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Special Education Associate Professor Jessica Toste Named VP for DLD
Jan. 27, 2021
Jessica Toste Congratulations to Associate Professor Jessica Toste who recently began her term as vice president of the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD). The DLD is a special interest division of the Council for Exceptional Children, an international organization of special educators.
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…
Carrie Lou Garberoglio Named Director of National Deaf Center; Tia Ivanko Named Associate Director
Jan. 19, 2021
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…
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…
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…
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.
Jessica Toste on Special Education Lawsuits during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jul. 13, 2020
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…
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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