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Special Education Alumna Awarded Classroom Set-Up Grant
Nov. 20, 2019
Special Education alumna Dana Rathbun, M.Ed. ’18, received a classroom set-up grant for first-year teachers from the Texas Association of Certification Officers for the fall 2019 semester.
Meadows Center Receives a $6.4 Million Grant to Extend National Center for Leadership in Intensive Intervention
Nov. 20, 2019
The grant will support the training of 28 new doctoral students over the next five years from a consortium of seven universities including the University of Texas at Austin.
La Introducción de un Nuevo Curso de Autismo en Español
Oct. 31, 2019
Department of Special Education Introduces Undergraduate Course on Autism Taught in Spanish
Toste Elected Chair of DRTx Board of Directors
Oct. 30, 2019
DRTx is one of 57 prevention and advocacy organizations in the Unites States dedicated to the ongoing fight for the personal and civil rights of individuals with disabilities.
Sarah Powell is Co-PI on New $1.4 Million Grant
Oct. 30, 2019
Sarah Powell is a Co-PI on a new project that hopes to improve math, music, and computational thinking in kindergarten through a series of field-based activities.
The College of Education Mourns the Loss of Brian Bryant
Sep. 10, 2019
Brian Reid Bryant, of Austin, Texas, passed away at home on August 24, 2019, of pancreatic cancer at the age of 68 while in hospice care and surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife, Diane Pedrotty Bryant, four children, four grandchildren, and colleagues in the Department of…
Special Education New Faculty 2019
Aug. 29, 2019
This year, the Department of Special Education is joined by Lauren Hampton.
MCPER launches initiative to improve academic, behavioral interventions for Texas students
Jul. 30, 2019
Special Education Faculty Members Receive $1.4 Million Grant from IES
Jul. 08, 2019
Special Education Assistant Professor Jessica Toste and Associate Professor Nathan Clemens have received a $1.4 million grant to develop teacher expertise in data-based decision making to improve student reading success.
Powell Earns Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Jul. 03, 2019
The Special Education associate professor is one of just 11 recipients from Texas and one of five from The University of Texas at Austin.

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