Agnesanne Danehey

Research Assistant Professor, Special Education 

Agnesanne J. Danehey is Research Assistant Professor, Special Education Program, Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education, University of Maryland. Dr. Danehey’s expertise is in the areas of supporting individuals with severe reputations and challenging behaviors with developmental disabilities, secondary special education & transition services, and community supported living for youth and adults with disabilities and mental health issues.  She has been involved with a number of federal supported programs in the adult community and in professional development for professionals in school systems serving students with disabilities.

Dr. Danehey currently co-directs outreach graduate degree programs in Maryland & the D.C. in the following areas: M.Ed.-Special Education-Focus Autism, M.Ed.-Special Education-Early Childhood Birth-Age 5 ,and an EdD in Special Education Leadership. She also co-directs an Online M.Ed. in Special Education-Focus-Autism through the Institute for the Study of Exceptional Children and Youth (ISECY)