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Erica Fry and Zhina Shen, Ph.D. students in Special Education, have been awarded a Grant from the Council for Exceptional Children's Division for Learning Disabilities.

The Council for Exceptional Children has sponsored this recognition annually since 2008.

Dr. Sharon Vaughn, professor in the Department of Special Education, has authored more than 35 books, 250 peer-reviewed research articles and 65 chapters.

New special issue of "Intervention in School and Clinic" provides guidance on how to bring the science of reading to teacher preparation programs. Toste and Esther Lindström (Lehigh University) were guest editors.

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Laura Estep, assistant professor of practice, created new opportunities for graduate students to present with community partners serving the autistic community to foster information sharing, mutual learning and growth.

UT Austin has been awarded a five-year, $4 million grant to examine the efficacy of a reading intervention delivered through peer tutoring. The research is being led by Principal Investigator Elizabeth Swanson.

Peng Peng Dr. Peng Peng and his collaborator Dr. Lee Swanson recently published “The domain-specific approach of working memory training” in the Journal Developmental Review. In this theory paper, the authors discussed the training to emphasize working memory (the ability to simultaneously remember and process information) should be better attuned…

Christian Doabler Dr. Doabler and his collaborators recently published “Promoting understanding of measurement and statistical investigation among second-grade students with mathematics difficulties” in the Journal of Educational Psychology. This study investigated whether a second-grade mathematics intervention improved the mathematics achievement of 130 second-grade students who were at risk for long-term…