Center for Innovations in Education (CISE)
Point of Contact: Candy Lindsey
For more than 30 years, the Center for Innovations in Education at the University of Missouri had the pleasure of providing professional development services and resources for those who work to ensure all learners achieve their potential. Discontinuation of funding has resulted in CISE closing on October 31, 2007. Candy Lindsey, Instructor for the Department of Special Education, will continue to facilitate training

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Center for School-wide Positive Behavioral Support
Point of Contact: Tim Lewis
School-wide Positive Behavior Supports (PBS) is collaboration between graduate students and faculty with a focus on building capacity within schools, districts, and states to prevent, provide early intervention, and provide effective support for children and youth with problem behavior. The MU Center has a three part mission: a) conduct research in schools to ascertain the most effective and efficient methods for addressing problem behavior, b) disseminate information regarding school-wide PBS, and c) provide training and technical assistance to schools, districts, and states supporting their efforts to build systems of school-wide PBS. The MU Center is funded through several federal grants and is affiliated with the national OSEP Center for Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports housed at the University of Oregon.

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Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
| Phone: 573-882-6081
Location: 300 Portland Street, Suite 110, Columbia, Mo. 65211
The Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the University of Missouri-Columbia was established on April 29, 2005 through the philanthropy of William and Nancy Thompson to promote research, teaching and service innovations designed to improve the lives of children with autism spectrum disorders and other neurological conditions.

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