W. Alan Coulter is currently an associate professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Human Studies and the School of Allied Health Professions at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. A psychologist by training, he is also the program director for interdisciplinary training and school-age programs at the Human Development Center, through which he works with states and districts to establish a special education model that focuses on student performance data.

Previously, Coulter was the director of Support and Appraisal Services in the New Orleans Public Schools. He was president of the National Association of School Psychologists in 1983-84 and has received its award for child advocacy. Coulter has served as a long-term consultant with the Louisiana, California and Florida departments of education and the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education.

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