Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Special Education

Office:  300-E White Hall
Telephone:  (330) 672-0597
Email:  kprettif@kent.edu

Kristie Pretti-Frontczak, PhD, Assistant Professor of Special Education, received her doctorate in early intervention from the University of Oregon and has extensive experience in preparing preservice and inservice personnel to use an activity-based approach to working with young children and their families. She is the Director of the Early Childhood Intervention Specialist Program at KSU, a program responsible for preparing teachers to work with children with disabilities from birth to age eight. Dr. Pretti-Frontczak frequently provides training and technical assistance to programs across the United States who are interested in the  Assessment, Evaluation, and Programming System (AEPS) and Activity-Based Intervention (ABI). Her line of research also centers on the treatment validity of the AEPS and efficacy of ABI. She recently co-authored the second edition of an ABI text.