Frequently Taught Courses
ELE 3250 Early Childhood Curriculum, Methods, and Assessment (K-3)
ELE 4880 Diagnostic-Prescriptive Reading Instruction
ELE 1050 Introduction to Teaching as a Profession
EDF 4550 Critical Focus on Education
Education & Training
University of Kentucky, Ph.D.-Special Education, 2025
University of Kentucky, MSEd- Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education, 2020
Professional Affiliations
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Division for Early Childhood (DEC)
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES)
Publications
· Prapti, N., Tyrrell, C.A., Zhu, L. “Caregiver implementation of naturalistic language teaching strategies through asynchronous coaching in Indonesia.” Mid-Western Educational Researcher. [Under review]
· Tyrrell, C.A., Hawkins-Lear, S. “Utilizing resources to teach social-emotional learning and social skills training to young children.” Rural Special Education Quarterly. 10.1177/87568705261481844. [In press]
· Meredith, S., West S., Kleinert, H., Tyrrell, C.A. (2024) “Assessing the impact of informational and attitudinal bias about disabilities on patient experiences with prenatal screening and testing.” Disability and Health Journal, 17(1), 101514
Conference Presentations
· “Analyzing teacher selection of social-emotional materials for young children.” Presented as a poster session at the Division for Early Childhood Annual Conference, Omaha, NE (2026).
· “Ensuring teacher selection of high-quality SEL materials for young children.” Presented as a poster session at the Division for Early Childhood Annual Conference, Omaha, NE (2026).
· “Encouraging teacher utilization of SEL/SST resources for young children.” Presented as a poster session at the Council for Exceptional Children Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT (2026).
· "Assessing the useability of an MTSS fidelity checklist for the AEPS-3." Presented at the Division for Early Childhood Annual Conference, Portland, OR (2025).
· "Classroom communication strategies" ["Estrategias de comunicación en el aula"]. Presented at Hope for Literacy Preschool Teacher Training Conference, Guatemala City, GT (2025).
· "A methodological comparison of two content validity studies of a fidelity checklist for the AEPS-3." Presented as a poster session at the Inaugural International AEPS Research Symposium, Frankfort, KY (2025)
· “Assessing the validity of a fidelity checklist for the AEPS-3.” Presented at the Division for Early Childhood Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA (2024)
Funding & Grants
· Buchter, J., Behrend, C.E., Tyrrell, C.A., Collings, T. A proposal providing for the purchase and departmental use of literacy kits, trade books, and other curricular items to bolster recent revisions to undergraduate syllabi integrating the science of reading into College of Education courses. Proposal Submitted as a Redden Grant proposal to Eastern Illinois University College of Health and Human Services. Submitted in September of 2025. Funded.