Bridget Walker, Ph.D.
Bridget Walker, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in the Master in Teaching Program at Seattle University. She has been involved in the field of education for more than 20 years as a special education teacher and behavior specialist as well as a consultant and trainer. Dr. Walker completed her doctorate at the University of Washington (UW) in 2006. While at the UW, she coordinated the BEACONS (Behavior, Emotional, and Academic Curriculum On the Needs of Students) project and the Check, Connect, and Expect project as part of the UW Behavior Research Center. Dr. Walker has helped more than 30 schools throughout the state of Washington develop schoolwide positive behavior intervention and support programs. In addition, she has consulted with numerous schools and districts, helping them assess and improve their programs and supports at the intensive level for students with, or at risk of developing, emotional and behavioral disabilities.
Dr. Walker is the author of several articles on positive behavior interventions and supports and on supporting students with challenging behaviors in schools and treatment settings; she is also the author of two book chapters on effective programs for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities in the context of the philosophical framework of therapeutic Re-EDucation. She is Past President of the Washington Re-EDucation Association (WAREA), a nonprofit agency that she helped found in 1998, as well as Past President of the American Re-EDucation Association. She is also a Regional Coordinator and Master Trainer for the Life Space Crisis Intervention Institute in Maryland.
In 2011, she was awarded the PBIS Champion award by the Northwest Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports Network (NWPBIS) for her ongoing work in helping schools effectively implement PBIS to support the success of all students.