Monthly Archive for April, 2008

Cook and Tankersley receive Kauffman award

Published on 29 April 2008 in Administrivia, News and Public Policy. 0 Comments Tags: .

Janet Lerner, editor of Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, sounded a note of congratulations:

Congratulations to Bryan G. Cook and Melody Tankersley for receiving the James M. Kauffman Publication Award for their special issue of the journal, Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal. Bryan Cook and Melody Tankersley were the guest editors for Volume 14, Number 3 on “Side Effects of Inclusion: The Unforeseen Impact of Including Students with Learning Disabilities.”

Linked here is the summary article of this issue by Professors Tankersley and Cook. Learn more about the Learning Disabilities Association journal here.

UConn Training Institute

Published on 23 April 2008 in Administration, Advanced training opportunities, Conferences and News. 0 Comments

Here’s a opportunity for professional development. It’s slated for 10-14 June 10 at the Holiday Inn By the Bay in Portland, Maine.

20th Annual Postsecondary Disability Training Institute

The objective of this Training Institute is to assist dedicated professionals to meet the unique needs of college students with disabilities. Participants can select from a variety of Strands, Single Sessions, and Saturday Post-Sessions taught by experts in the field, which provide participants with in-depth information and adequate time for questions and follow-up discussions. Participants also have opportunities to share information and network with each other at various activities throughout the Institute.

Location: Portland, Maine

Website: www.cped.uconn.edu

Contact Information:

Carrol Waite, Institute Manager
email: carrol.waite_@_uconn.edu (remove the underscores)
phone: (860) 486-3321
fax: (860) 486-5799

This is a regular activity of the Center on Postsecondary Education and Disability at the Neag School of Education of the University of Connecticut in Storrs (CT, US).

Research funds in perspective

Published on 19 April 2008 in Administration, Commentaries, News, Public Policy and Research. 0 Comments

The Council for Exceptional Children generated a graphic that allows one to see the relative US federal funding for research in various areas. It’s a pretty clear indication of the importance attached to addressing the improvement of education, no? I’ve linked a larger version of the file to the image at the right. It’s suitable for downloading.

To be sure, there are some funds in the NIH and NSF research budgets that go toward educational research. For example, some of the funds from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development fund research on Autism and Learning Disabilities. I do not know what proportion of those budgets are devoted to such educationally relevant topics, but I bet that it’s a small proportion.

OSERS Director of Research to Practice

Published on 18 April 2008 in News, Positions in orgs, Public Policy, Research and Teacher Education. 0 Comments

Here’s a position announcement for someone to fill the duties of director of the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services.

The following OSERS vacancy announcement(s): Supervisory Education Program Specialist, GS-1720-15 located in the Office of Special Education Programs, Research to Practice Division, closes on May 19, 2008 and is open to everyone.

If you are interested in obtaining a copy of the announcement or wish to apply, you must submit your application online through the OPM website which can be accessed through [this location]

We ask your assistance in the recruiting process by providing a copy of the announcement(s) to anyone you believe would be interested in and would be qualified for the position. Please note the above closing date of the vacancy announcement. Applications will not be accepted after that date.

New IRIS module

Published on 16 April 2008 in Advanced training opportunities, News and Teacher Education. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

The IRIS Center, a resource for teaching about special education and disabilities, announced the availability of new materials.

The IRIS Center, in collaboration with the PACER Center, is proud to present the latest addition to its growing family of online interactive modules: Collaborating with Families.

Claire Morgan, principal of M. T. Watkins Middle School, and her staff have noticed that, although they enjoy good parental involvement from some families, they usually see the same core group at every volunteer opportunity or school event. They wonder why this is the case and how they might go about increasing involvement, especially among the families of students with disabilities. Join Principal Morgan and her staff as they work through the process of learning more about such families and develop ideas to engage all of the families in their school.

To view Collaborating with Families, please go to http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/fam/chalcycle.htm.

Many more IRIS resources can be found at http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/.

Sprout 2008

Published on 10 April 2008 in News and The Press. 0 Comments

Anthony Di Salvo, Executive Director for Sprout, sent this info about the annual festival of film related to the field of developmental disabilities. Others might want to know about it. Please pass the word along to them.

The Sprout Film Festival, showcasing films related to the field of developmental disabilities, will take place in New York City the weekend of May 9 – May 11.

For a complete schedule of films and additional info please visit our festival site at www.sff.gosprout.org.

For those of you outside the New York City area who would like to organize a custom-designed Sprout Film Festival in your town or area, please visit our Touring Festival site: www.stff.gosprout.org.

IASE 09

Published on 8 April 2008 in Advanced training opportunities, Conferences and News. 0 Comments

The International Association of Special Education (IASE) will hold its 11th Conference in Alicante, Spain, from July 12 to 16, 2009.

You can submit a proposed presentation at www.iase.org (and you are able to submit it on-line). Presentations will take place from July 13 to 15, 2009.

Alicante, Spain, is a beautiful city on the Mediterranean with a very modern university at which the Conference will be held.

Lyndal Bullock is Chair of the 11th Biennial IASE International Conference.

New Bogus Bowl on TE

Published on 6 April 2008 in Administrivia, Commentaries, News, Public Policy and The Press. 0 Comments

I posted a new entry in the series about disingenuous reasons educators use in explaining their practices. This one is predicated on contemporary rejection of testing. Follow this link to cast your vote.

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