May 2005 Book Review: Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level By Sheila Meindl, Ed.D., Associate Professor, Special Education; Director of Teacher Education, Marymount Manhattan College...

Most children treated in a variety of ways for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) showed sustained improvement after three years in a major follow-up study funded by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of...

Kids with autism don't benefit from treatment with the popularly prescribed antidepressant citalopram, according to a large, government-funded trial of children with autism and related conditions. The study, published Monday in the Archives of...

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Edward K. Schultz West College of Education at Midwestern State University Cynthia G. Simpson Houston Baptist University Abstract Over the last two decades, inclusion has become a critical part of the reform efforts to improve the delivery of...

Hope Bice St. Clair County Preschool Springville, AL Abstract The following article examines how behavioral interventions used in the general education classroom effect students with autism. The number of students with autism has increased...

Advocacy (Board Certification for Advocacy in Special Education) BCASE Start Today - Become a Board Certified Advocate Now - Click Here We've Upgraded Our Learning Platform We're excited to announce that the BCASE certification courses have...

Advocacy (Board Certification for Advocacy in Special Education) BCASE - Learn More Start Today - Become a Board Certified Advocate Now - Click Here BOARD CERTIFICATION for ADVOCACY in SPECIAL EDUCATION (BCASE) The Pressing Need for Special...

Dr. Russell G. Dubberly Abstract The FAPE Model of Exceptional Education Leadership is defined as facilitative, affiliative, praising and rewarding, and experiential and empirical. The FAPE administrator uses a facilitative approach that guides...

Laura Sinkonis, M.Ed. Liberty University Abstract The originators of special education law anticipated disputes and provided due process hearings as a means to settle the disputes. However, due process proved to be unfair, costly (financially...