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...

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...

A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has determined that poorer childhood cognition occurred, particularly in memory and learning, when pregnant women or their offspring consumed greater quantities of sugar....

Now Available The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities has launched a new Research Center, designed to connect you with the research evidence on a wide range of educational practices. The Research Center is located at:...

Now Available The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities has launched a new Research Center, designed to connect you with the research evidence on a wide range of educational practices. The Research Center is located at:...

MAY 9: The National Dissemination Center of Children with Disabilities notified NASET to inform us of a new IDEA Parent Guide available from the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD). This guide takes you through the special...

The Final Regulations for the National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) were published yesterday, July 19, 2006 in Part III of the Federal Register. For your convenience, NICHCY has posted what appeared in the Federal...

The National Institutes of Health has developed a research plan to advance understanding of Down syndrome and speed development of new treatments for the condition, the most frequent genetic cause of mild to moderate mental retardation and...

A University of Alberta research team has successfully used machine learning as a tool for earlier detection of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in kindergarten students. In a recent study published in the journal PLOS Digital...

The National Dissemination Center for Students with Disabilities ( NICHCY ) has provided NASET its' latest Evidence for Education brief, Assessment and Accommodations . Assessment and Accommodations examines what the research has to say about...