News

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Learning Disabilities and Behavioral Disorders Alumnae Awarded

Dec. 18, 2020

Recent Department of Special Education graduates Elizabeth Stevens, Ph.D. ‘18, and Christy Austin, Ph.D. ‘20, have been recognized for excellence in research.  Stevens has won the Early Career Research Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading while Austin has received a research…

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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…

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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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Jessica Toste on Special Education Lawsuits during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Jul. 13, 2020

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Special Education and Plan II Senior Recognized as a Distinguished Graduate

Apr. 24, 2020

Gabriela Coelho, a senior in the All-Level Special Education program in the College of Education and the Plan II Honors Program in the College of Liberal Arts, has been named a 2020 Dean’s Distinguished Graduate in the College of Liberal Arts. Coelho, a Charles Butt Scholar in the College…

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Review of Education Research Features article by Toste and Peng

Apr. 08, 2020

The Department of Special Education’s Jessica Toste, assistant professor, and Peng Peng, assistant professor, have had an article accepted in Review of Education Research. The article is titled, “A Meta-Analytic Review of the Relations Between Motivation and Reading Achievement for K-12 Students.” Co-authors are Lisa Didion, Marissa J.

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Lisa Sigafoos: Adults With Disabilities Have Been Overlooked During COVID-19

Apr. 03, 2020

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Three Special Education Doctoral Students Accepted to Selective Research Seminar

Feb. 17, 2020

Three Ph.D. students in Learning Disabilities and Behavioral Disorders Program in the Department of Special Education have been selected to join the 12th cohort of the Council for Exceptional Children‘s Division for Research Doctoral Student Scholars: Marissa Filderman, Meijia Liu, and Soyoung Park. The students…

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There’s No Place Like Home

Jan. 31, 2020

Everyday interventions show promise for young children with autism.

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Sarah Powell Selected as Associate Editor of Journal of Educational Psychology

Dec. 02, 2019

Sarah Powell joins the editorial board of the Journal of Educational Psychology as an associate editor.

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