Lillian Dowdell DrakefordLillian Dowdell Drakeford, PhD, is retired from the Dayton Public Schools, Dayton, OH, where she served as a teacher of the deaf and hard--of--hearing, intervention specialist for children with special needs, curriculum and instruction intervention cach, high school assistant principal, and associate director of curriculum and instruction. Dr. Drakeford is currently the Director of Field and Clinical Experiences for the Educator Preparation Program in the College of Education at Central State University, Wilberforce, OH. Read More Read Less