Areas of Expertise
Professional: Special Education, Deaf/HH Education, Classroom Environment, Deaf and Diverse Populations, Deaf Plus, Deaf and English Language Learners, Reading
Personal: Triathlete, Gardening, and Cooking
Education
Ph.D. University of Arizona 2008
Major: Special Education
Minor: Program Evaluation and Research Methods
M.Ed. San Francisco State University 2000
Major: Special Education
Emphasis: Deaf Education
B.A. University of San Francisco 1995
Biography
Dr. Caroline Guardino is an assistant professor of Deaf Education at University of North Florida. She enjoys teaching courses in both Exceptional Student Education as well as Deaf Education. Dr. Guardino consults and conducts in-service training, lectures, and workshops for in-service and pre-service teachers at Universities and schools across the nation. She has taught in California, Hawaii, and Arizona in a variety of settings including resource rooms, non-public schools, private institutions, universities, and specialized schools. In each of these settings she has embraced multi-cultural diversity as well as reaching out to students with additional needs in addition to deafness. Furthermore, due to the wide-ranging nature of hearing loss, she has had experiences working with students with various disabilities including learning disabilities, behaviorally challenged, severely handicapped, attention deficit disorder, autism, and students with intellectual disabilities. She enjoys teaching, creating curricula, and developing quality programs that meet the individual needs of students.
Affiliations
Association of College Educators-Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ACE-DHH)
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)
Division for Communicative Disabilities and Deafness (DCDD)
Division for International Special Education and Services (DISES)
Florida Educators of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals (FEHI)
Grants and Contracts Awarded
External
Fullerton, E. K. & Guardino, C. (Co-Principal Investigator). Collaborating with Teachers to Improve Student Outcomes: One Classroom at a Time. [Awarded October 15, 2010, National Education Association, $5,000].
Guardino, C. (Principal Investigator). Creating Accessible Learning Resources for Professionals and Parents Helping Deaf Students with Additional Disabilities. [Awarded January 19, 2010: National Educator’s Association, $2,000].
Internal
Guardino, C., (Principal Investigators). College of Education and Human Services Faculty Support Grant: 2012-2013 [Awarded January 2013: University of North Florida, $500].
Guardino, C. (Principal Investigator). UNF International Faculty Grant, Exceptional Student Education: Special Education in Southeast Asia: Expanding our Horizons to Thailand [Awarded December 2012: University of North Florida, $2, 500]
Guardino, C. & Fullerton, E. K. (Co-Principal Investigators). College of Education and Human Services Faculty Support Grant [Awarded January 2012: University of North Florida, $500].
Guardino, C. Graduate International Transformational Learning Opportunity in the Philippines and Hawaii. [Awarded November, 2011, $7,000].
Diley, R., Guardino, C., & Syverud, S. Teaching Phonics to Struggling Readers who are Deaf and hard of hearing. Student Mentored Academic Research Team (SMART) Grant. [Awarded May 20, 2011, $1,500].
Patterson, K., Syverud, S., Shaw, S., Guardino, C., & Reed, D., Guardino, C. Community-Based Transformational Learning Departmental Engagement Grant. [Awarded May, 2011-2013, University of North Florida, $12,000].
Guardino, C. UNF Center for Instruction and Research Technology, Teaching Online Course (TOL), Summer Workshop. [Awarded May, 2011, University of North Florida, $1,000]
Fullerton, E.K. & Guardino, C. (Co-Principal Investigators). College of Education and Human Services Faculty Support Grant: 2009-2010 [Awarded January 2011: University of North Florida, $500]
Guardino, C. (Principal Investigator). Increasing Vocabulary for the Whole Family: Books Read in American Sign Language on DVDs with Deaf Students who are also English Language Learners. University Research Grants. [Awarded December 21, 2010: University of North Florida, $7,500].
Guardino, C. UNF Office of Faculty Enhancement, Course Redesign for Effective Learning (CREL), Summer Workshop. [Awarded March 16, 2010, University of North Florida, $1,000]
Fullerton, E.K., & Guardino, C. (Co-Principal Investigator). Project Magnify, Southside Estates [Awarded January 2010: University of North Florida $1,820]
Guardino, C. & Fullerton, E.K. (Co-Principal Investigators). College of Education and Human Services Faculty Support Grant: 2009-2010 [Awarded January 2010: University of North Florida, $500]
Syverud, S.M. & Guardino, C. (Co-Principal Investigators). College of Education and Human Services Faculty Support Grant: 2009-2010 [Awarded January 2010: University of North Florida, $500]
Guardino, C. (Principal Investigator). UNF International Faculty Grant, Exceptional Student Education: Collaborating with Teachers in the Philippines. [Awarded November 2009: University of North Florida, $2, 240]
Guardino, C. (Principal Investigator). Project Magnify, Florida School for the Deaf and Blind.[Awarded November 2009: University of North Florida, $1,470]
Publications & Presentations
Guardino, C., & Antia, S. (2012). Modifying the classroom environment to increase engagement and decrease disruption with students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 17(3), 518-533.
Cannon, J., & Guardino, C., (2012). Literacy strategies for deaf/hard-of-hearing English language learners: Where do we begin with Hard-of-hearing ELLs? Deafness & Education International, 14(2), 78-99.
Guardino, C. & Fullerton, E., (2012, Winter). The classroom infrastructure and the early learner: Reducing aggression during transition times. Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals,100-116.
Guardino, C., Syverud, S.M., Joyner, A., Nicols, H., & King, S., (2011). Further evidence of the effectiveness of phonological instruction with oral-deaf readers. American Annals of the Deaf, 155(5), 562-568.
Guardino, C., & Fullerton, E.K. (2010). Changing behaviors by changing the environment: A case study of an inclusion classroom. TEACHING Exceptional Children, 42(6), 8-13.
Fullerton, E.K., & Guardino, C., (2010). Teacher and students' perceptions of a modified inclusion classroom environment. Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education, 2(5), Retrieved from http://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/ejie/vol2/iss5/6
Syverud, S.M., Guardino, C., Selznick, D. (2009). Teaching phonological skills to a deaf first grader: A promising strategy. American Annals of the Deaf, 154(4), 382-388.
Guardino. C. (2008). Identification and placement for multiply-disabled deaf students:
Choosing the path less followed. American Annals of the Deaf, 153(1), 55-64.
Manuscripts Under Review
Guardino, C., Cannon, J., & Rafferty, K., (under review). Building the evidence-base of effective reading strategies to use with deaf English language learners. Communication Disorders Quarterly.
Guardino, C., & Fullerton, E. (under review). Taking the time out of transitions. Education and Treatment of Children.
Manuscripts in Progress
Fullerton, E.K., & Guardino, C. (in progress). Busting the ball myth: The impact of stability balls as alternative seating for children with disabilities.
Guardino, C. (in progress). A look at 50 years of the classroom environment from textbook, online, and journal resources.
Guardino, C. (in progress). Evaluating teacher’s preparedness to work with students who are Deaf and diverse.
