Brittany Severino

Brittany Severino
  • Assistant Professor
  • Department: Special Education
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: BSEVERINO@wcupa.edu

Education

  • M.Ed. in Special Education, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Ed.D. in Policy, Planning, and Administration, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)Case ManagementTransition PlanningIEP DevelopmentIEP ImplementationPre-Service Teachers

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: Yes

I would love to collaborate on a SURF or SURI proposal!

Biography

Dr. Brittany Severino is a certified special education teacher and general education teacher (PreK-12th grade) in Pennsylvania. She earned her M.Ed. in Special Education and Ed.D. in Policy, Planning, and Administration from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Before becoming an assistant professor at WCU, she worked as a high school learning support and emotional support teacher for a public school district in Chester County and the Delaware County Intermediate Unit (DCIU) as a job coach and community-based living and learning teacher supporting secondary students with transition planning and services. Dr. Severino also worked as an adjunct professor teaching undergraduate and graduate special education courses at Cabrini University and Eastern University. Dr. Severino’s research interests include Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), caseload management for pre-service teachers, transition planning, and the retention and attrition of special education teachers.

Contact Information

Phone: 610-436-3068

List of Publications

  • Severino, B. (2025). How are you? Increasing preservice educators' out-of-class communication with social and emotional learning. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning., 19(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2025.190111
  • Severino, B. (2024). How can schools retain secondary emotional support teachers? Ask them. American Journal of Qualitative Research, 8(3), 153-166. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/14893
  • Delores, C., Roemmele, C., Severino, B. (2024). Implementation and outcomes of outdoor science education in an urban setting on primary and intermediate level students with emotional and behavioral disorders. World Journal of Education, 14(2), 12-23. https://doi.org/10.5430/wje.v14n2p12
  • Severino, B. (2021). The Strengths and Challenges Perceived by Special Education Teachers of Students with Emotional Disturbance: A Mixed Methods Study (Publication No. 97) [Doctoral dissertation, West Chester University]. West Chester University Doctoral Projects.

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