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UT Austin Receives $3.6 Million Grant to Support Doctoral Students Focused on Mathematics in Learning Disabilities

Dec. 01, 2021

Within many universities, there are few faculty members who focus their studies exclusively on mathematics and children with disabilities. This limited number of mathematics-focused faculty indicates that some universities may offer little to no coursework dedicated to the teaching and assessment of mathematics for children with disabilities. It also indicates…

UT Austin Center Receives Grant to Support the Success of Deaf People Beyond High School

Sep. 07, 2021

The award is a renewal of a previous OSEP grant that established NDC in 2017 and was one of the largest grants awarded by the Department of Education.

Using Self-Determination Skills to Boost Reading Achievement is Focus of $1.9 Million Grant Led by Jessica Toste

Jul. 20, 2021

Multi-year study will develop a program to improve outcomes of 4th and 5th graders with reading difficulties.

Education Faculty Partner with Moody Faculty to Receive $100,000 Grant

Jan. 26, 2021

Associate Professors Jessica Toste, Department of Special Education, and Huriya Jabbar, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, were awarded a $100,000 APX Flash Funding Grant along with Kathrynn Pounders, an associate professor in the Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations in the Moody College of Communication. Their…

Special Education Doctoral Student Receives Grant to Teach Fraction Vocabulary to Students Experiencing Mathematics Difficulty

Jan. 20, 2021

Xin Lin, a third-year doctoral student in the Department of Special Education’s Learning Disabilities and Behavior Disorders program, has received the Candace S. Bos Innovative Grant Award from the Division of Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children. The study will pilot a fraction vocabulary…

Special Education PhD Student Collaborates with Department Chair, Others, on Researching the Immigrant Experience as it Relates to ASD

Dec. 22, 2020

Department of Special Education doctoral student Nataly Lim has co-authored two articles about the struggles of immigrant families with children on the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with Mark O’Reilly, professor and chair of the department, and several colleagues. The first article, “A Review of Barriers Experienced by Immigrant Parents…

PhD Student’s Proposal to Pair Online Manipulatives and Lessons Garners Grant Award

Dec. 18, 2020

Jiyeon Park, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Special Education’s Learning Disabilities and Behavior Disorders program, has received the Candace S. Bos Innovative Grant Award of $1,000 from the Division of Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children. Park’s research proposal, “A…

Three College of Education Teams Receive Seed Grants

Dec. 08, 2020

Projects focus on advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Miles de Manos / Thousands of Hands is Subject of a New NIH Grant for the College of Education

Dec. 04, 2020

Dean and faculty will leverage strengths of families and communities across Honduras to lead research on a community-based youth violence intervention.

More than $12 million in IES Grants to Support Research Benefiting Students and Educators

Aug. 20, 2020

Grants will benefit students from kindergarten through middle school in math and reading, and will also help prepare teacher trainers.

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