Renata Ticha
- Senior Research Associate
- Co-director, Global Resource Center for Inclusive Education
- Co-director, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on HCBS Outcome Measurement
- tich0018@umn.edu
- Phone
- +1 612-624-5776
- Address
- Institute On Community Integration
Masonic Inst For The Developing Brain [map]
2025 E River Pkwy
Room 1-304
Minneapolis, MN 55414-3604
Renáta Tichá, Ph.D, has received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Minnesota in Educational Psychology, with an emphasis in special education. She works as a Research Associate at the Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota. She has extensive experience in the development and implementation of assessment and intervention materials for children, youth, and adults with different types of disabilities. She also conducts research, training, and technical assistance in this area. Dr. Tichá is a Principal Investigator on an international grant titled, Developing Leadership Capacity in Inclusive Education: A U.S. - Ukrainian Partnership, and U.S.-based projects on Ecological Momentary Assessment of Leisure Activity Participation among Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Improving Self-determination of Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Wisconsin. Dr. Tichá is also an editor of The Journal of the International Association of Special Education (JIASE).
Projects
Products
Topics
- Education practices (K12 and transition)
- Inclusive education
- Inclusive service learning
- Instructional strategies
- Literacy
- Youth development and leadership
- Community life
- Civil rights
- Community supports and services
- Self-advocacy and self-determination
- Social inclusion
- Consumer/self-directed services
- Specific life stage
- Children
- Adolescents and young adults
- Adults
- Culture and diversity
- International initiatives
- Housing and residential services
- Community group residential
- Consumer/self-directed services
- Family supports/in-home services
- Educational accountability and assessment
- Accountability
- Assessment (large-scale, alternate)
- Progress monitoring
- Assessment of individuals
- Specific disability
- Intellectual/developmental disability (IDD)
- Learning disabilities
- Multiple disabilities
Activities
- Research
- Training and professional development
- Technical assistance
- Evaluation
- Outreach