Terrance M. Scott is a Professor and Distinguished University Scholar in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville. He began his career as a counselor in residential treatment and has worked with students with challenging behaviors across a variety of settings – including all levels of public school.  Having received his Ph.D. in Special Education at the University of Oregon in 1994 (with an emphasis on emotional and behaviors) he has previously been a faculty member at the Universities of Kentucky, Florida, and Oregon. He has over 100 publications, including five books, on a variety of issues in the areas of behavioral disorders and behavioral support systems. Over the course of his career, he has conducted over 1000 presentations and training activities and has been an invited speaker throughout the U.S. and around the world. Dr. Scott has successfully competed for more than $45 million in external grant funding and is a former 2-term editor of Beyond Behavior. In 2004 he received the Distinguished Early Career Award from the Research Division of the International Council for Exceptional Children and in 2012 he received the Outstanding National Leadership Award from the Council for Children with Behavior Disorders and served as national President of this organization in 2014.