I do a significant amount of autism testing. I also treat many adults with autism using neuroaffirmative approaches to autism treatment. In my practice, I have noted that one of the diagnostic criteria that other providers evaluate heavily when...

NICHCY's Evidence for Education looks at the research foundations for strategy instruction and some of the most well-known approaches to teaching strategies Strategy Instruction is a powerful student-centered approach to teaching that is backed...

First-grade teachers in the United States may need to change their instructional practices if they are to raise the mathematics achievement of students with mathematics difficulties (MD), according to new research published online today in...

Announcing the U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative 2005 Summer Workshops Building on the success of last year’s teacher workshops, the U.S. Department of Education will again host a series of workshops for teachers and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Supreme Court decision on Monday gave parents of children with disabilities the right to go to court without a lawyer to challenge their public school district’s individualized plan for their child’s education. The 7-to-2...

Autism research and clinical practice are developing and growing constantly. Nevertheless, the medical model is still the go-to model for most researchers and many clinicians working in the autism domain. And there are many strengths inherent...

For children who struggle to learn language, the choice between various interventions may matter less than the intensity and format of the intervention, a new study sponsored by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication...

Infants who die of sudden infant death syndrome have abnormalities in the brainstem, a part of the brain that helps control heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, temperature and arousal, report researchers funded by the National Institutes of...

The hours after school are a reprieve for kids with attention deficit disorder. After spending the day feeling stifled, misunderstood, and frustrated in the classroom, "after school" offers a chance to relax and just be themselves. But a...

School Readiness Act of 2005 (H.R. 2123) House Education Committee Leaders Introduce Bill to Reform and Reauthorize Head Start Program May, 2005--WASHINGTON, D.C. – House education committee leaders introduced legislation that would introduce...