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HB, Teaching Visually Impaired Children

By JohnL on Dec. 19, 2008.

Over on Teaching Visually Impaired Children, Kevin is starting that blog’s fifth spin around the calendar. It was on this day in 2004 that he posted the first entry for Teaching Visually Impaired Children, commenting on having worked with an individual with visual impairments for a couple of years and offering “some tips that will help you to answer the needs of your student, make his/her life easier and less frustrating.”

Link to Teaching Visually Impaired Children.

Ken Kavale funeral arrangements

By admin on Dec. 17, 2008.

Thanks to Professor Mark Mostert, one of Ken Kavale’s colleagues, we learned about these arrangements. (If you do not see the listing of dates and places, click “Read the rest of this entry.” If you do not see the SpedPro obituary immediately below this entry, look here.)
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Kenneth A. Kavale 1946-2008

By JohnL on Dec. 15, 2008.

Ken Kavale

Kenneth A. Kavale, a noted scholar who studied learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, intellectual disabilities, and special education policies, died Saturday 13 December 2008 in Virginia Beach (VA, US). Professor Kavale, who was born in 1946 in Brooklyn (NY, US) and was most recently a distinguished professor at Regent University in Virginia Beach (VA, US), was widely known for his work on the nature, assessment, and treatment of students with disabilities. He was author or co-author of hundreds of articles, book chapters, and books and had presented scores of papers at professional meetings, conferences, and other public venues.

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New IRIS intros

By JohnL on Dec. 5, 2008.

Fans of the IRIS Center will want to know about new introductions to the excellent resources available at the IRIS center. These self-guided tours are good ways to introduce people who are new to the IRIS world.

These short, informative movies offer a detailed look at The IRIS Home Page and The IRIS Resource Locator, as well as a helpful how-to on Navigating an IRIS Module. To get started, simply go to the IRIS Home Page at http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/ and click on the orange Web Tours button. You can also access the tours directly by going to http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/index_signup_tour.php.

These self-guided tours were developed in part by Tim Braun of Loyola Marymount University. Tim also leads guided tours of the IRIS Web site for those interested in a more interactive and in-depth experience. You can sign up for one of these guided tours at http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/index_signup_tour.php. Just let us know your name, email address, and institutional, departmental, or organizational affiliation. We will get back to you as soon as possible with confirmation and further details.

Position in Behavior Disorders at Assistant/Associate Professor Level

By wdbursuc on Dec. 2, 2008.

The Department of Specialized Education Services, School of Education, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro announces the availability of a tenured or tenure-track position in Special Education with an emphasis in emotional and behavior disorders at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Qualifications include (1) an earned doctorate in special education or appropriate field. ABD with a graduation date no later than August 1, 2009 is acceptable; (2) at least three years of teaching experience with students with disabilities in K-12 environments; (3) established or emerging record of scholarly productivity appropriate for a doctoral institution ; and (4) commitment to field-based, urban undergraduate and graduate teacher preparation premised on collaboration and multiculturalism in face to face and online formats. The application deadline is December 15, 2008. However, acceptance and review of applications will continue until the position is filled. If interested, please contact:

Dr. William D. Bursuck, Search Committee Chair
Specialized Education Services Search Committee
School of Education
UNCG
P.O. Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Phone: 336.334.3222 Fax: 336.256.0185 E-mail: wbursuck@uncg.edu
Website: http://www.uncg.edu/ses

CCBD conference

By admin on Dec. 2, 2008.

The Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders has a great-looking conference coming soon. Learn more over at EBD Blog entry entitled “CCBD forum 2009.”