She has an M.A. in special education from University of Connecticut and a Ph.D. in educational psychology from Stanford University. Janet is a former special education teacher (K-6 in West Hartford, Conn.) and special education consultant (Eastern Maine Medical Center). Her research focuses primarily on reading difficulties, including investigations aimed at improving assessment methods for identifying at-risk students and evaluating their progress, studies of cognitive factors that place students at-risk for early reading difficulties, and evaluation of reading instructional practices in use with students with disabilities.