Renáta Tichá is a leading researcher and advocate in the field of special and inclusive education as well as adult services for individuals with disabilities. She has a master’s and PHD in educational psychology, and today plays an important international role as the Director of the Global Resource Center for Inclusive Education at the U of M Institute on Community Integration. The GRC collaborates with entities around the world to improve education policies and practices. She has secured several federal grants to work with universities in five countries and brought many students to the U.S. to experience special education in this country. She is recognized for her expertise in progress monitoring, inclusion education, and service delivery for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Researcher, University of Minnesota Institute of Community Integration
MEd Special Education, Educational Psychology, 2002;
PhD Educational Psychology, 2008
I have been fortunate to be awarded multiple national and international grants in special and inclusive education as well as in adult services for people with disabilities to be able to move this work forward, together with my colleagues. I have authored or co-authored numerous publications on the same topic.
Volunteering in schools that include or specialize in educating students with disabilities in the US, Czech Republic and the UK. I am a board member and a journal editor for the International Association of Special Education. I am the president of the Czech & Slovak Cultural Center of Minnesota.
M.Ed. Award of Recognition for commitment to profession and community, University of Minnesota, 2002
Learning new exciting things in the field of special education along with my classmates from all over the US and the world.
Bob Utke, instructional strategies in special education. Frank Symons, observational research methods. Michael Harwell, statistics in education
I have gained a tremendous amount of knowledge and analytical skills during my graduate degrees, understood research and met many of my current colleagues.
Teri Wallace at the Institute on Community Integration with her wisdom and passion for her work.
Innovation. Caring. Collegiality.
Read or walk my dog
Passionate and down to earth
Passionate and down to earth
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
Mary Magdalen
The thought that my work may have a positive impact on the lives of children, youth and adults with disabilities.
A teacher
Have dialogues with my colleagues, co-author publications with them, network at conference.
I speak multiple language and love to learn new ones.