Carolyn A. Denton, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Tel:713-5003891
Carolyn.A.Denton@uth.tmc.edu

Dr. Carolyn Denton is an associate professor in the Children’s Learning Institute, part of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston. Dr. Denton’s research is focused on intervention for the prevention and remediation of reading disabilities; the identification of students with learning disabilities; the role of the reading coach in professional development; and the process of bringing research-validated educational practices to wide scale implementation. Along with Dr. Andrew Papanicolaou of the CLI and colleagues at the University of Houston and the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Denton is a co-principal investigator for the Texas Center for Learning Disabilities, one of four research centers funded by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development to study the nature, identification, and treatment of learning disabilities. Other current research projects include a study of scaling up effective reading interventions in multiple schools, funded by the Institute for Education Sciences of the US Department for Education, and a pilot study investigating the effectiveness of an intensive summer school curriculum. Dr. Denton is also a member of the steering group for the Dan L. Duncan Neurodevelopmental Clinic.

Dr. Denton was formerly the principal investigator of the Texas Adolescent Literacy Project, through which she led the development of resources and professional development materials for middle school content-area and reading teachers. She is the author of Responsive Reading Instruction, a first grade reading intervention program, and co-author with Dr. Jan Hasbrouck of The Reading Coach: A How-To Manual for Success, as well as numerous articles and book chapters.

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