LAWRENCE SHELTON, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

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•  Lawrence Shelton has taught in the Human Development and Family Studies program since its inception at the University of Vermont in 1971.  His childhood and adolescence were fairly uneventful, growing up in a healthy family in the small town of Carrollton, Illinois.  He completed adolescence as an undergraduate at Harvard, where he studied Social Relations.  At Harvard, he took [and passed] courses with Erik Erikson, George Goethals, George Gardner, Robert White, Brendan Maher, John Spiegel, and B. F. Skinner, among others.  Larry earned the Ph.D. in Child Psychology in 1970 from the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, where he was the first doctoral student of the late John P. Hill, an eminent figure in the field of adolescence.

•  Larry describes himself as an applied developmental ecological -- or "develecological" -- psychologist.  His professional goals include to understand and help others understand how development happens, across the whole lifespan, and how experiences in relationships and community settings help shape a person's life.

•  Larry teaches the introductory life span development course, the introductory family course, and the senior level course on the family ecosystem.  His seminars include Adolescence and Youth; Advanced Child Development; Parenting through Separation, Divorce, and Remarriage; and Boys and Men: Development, Relationships, and Risks.

•  Larry has been Co-Principal Investigator with Susan Edelman for a three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Post-Secondary Education.  Their project is to develop and implement a program to consult with UVM faculty to incorporate the principles of Universal Design for Learning into UVM courses.  Their project is called "UDL@UVM" or "Better Learning by Design."  

•  Recently Larry became the Faculty UDL Consultant on the staff of the Think College Vermont project, designed to create a college experience for students with intellectual disabilities.  In that project, he works with UVM faculty to help them provide the best possible class experience for the students in the program.
 

                         

     Larry 1959                            Larry & Laurie 2003                                                         Larry 2005