Dr. Apryl Lynn Poch
- Special Education & Communication Disorders, Assistant Professor
General Information
Biography
Dr. Apryl L. Poch is an Assistant Professor of Special Education in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders (SECD) at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and President-Elect of the Council for Learning Disabilities. She earned her Ph.D. in special education with a focus in learning disabilities from the University of Missouri (MU). Dr. Poch previously worked as a Senior Research Associate at the MU Center for Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support and an Assistant Professor of Special Education at Duquesne University. Dr. Poch has published widely and has presented numerous times at the local, state, national, and international levels. She is the recipient of the 2024 SECD Outstanding Collaborator of the Year Award, Keuka College Alumni Association's 2022 Professional Achievement Award, the Duquesne University School of Education Early Career Award for Excellence in Scholarship (2018) and Service (2020), as well as the Marjorie Montague Award for Outstanding Doctoral Level Research (2017) from the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities. Originally from Western New York, Dr. Poch formerly worked as a high school special education and English teacher for the Springville Griffith Institute Central School District.
Teaching Interests
Instructional Methods and Assessment in Literacy and Special Education, Learning Disabilities, Special Education Law and IEPs
Research Interests
Theoretically modeling the components of adolescent writing, exploring adolescents’ and special educators’ knowledge and beliefs about writing, and family engagement in the special education process
Service Summary
President-Elect of the Council for Learning Disabilities, Co-Advisor of the student chapter of the Council for Exceptional Children (SCEC), Editorial Board Consulting Editor for Learning Disability Quarterly and Assessment for Effective Intervention, and Editorial Board Reviewer for Intervention in School and Clinic and TEACHING Exceptional Children
Awards and Honors
Marjorie Montague Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research, Scholarship/Research - 2017
School of Education Early Career Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Scholarship/Research - 2018
School of Education Early Career Award for Excellence in Service, Service, Professional - 2020
Keuka College Alumni Association's 2022 Professional Achievement Award, Scholarship/Research - 2022
SECD Outstanding Collaborator of the Year, Teaching - 2024
Education
BA, Keuka College, Keuka Park, New York, English and Adolescent/Special Education, 2006
MA, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, English , Victorian and Women's Literature, 2007
Ph D, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, Special Education , Learning Disabilities, 2016