Denise Rattigan

• Adjunct Faculty, Education

Denise Rattigan has been an adjunct instructor in the Education Department since 1994. For more than 26 years, she has dedicated her life to educating others, from children to parents to teachers. Presently, Ms. Rattigan is a special education teacher in a public school district. She also owns and manages an educational consulting business, Prestigious Educational Group.

Ms. Rattigan has designed many courses and workshops on subjects such as Conflict Resolution, Attention Deficit Disorder, Inclusion, and Cooperative Classrooms. She has written six handbooks: Teaching Reading to the LD Child; Conflict Resolution; Dealing with the ADD/ADHD Child; Inclusion-Making Alphabet Soup; Literacy Learning Stations for the Struggling Reader; and a compilation of cooperative classroom lesson plans. As an international speaker, she has presented at various conferences and workshops.

Education

• Doctoral work — Curriculum and Instruction, George Williams College — Aurora University
• M.Ed. — Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville
• B.A. — Special Education, Illinois University-Carbondale

• Education Department