaelene Ostrosky, Allison Barton.
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, (2022), https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0145482X221086644
Self-Efficacy of providers in early intervention visual impairments
Melinda Ely, Michaelene Ostrosky, Meghan Burke.
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 114 (2), 114-126, (2020), https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482X20913138
Building our early childhood training programs on aligned standards of practice.
Melinda Ely, Maribeth Lartz.
Division on Visual Impairments, Council for Exceptional Children, 64 (4), 30-40, (2019)
Apply the foundational concepts from early intervention to services provided to young children with visual impairments: A literature review
Melinda Ely, Michaelene Ostrosky.
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness,, 112, 527-542, (2018), https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482X1811200302
Cerebral visual impairment: The conversation continues
Melinda Ely, Mary Morse.
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 112, 557-559, (2018), https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482X1811200515
Early learning visual impairment services training and advancement (EL VISTA) project: Leading the way for a new profession within a profession
Olaya Landa-Vialard, Melinda Ely, Maribeth Lartz.
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 112, 103-112, (2018), https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482X1811200110
Development of theory of mind: Considerations for children with visual impairments
Melinda Ely, Hedda Meadan-Kaplansky, Michaelene Ostrosky.
Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research, 7 (1), (2017), https://doi.org/10.5241/7-115
Matrix session planning: Family-centered early intervention
Melinda Ely, Katiri Gullifor, Tara Hollinshead.
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 111 (2), 169-174, (2017)
Survey results for training and resource needs cited by early intervention professions in the field of visual impairments
Melinda Ely, Michaelene Ostrosky.
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 111, 225-238, (2017), https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482X1711100604
Cortical/cerebral visual impairment (CVI): The responsibility of practitioners in the field of visual impairment in a changing landscape
Melinda Ely.
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 110, 201-206, (2016), https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482X1611000308
Early intervention and visual impairments: A prepared workforce
Melinda Ely, Maribeth Lartz.
Visual Impairment and Deafblind Quarterly, 61 (2), (2016)
Effective strategies for preschool peer group entry: Considered application for children with visual impairments
Melinda Ely.
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 108, 287-297, (2014), https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482X1410800404
Roles and responsibilities in assessment when learners have CVI: perspectives from practitioners
Melinda Ely, Ashley Strausbaugh, Amy Lund.
Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness
Other
Role and responsibilities of vision educators (TVIs and O&Ms) when learners have CVI.
Ellen Mazel, Mary Morse, Melinda Ely, Mary Zatta.
Division on Neurological Visual Impairments, Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of those who are Blind and Visually Impaired (AER), (2020)
Family-centered practices for infants and young children with visual impairments
D Hatton, C Chen, D Snyder, C Smyth, K Greely, T Anthony, Melinda Ely, L Lind.
Division on Visual Impairments, Council for Exceptional Children, (2018)
Presentations
An assessment framework for CVI: Including ventral and dorsal stream (part 1)
Melinda Ely, Susan O'Brien.
Illinois AER, Online, February, 2022
Building individualized CVI teaching strategies by utilizing assessment results (part 2)
Susan O'Brien, Melinda Ely.
Illinois AER Conference, Online, February, 2022
Perspectives on CVI: A survey of professionals
Amy Lund, Melinda Ely.
Illinois AER Conference, Online, February, 2022
Family centered practices and the coaching model: Using the matrix approach
DeEtte Snyder, Melinda Ely.
Access Academy, Online, January, 2022
Meeting needs of children with sensory disabilities: DEC/DCD/BVI standards
Maribeth Lartz, Melinda Ely.
Council for Exceptional Children, Orlando, FL, January, 2022
Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children: A Deep Dive into the Role of the Teacher for the Visually Impaired
Melinda Ely.
Ministry of Education Provincial Outreach Program in Vancouver, British Columbia, Online, November, 2021
Cerebral Visual Impairment in Children: Collaborations of Multidisciplinary Providers
Melinda Ely.
Ministry of Education Provincial Outreach Program based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Online, October, 2021
Meeting needs of children with sensory disabilities: DEC/DCD/BVI standards
Maribeth Lartz, Melinda Ely.
36th Annual International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families, Online, June, 2021
Increasing parent-professional collaboration during home visits. International Council for the Education of People with Visual Impairments
Melinda Ely.
World Blind Union – International Council for the Education of the Visually Impaired (WBU-ICEVI) Joint Assemblies, Online, June, 2021
One state’s approach to building competence around CVI
Melinda Ely, Susan Sullivan.
Perkin's eLearning, Online, May, 2021
Roles and responsibilities of vision educators when learners have CVI. Illinois AER Conference
Ely, Ellen Mazel, Mary Zatta.
Illinois AER, Online, April, 2021