News

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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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Introducing the Dean's Promising Scholars

Nov. 26, 2019

From left to right: Sarah Chong, Alejandro “A.J.” Sanchez, Leslie Aguilera, and Manuel “Manny” Sandoval, four of the inaugural cohort of Dean’s Promising Scholars The college is pleased to announce the launch of the Dean’s Promising Scholars, the college’s first four-year, full-tuition scholarship program for undergraduate students who…

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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