Leslie J. Munson, PhD

Leslie J. Munson, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at Portland State University, Department of Special Education. Dr. Munson's areas of interest include parent–infant interaction, parents with learning difficulties, and grief of teachers related to the death of a student. She began her career as a speech-language pathologist and has worked in public schools, early intervention programs, hospitals, and public health departments. She developed a speech-language pathology program and a NICU follow-up program and has coordinated an early intervention program and a pediatric rehabilitation program. She taught at Portland State University in the Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education Master's Program, Infant-Toddler Mental Health Graduate Certificate Program, and Early Childhood: Inclusive Education and Curriculum & Instruction Master's Program. She developed the Parent Infant Interaction Rating Scale and co-developed the Behavioral Health Screen and the Parent Infant Interaction Curriculum for Parents.