Richard Dever

Dr. Richard B. Dever is professor emeritus of Special Education at Indiana University.

He was born in 1934- in Quincy, Massachusetts.He received a MA, Classical Latin, Ph.D., Special Education; his   PhD is from University of Wisconsin, 1968    with a thesis on "A comparison of the results of a revised version of Berko's test of morphology with the free speech of mentally retarded children" , which was published in  Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 15, 1, 169-78, Mar 72.

He is noted for his seminal work in community living for mentally challenged individuals. He has written and published three books on his work, and on teaching the English language, most notably, "Community Living Skills: A Taxonomy ", which was translated into French. and Talk: Teaching the American Language to Kids. Dever was president of University Club, Indiana University from 2003 to 2004. In retirement, he has become an accomplished woodturner. He is married to Rosemary Dever, and currently lives in Bloomington, Indiana They have three children, all graduates of Indiana University.

Books

 * Dever, R. B., and Dennis R. Knapczyk. Teaching Persons with Mental Retardation: A Model for Curriculum Development and Teaching. Madison, WI: Brown & Benchmark Publishers, 1997. isbn 9780697205599
 * Dever, R. B. Community Living Skills: A Taxonomy. Washington, DC: American Association on Mental Retardation, 1988. isbn 9780940898196  In 187 libraries according to WorldCat
 * Translated into French as Habiletés à la vie communautaire: une taxonomie. Cap-Rouge, Québec]: Presses Inter universitaires, 1997.
 * Dever, R. B. TALK: Teaching the American Language to Kids. Columbus, Ohio: Merrill, 1978. In libraries according to WorldCat

Reports
Dever, R. B., and Patricia L. Sitlington. Project COMPETE: Community-Based Model for Public School Exit and Transition to Employment : Final Report, Executive Summary. [Bloomington, Ind.]: Indiana University, Center for Innovation in Teaching the Handicapped, 1987. In 71 libraries according to