A 30 year professional in Education, Dr. Urso taught 20 years in rural K-12 schools in New York state as an elementary education, special education, and reading teacher. Her research interests are in cognitive profiles of children who struggle with reading. She is a learning disabilities specialist and an educational diagnositican. Dr. Urso is the president of the NYS Chapter for the Council for Exceptional Children and represents Institutes of Higher Education on the NYS Education Department’s Commissioner’s Advisory Panel on Special Education.