From The U. S. Department of Education (March 2, 2005) Eighty percent of public school districts said that offering courses not available at their schools is one of the most important reasons for having distance education, according to a new...

FDA Approves Emsam (Selegiline) as First Drug Patch for Depression Lowest Dose can be used without Restrictions Required of MAOI Class of Depression Drugs The Food and Drug Administration today approved Emsam (selegiline), the first skin...

A version of a gene has been linked to autism in families that have more than one child with the disorder. Inheriting two copies of this version more than doubled a child's risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder, scientists supported by...

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...

The National Institute of Mental Health reported today that youth who are going to develop psychosis can be identified before their illness becomes full-blown 35 percent of the time if they meet widely accepted criteria for risk, but that...

Greater College Attendance, Lower Crime and Depression By the time they reached adulthood, graduates of an intensive early childhood education program for poor children showed higher educational attainment, lower rates of serious crime and...

SOME PROBLEM BEHAVIORS IN FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADES The most recent analysis of a long-term NIH-funded study found that children who received higher quality child care before entering kindergarten had better vocabulary scores in the fifth grade...

A new study finds that women who take folic acid supplements early in their pregnancy can substantially reduce their baby's chances of being born with a facial cleft. Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences...

Elevating the Paraprofessional: Designing a Scaffolded Teacher Assistant Certificate Program for Career Advancement and Impact By Melissa Wells, Ed.D., BCASE, BCISE Faculty, Director of Teaching, Learning, and Faculty Development SUNY Empire...

February 2025 - Special Educator e-Journal Table of Contents Special Education Legal Alert. By Perry A. Zirkel Buzz from the Hub Normalizing Nonverbal Behaviors in Autistic Individuals Through Technology: A Theoretical Analysis of the...