Robert A. Gable is the Constance and Colgate Darden Professor of Special Education and Eminent Scholar at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. He earned his PhD from George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University and was on the faculty at Peabody--Vanderbilt and the University of Pittsburgh prior to his appointment at Old Dominion University. Dr. Gable's career includes experience as a classroom teacher and as administrator of several alternative education programs. He has published extensively on a variety of topics including academic assessment and instruction, functional behavioral assessment and positive behavioral plans and supports, collaboration and consultation in the schools, and practical ways to differentiate instruction for children and adolescents with learning and behavior problems.