This is a question-and-answer with Dr. Donald Deshler, a keynote speaker at the Special Education Symposium in Des Moines. Deshler is a distinguished professor emeritus of special education and the former founder and director of the Center for...

Each person has a unique learning style that goes beyond a hands-on versus a classroom setting. Often times, individuals with uncommon methods of learning are considered less intelligent, but that simply isn’t the case. “All brains are good...

It’s not enough for schools to help students with learning differences or disabilities shore up their academic weaknesses. Students also need to learn how to communicate with others—particularly adults—about their unique needs, experts say....

Growing up, I had always wondered if I had received the correct autism diagnosis. I was diagnosed with autism and ADHD at age 3, and for the amount of “evidence-based therapy for autism” that has consumed my entire childhood, I should have been...

Students spend 12-18 years in the school system with one common goal—to become successful adults. The journey can be compared to a marathon, not a sprint. And for special education students, the marathon can feel like it is being run on Mt....

Sarah N. Douglas, Ph.D. Michigan State University Denise J. Uitto, Ed.D. (retired faculty) University of Akron Wayne College Sophia D’Agostino, Ph.D. Hope College Abstract Paraeducators have become an important member of educational teams for...

WHO WE ARE Ferncliff Manor is a residential and day school program that is dedicated to serving the needs of people with developmental disabilities, supporting their families, and cultivating excellent relationships with the community to help...

Description: Established in 1967, The Deron School of New Jersey is a New Jersey Special Education School. Deron’s programs provide for academic, social and emotional growth at both the elementary and secondary High School school-age levels,...

Table of Contents Letters to the Editor Legal Issues Corner Calls to Participate Update from the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities Update on Special Education Websites and Listservs Report from the National Center on...

Table of Contents Message from the Executive Directors Legal Issues Corner New Projects in Special Education This Just In: New Research Helps to Improve Understanding of Bipolar Disorder in Youth This Just In: Targeting the Most Aggressive...