New York City’s Education Department is creating a new division to support students with disabilities and children learning English as a second language, announced Mayor Eric Adams in a Daily News op-ed. The Division of Inclusive and Accessible...

November 17, 2004-Members of the U.S. House and Senate to Meet to Reauthorize The Individual's With Disabilities Education Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Members of the U.S. House and Senate will meet next week in hopes of completing a final,...

November 17, 2004 Bipartisan House-Senate Conference Approves Final Special Education Bill November 17, 2004-WASHINGTON , D.C. – A bipartisan House-Senate conference committee today approved a final special education reform bill that will...

November 16th Teleconference: Success in the General Classroom The National Information Center of Children and Youth with Disabilities has issued a statement that on Tuesday, November 16, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time there will be a national...

not updated -- Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder – National Association of Special Education Teachers (copy 1) Some of these files may require Adobe Reader for PDF files. These files are noted as PDF at the end of the site explanation. If...

New National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Research Program Launches Autism Trials The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has launched three major clinical studies on autism at its...

Based on observations of more than 4,000 infants, researchers in a National Institute of Health (NIH) newborn research network have identified several factors that influence an extremely low birth weight infant's chances for survival and...

The first long-term, large-scale study designed to determine the safety and effectiveness of treating preschoolers who have attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with methylphenidate (Ritalin) has found that overall, low doses of this...

Supreme Court Splits on NY Special Ed Case, Leaving City Schools to Pay Private Tuition On Monday, October 1, the Court heard Oral argument in New York Bd of Ed v. Tom F. On Wednesday, October 10, the United States Supreme Court issued a...

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